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Blog Entries by Dan Persons from 09/2011

Mighty Movie Podcast: Tsui Hark on Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

| Posted 09.02.2011

Hong Kong director Tsui Hark is back, and if anything, his vision has gotten more crazily energetic and eye-dazzling in his latest effort, Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame.

Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Shark Knight 3D & Apollo 18

| Posted 09.04.2011

Yes, we're deliberately misspelling Shark Knight. Why? Well, because it's Labor Day weekend, and also because it amuses us to think of an insatiable p...

Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Contagion

| Posted 09.12.2011

Break out the Purell, Steven Soderbergh is in mainstream thriller mode and he's decided to get under your skin -- almost literally -- with a tale about a virus that doesn't know when to quit.

Pamela Yates on Granito: How to Nail a Dictator

| Posted 09.13.2011

The one thing Pamela Yates knew while filming When the Mountains Tremble was that she wanted to see the Guatemalan generals in charge of the slaughter of Mayan villagers punished for their crimes.

Mighty Movie Podcast: Nicolas Winding Refn on Drive

| Posted 09.18.2011

It's Refn, so moral ambiguities will abound, not to mention some exquisitely-mounted chase sequences, plus unrestrained violence. Sum total: Action goodness with both brains and balls.

Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: The Lion King 3D & MST3K vs. Gamera

| Posted 09.18.2011

There were no new genre films in theaters this weekend, but there was one old one in a shiny new, 3D coat: The Lion King 3D, which just so happened to...

Trapeze School New York: Off the Street and Into the Air (Video)

| Posted 09.26.2011

I decided to go to a place right here in New York City that actually helps anyone with the desire to untap their natural gift for flight.