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Tag Archives: Joe Dante
Trolling Movie Critics
Sax von Stroheim writes: I thought Mad Max: Fury Road was a well-made action movie, but that it was wildly overpraised by critics and movie geeks. A wise friend said: “Give nerds an opportunity to think their tastes are sophisticated … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Action Movies, Feminism, George Miller, Joe Dante, Mad Max, Michael Bay
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Couldn’t Do It Today
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Related Sax wrote about Joe Dante here and here. I wrote about exploitation movies here.
Posted in Movies, Sex
Tagged 1970s, ah gee dad can't we wait until they plug her?, Allan Arkush, couldn't do it today, Film, Hollywood Boulevard, Joe Dante, movies, rape
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Lesser Dante is still Dante
Sax von Stroheim writes: The Hole (Joe Dante, 2009) I watched this in 2D off of Netflix streaming, but it seems like it would have been a fun thing to see in 3D at the movies. Flattened out, it’s enjoyable enough, … Continue reading
Joe Dante
Sax von Stroheim writes: I enjoyed reading this recent interview with Joe Dante (the auteur of Piranha, Gremlins, and the great, under-appreciated William Castle tribute Matinee, among other worthy movies) in the Chicago Reader (part 1, part 2). Dante is … Continue reading