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Book Review: Room to Dream

Josh Zyber — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 12:00:00 +0000

David Lynch has been such an idiosyncratic filmmaker throughout his four-decade career that it should come as no surprise his autobiography would also be a bit unconventional. Room to Dream provides perhaps the most detailed look at the man behind Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks that Lynch himself is ever likely to endorse, but unfortunately...

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Weekend Roundtable: Worst Movies Starring 2015 Oscar Nominees

Josh Zyber — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 20:00:23 +0000

Oh sure, they may be basking in the acclaim of their latest hits now, but this year’s Oscar nominees haven’t always starred in such award-worthy movies. In fact, many of them have made a lot of crap. As we prepare to watch the Academy Awards ceremony this weekend, let’s remember how far some of these...

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Random Musings on David Lynch, Digital Video and Crazy Clowns

Josh Zyber — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:00:44 +0000

A confluence of recent events, some of them coincidental, have put David Lynch on my mind. The latest of these was the release of his new music video (yes, a music video), of which the least I can say is that it’s appropriately titled. All of this just brings back my ambivalent feelings about the...

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Weekend Roundtable: Good Things in Bad Movies

Josh Zyber — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:00:08 +0000

I’ll be the first to admit that we’ve skewed negative in a lot of our recent Roundtables and polls here in The Bonus View, with topics asking what’s the worst movie, which director is more incompetent, and so forth. To counter-balance that a little, let’s try to acknowledge that even some of the worst movies...

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Weekend Roundtable: Bad Movies from Good Directors

Josh Zyber — Fri, 20 May 2011 19:00:55 +0000

Even great artists stumble every once in a while. No matter how talented they may be or what great track records for quality they may have otherwise built, even the best of directors drop the occasional stink bomb. This week’s Roundtable is all about ferreting out the worst movies from filmmakers capable of so much...

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