Articles by Alan Bacchus

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  The American Ruling Class

  John Kirby

  PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2009

  A peculiar DVD, John Kirby's self-described "documentary drama musical," a socio-political examination of the American elite from long-time...

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  The Wackness

  Jonathan Levine

  PUBLISHED Jan 9, 2009

  For a decent helping of '90s nostalgia, the DVD of The Wackness is a time capsule of the privileged white hip-hopper scene of Manhattan, ci...

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  The Reader

  Stephen Daldry

  PUBLISHED Jan 5, 2009

  Stephen Daldry's recent Oscar baiting is a shamefully contrived series of manufactured dramatic scenes exploiting everything from explicit...

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  Fantastic Flesh

  Kevin Van Hook

  PUBLISHED Dec 23, 2008

  New from distributor Anchor Bay, the repository for '80s/'90s horror schlock, is this documentary on the great make-up effects artists in s...

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  Toronto Stories

  Sook-Yin Lee, Sudz Sutherland, David Weaver, Aaron Woodley

  PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2008

  Unlike other recent city-€“themed compilation films Paris Je T'Aime or New York, I Love You, this humdrum compilation from four talented fi...

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  Fred Claus [Blu-Ray]

  David Dobkin

  PUBLISHED Dec 8, 2008

  Though the DVD cover of Fred Claus doesn't say "a Vince Vaughn film," it might as well. Vaughn's influence is all over this earnest Christm...

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  Down to the Dirt

  Justin Simms

  PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2008

  Justin Simms' low budget feature debut is true to its title; it's a dirty little romantic ode to the armpit of Newfoundland. Keith (Joel Hy...