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- Release Date: 1998
- Runtime: 92 min
- Genre: Comedy
- Starring: David Arquette, Stanley Tucci, Kate Capshaw, Mary McCormack ... see all
- Director: Evan Dunsky
- Plot: Young Tommy Hudler decides to become a security systems salesman, and is an instant success. Everything seems to be going great until he discovers there's more to this business and... Read more
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Combustible Celluloid
Based on the play Life During Wartime by Keith Reddin, The Alarmist (a much better title) is the "quirky" new film by first-time writer & director Evan Dunsky.
Ms. Capshaw is beautifully restrained but very sensual -- a welcome change from her clichd 1980s roles.
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Back to Rockville
typepad.com –
2009-11-18
Call it hippie-hop. The surprise appearance by DJ Logic late into Widespread Panic's sprawling set at the Midland Theater Tuesday night set both the evening and the audience on its ear. ... Full Article
Todd Solondz, the provocateur behind such comedy-of-discomfort classics as "Welcome to the Dollhouse" and "Storytelling," returns with a sequel of sorts to his balefully funny "Happiness." ... Full Article
Wallowing in Misery for Art's Sake
nytimes.com –
2009-10-06
Late in "The White Ribbon," Michael Haneke 's black-and-white study of child abuse, class resentment and incipient fascism in a northern German village on the eve of World War I, one character, a baroness, expresses a wish to leave. ... Full Article
The Circuit: Awards and Festivals News
latimes.com –
2009-09-19
The 34th Toronto International Film Festival began to officially wind down today with the announcement of the festival's prize winners. "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" won the Cadillac People's Choice Award, voted on by audience ballots and... ... Full Article
Cartuna Day 7: BUNNY & THE BULL, DELIVER US FROM EVIL, YOUTH IN REVOLT, LIFE DURING WARTIME + more!
aintitcool.com –
2009-09-17
The short version: Didn't like this one at all. It wanted to be edgy, shocking, funny, but was none of these things. I wouldn't recommend it. ... Full Article
By Mike Collett-White VENICE (Reuters Life!) - Director Todd Solondz has been described as "the true heir to Woody Allen," for his new movie "Life During Wartime" that premiered at the Venice film festival to glowing reviews and will next... ... Full Article