I am fully aware that this has nothing to do with Duluth.

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Posted by Buttonhead at 12:55 AM | Permalink | 6 comments, last by nbayuk
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Was watching Wrongfully Accused last night and aside from it taking place in Minnesota there's a scene where Leslie Nielsen is getting on a prison bus to get hauled away and everyone is given name tags and someone has one that says 'the Duluth Strangler'.

Looked it up on Google but nothing came up. Anyone know anything about....The Duluth Strangler?

Posted by sharksattack at 02:28 PM | Permalink | 6 comments, last by McNixon
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Cloverfield...

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Posted by JJLee at 10:36 AM | Permalink | 23 comments, last by zra.
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I love movies.

Posted by mayday at 08:52 PM | Permalink | 6 comments, last by tamara
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... complain about movies which had great potential and yet have failed.

I just got Clockers, directed by Spike Lee, from NetFlix. I got this because I read Richard Price's novel and thought it was great.

However, this movie sucks. I cannot fathom how this is possible.

Posted by cork1 at 11:41 PM | Permalink | 12 comments, last by edgeways
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Disney's "Enchanted" kept a middle-aged mom, 9-year-old boy and 6-year-old girl laughing. It's a Disney Princess movie that makes fun of the Disney Princess genre.
The lady who did the voice of Ariel plays a small part. You'll remember "The Little Mermaid," of course, as the movie where a 16-year-old mermaid falls in love at first sight with the first human she ever sees, then proceeds to defy her father, make a deal with the devil, give up her voice and arrive naked on a beach, her only hope being to make the man fall in love with her in three days.
This movie seems to be an apology for all that.

Posted by Beverly at 02:13 AM | Permalink | 29 comments, last by The Big E
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Those crazy kids out in Wrenshall are at it again. Mr Mike Scholtz and his filmmaking crew participated in their 2nd 48 hr Film Project last weekend. It'll be screened in Minneapolis at the super-cool Riverview Theater (3800 42nd Street S., in Minneapolis) Monday, June 18. This year, they're entered under the team name Free Range Film Fest. Films from other teams are being screened all week this week.

Each night, the audience votes for the best films, which then get shown again on another date. Then films get judged on stuff like Best Directing, Best Script, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Acting, Best Use of Character, Best Use of Prop, Best Use of Line, Best Music, Best Sound Design, Best Effects.

The people's votes are necessary.

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Posted by clumsy at 08:10 PM | Permalink | 0 comments
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If I was in control of the movies shown at the new indie film theatre, I'd make this the first:

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Posted by Purple at 10:15 PM | Permalink | 2 comments, last by Aaron
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So, after a year of talking about it I joined Netflix last night and I've already got about 75 movies in my queue. I noticed that Netflix has a function so that you can see what are on other people's lists and compare how different people rate movies and I was thinking you would be a fun company of people to do that with so... Will you be my friend? If you have Netflix, be my pal. I'm just curious as to what other people are watching and liking or not liking.

Posted by ironic1 at 12:27 PM | Permalink | 4 comments, last by king enealio
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Sweet Land is returning to Duluth. It's an award winning, independant fim set in a 1920's southern Minnesota farming community. I was about to go down to the cities to see this film until I heard it was making its way up 35. It's a busy weekend with a lot of exceptional events, but, if you have the chance, I encourage you to reward Duluth Ten for bringing in an Independant film. (I should mention that the film was first shown at the Play Ground last May before it had a distributor, and the Play Ground should continue to garner support for their endeavors and collaborations.)

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Posted by jmcc at 01:10 PM | Permalink | 4 comments, last by cathyp
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Zephram Cochrane's from Colorado? Okay, fine.

The UFP Arrowhead insignia on a pre-NCC-1701 interstellar probe? I guess.

NX-01? Apologies, excuses, and a bikini-clad Vulcan.

But...

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Posted by JJLee at 03:22 PM | Permalink | 5 comments, last by JJLee
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Went and saw the new Phillip K Dick movie, A Scanner Darkly, this past weekend, as I was in the Twinkies anyways. It was pretty good overall. I have not read the book and so can not compare it to same. As well I tried not to overexpose myself to movie spoilers beforehand to keep it somewhat fresh. It was more a drug/addiction movie than a sci fic movie, so was not exactly what I was expecting. There where some genuinely funny scenes, and some of it was a little predictable. Definitely was a Dick-ian, (Dick-ish?) story, a bunch of second guessing as to people’s identities and what exactly was real vs. hallucination. I like the animation aspect quite a bit, with exception of how they did the eyes, the eyes where very dead/flat looking. Which MAY have been intentional given the subject matter, but intentional or not they detracted from the overall effect.
I would say it is a movie worth watching, I don’t think you would miss much by waiting until it came to DVD, and in fact that might help, as you can re-watch confusing parts. Overall I’d give it a solid ‘B’.

Posted by edgeways at 11:53 AM | Permalink | 3 comments, last by ironic1
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If you have an extra 6 minutes and 28 seconds to waste on the internet, please visit You Tube today and view the 48 Hour Film we shot in beautiful Wrenshall, Minnesota. Just search for a little gem called "Conversion Van." (And if you do give it a rating, don't be stingy.)

By the way, we did well in the 48 Hour Film contest. "Conversion Van" picked up an award for Best Music Score. For which we give much thanks to Brian Barber, Crew Jones and Naked Jesus.

Posted by mike at 10:27 AM | Permalink | 6 comments, last by Bad Cat!
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This evening at 7pm, at the Riverview Theater in Minneapolis, I will be attending a screening of the short film I made for the 48 hour film contest.

Here are all the reasons you should show up:
1) The film turned out really well. It's called "Conversion Van" and it's about a guy who's trying to rescue his girlfriend from a suicide cult somewhere outside of Duluth, Minnesota.
2) As far as I know, it's the only film in the contest that was made in Duluth.
3) We need people to show up and support our film. If it gets enough votes, it could win an audience award.
4) What else could you possibly have to do on a Tuesday night at 7pm?

Hope to see you there. And please bring friends. And spread the word. And be good.

Posted by mike at 08:29 AM | Permalink | 6 comments, last by edgeways
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V for Vendetta opens today, and I can't wait to see it! For those of you who think that it is a "dumb comic book movie", you should really go see it. Written in 1989 by Alan Moore, it is almost more relevant to today's political climate.
If you want to read the original V for Vendetta comic, the Duluth Public Library has it in their collection.
"People Should Not Be Afraid Of Their Governments. Governments Should Be Afraid Of Their People."

Posted by Bad Cat! at 01:51 PM | Permalink | 4 comments, last by Sandraker
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Im preparation for my first post I went through my netflix history and reviewed all the movies my wife and I have watched over the last three years. Boy, did we see a lot of shit! But, we also saw some great stuff. Below is a list of my favorites. The only criteria was: terrifically entertaining.

The Blind Swordman: Zatoichi (the one directed by Takeshi Kitano)

The Station Agent

The Killers (1946)

Touch of Evil

The Deep End

Tully

The Lady From Shanghai

Little Dieter Needs to Fly

The Great McGinty

Read My Lips

Out of the Past

The Staircase

Criss Cross

Pickup on South Street

Posted by fatmatt at 01:31 PM | Permalink | 5 comments, last by adam
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Has anyone seen the film "North Country" yet? I caught it on Friday night at Premiere Theatres in Cloquet. (That was as close as I was willing to drive to the Iron Range for the most authentic possible movie-going experience.)

I have mixed feelings about the film. The polka bands, hot dishes, rice krispie bars and even the accents all felt authentic without going too far over the top. But the trial scenes were just plain painful. As Woody Harrelson screamed at a witness, "Are you red ice or yellow ice?" I feared Jack Nicholson might burst into the courtroom to respond, "You can't handle the truth!"

I've decided the film is just going to have to be a "bad movie I love." But I'll cringe if it starts picking up any major awards.

Meanwhile, Premiere Theatres in Cloquet is a great venue. I think it's a converted grocery store or something. The exterior is made of corrugated metal. giving the entire enterprise an impermanent feeling. Like a circus tent. Or a traveling freak show. There's also a liquor store in the same building. (Which makes it more convenient to get crunk before you catch "Wallace and Gromit.")

Posted by mike at 09:31 AM | Permalink | 4 comments, last by otis bright
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