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Deciphering the Code of Cinema From the Center of Los Feliz by Peter Avellino

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Eternal Recurrence

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I’ve always liked movies set in wintertime that actually got released during wintertime, particularly thrillers and horror movies. There’s s...
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Monday, February 2, 2009

Misdirection

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The 30-second TV spot for 1978’s MAGIC, featuring a famously creepy looking ventriloquist’s dummy, was apparently traumatizing for a lot of ...
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Saturday, January 31, 2009

The Welfare Of The People

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After the FREEBIE AND THE BEAN/HICKEY & BOGGS double bill at the Egyptian, I did the only thing that made any sense: I raced down to t...
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Friday, January 30, 2009

No Place At All For Fantasies

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There are times when you just wind up connecting with some films more than others. I attended the double bill of PLAY IT AS IT LAYS and PUZZ...
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Monday, January 26, 2009

Not About Anything

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Each evening of this past weekend was spent at the Egyptian for the American Cinematheque’s New Hollywood Strikes Back series, focusing on s...
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Thursday, January 22, 2009

A Laugh Is Nothing To Be Sneezed At

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The problem with getting mad at the seemingly never-ending onslaught of remakes these days is being forced to admit that every now and then ...
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Monday, January 19, 2009

Why Should Machines Be Perfect

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It seemed only fitting that after a day of dealing with extremely annoying computer issues, I then sat down with some Chinese food to watch ...
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Saturday, January 17, 2009

A Positive Reflection of Yourself

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ALL NIGHT LONG was apparently a pretty notorious flop for Universal when it was released in 1981, but it’s really not a bad movie at all. Mi...
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Mr. Peel aka Peter Avellino
Los Angeles, CA, United States
I'm a writer. I live in Los Feliz. Sometimes I go to the movies. There's more to tell, but not just now.
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