Subject: Motion Picture Association of America

• Recordings

  June 26, 1997

• Flashes 06-08-2000

  June 8, 2000

• Bad Blood

  Horror films failed to scare up the big bucks in 2007

  January 3, 2008

• Be Kind Rewind attempts to celebrate DIY filmmaking, but comes up short, stale, and flat

  February 21, 2008

• The Unborn Raids the Modern Horror Memory Bank, from The Exorcist to Auschwitz

  January 8, 2009

• Greetings From Toronto . . .

  Where old masters, drunk teenagers, and Asia Argento make the fest's first week a blast

  September 6, 2007

• Unbunch Panties, Please

  Hostel sequel is lame, tame, and totally not worth moralizing

  June 7, 2007

• Sorry Raters

  Raucous doc catches moral watchdogs with their pants down

  September 14, 2006

• The Reel Truth

  Hollywood claims the sky is falling. To which we say, Puh-lease

  January 5, 2006

• Spelunkheads

  Leading a team of idiots

  September 1, 2005

• Men o' War

  Film captures soldiers' stories

  February 17, 2005

• Flashes

  April 18, 1996

• Constricted

  August 26, 2004

• Monster Mash

  August 19, 2004

• Rites of Spring

  Bernardo Bertolucci revisits young love with The Dreamers

  February 5, 2004

• Half Great

  Kill Bill's missing something -- like, oh, a proper ending

  October 9, 2003

• Against All Odds

  Two local promoters come together; Kazaa cooks up response to the majors

  February 20, 2003

• Reel War

  The Army and Hollywood join hands to wage virtual, bloodless battles

  October 18, 2001

• Teenage Wasteland

  The malaise of a suburban teen is made vivid in the disturbing debut L.I.E.

  September 27, 2001

• Spanking the Junkie

  Requiem for a Dream injects visual hotshot into harrowing drug drama

  November 9, 2000

• Captain Kirk

  Douglas' post-stroke performance makes formulaic Diamonds fun

  February 24, 2000

• Maim That Toon!

  Musicalized South Park is something to @#$%& about

  July 8, 1999

• The Last Temptation of Krista

  After operating the Valley's longest-running art cinema for 12 precarious years, Krista Griffin may be nearing her last picture show

  November 12, 1998

• "Wolverine" Bootlegging Nets Charges by Maricopa County Attorney

  Stating cheesily that, "Wolverine wouldn't stand for bootlegged copies of his new movie and neither do we," Maricopa County Andrew Thomas announced several recent digital piracy prosecutions involving the upcoming movie. That's actually the funniest damned thing we've ever read from Thomas, who's usually all prim and proper. He must be trying to reach the youngsters. Thomas' office made the statement this afternoon in a news release (below) relating the prosecutions of nine area residents on

  April 27, 2009