Sundance Diary, volume seven: up all night! - San Francisco Bay Guardian

Sundance Diary, volume seven: up all night!
San Francisco Bay Guardian
In a series of posts, Midnites for Maniacs curator-host and Academy of Art film-history teacher Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reports on the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Check out his first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth entries.

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'Adult Swim' artists make hilarious debut on film - UConn Daily Campus

'Adult Swim' artists make hilarious debut on film
UConn Daily Campus
... made by the two maniacs seems like a bad idea. After all, few can handle a whole half hour of their twisted skits, let alone 90 minutes. But premonitions aside, "Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie" turned out to be tasteful enough to both endure, ...

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Blood and Thrills and Chills, Oh My! - The Sacramento Horror Scene Through A ... - The Sacramento Press


The Sacramento Press
Blood and Thrills and Chills, Oh My! - The Sacramento Horror Scene Through A ...
The Sacramento Press
Years went by and I would collect what I could on VHS and in toy form (I own a small treasure trove of Todd McFarlane's “Movie Maniacs” series), but I never went beyond that point. There really was nothing at the time I could move on to.

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How Berkeley's Last Video Rental Store Survived the Digital Apocalypse - Patch.com

How Berkeley's Last Video Rental Store Survived the Digital Apocalypse
Patch.com
Reel Video, Blockbuster and Video Maniacs — they're all gone. So, how did Five Star Video manage to survive? By Sean Havey "It's like the theater in a way," said Andy Katz, owner of Five Star Video, the last of its kind in Berkeley.

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Local football coaches dissect Sunday's Super Bowl match up - The Salem News

Local football coaches dissect Sunday's Super Bowl match up
The Salem News
And for good reason, considering there are more interweaving storylines surrounding the game than the movie "Pulp Fiction." There's Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski and his high ankle sprain; the pass-rushing maniacs that prowl the Giants defensive ...

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What a Feeling! Flashdance National Tour Will Launch in Pittsburgh - Broadway.com


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What a Feeling! Flashdance National Tour Will Launch in Pittsburgh
Broadway.com
Maniacs for the 1983 movie Flashdance, rejoice! The Broadway-aimed musical of the hit film will launch its national tour in Pittsburgh, where the story takes place, in January 2013. The production will premiere at Heinz Hall on January 1 before touring ...

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10 Wishes for Toy Fair 2012 - Mania


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10 Wishes for Toy Fair 2012
Mania
What it means for you Maniacs is hopefully a first look at the movie, TV, and comic book likeliness for all your favorite properties. Though we won't actually know until the second week in February, here is The Toy Maniac's 10 Wishes for Toy Fair 2012.

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