HOLLYWOOD Outsider ®

The Truth From the Inside Out

Hollywood Outsider is a movie review, criticism and humor fanzine read (since 1997) by film-fans everywhere. The movies reviewed here are rated on the basis of ticket prices (US$). Submitted for your approval, some new reviews, some old reviews, and a bunch of other useless crap. You know you love it, crap-hound.

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"Gleefully prods the often-bloated celluloid of Hollywood!" ExPresso

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Lost Treasures: On the Beach (Good Films You May Have Missed)

My Architect: A Son's Journey—Jason Benjamin

Daddy dearest? Nathaniel Kahn takes a stroll down memory lane looking for what made his enigmatic, deceased, triple-timing dad (genius architect, Louis I. Kahn) tick. Does he find the answers? Read Jason Benjamin's review to find out!


On the Beach—Tom Graney

It's the end of the world as we know it... and I feel fine. Hit the beach with Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Anthony Perkins and peanut-headed Fred Astaire in this apocalyptic hoe-down in our Lost Treasure section!


Swimming Pool—Greg Murray

Venerable French war-horse, Charlotte Rampling, takes to celluloid once more as a blocked writer in François Ozon's mind fuck, Swimming Pool.


Cassandra Peterson's Haunted Hills—Riki Markowitz

HO talks to Hollywood Outsider Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson about putting it all on the line making her "Haunted Hills". Not all Independent films show on IFC or go to Sundance.


The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen—George Higham

Sean Connery gets his kilt in a twist as he goes toe to toe with Blade-helmer Stephen Norrington. The results of this fight are less than extraordinary. Read what film-maker George Higham has to say about it.



"The other day, someone asked me how I got into the film industry. I told them that when I was in college someone told me to go fuck myself." - Michael Wacks, lighting technician, NYC

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