VHS : Tinseltown (Ws)

Tinseltown (Ws)

starring: Arye Gross, Joe Pantoliano, Ron Perlman, Kristy Swanson, Tom Wood
directed by: Tony Spiridakis




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Average Rating:  out of 5 stars
Sales Rank: 40613







Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780767840262
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767840267
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: June 13, 2000
Running Time: 85 minutes
Sales Rank: 40613
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: January 22, 1999



















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Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - It's time to make Hollywood squeaky clean.
Based on the play "Self Storage."

A broke would be screenwriter and his would be agent (Tom Wood and Arye Gross) are forced to live in a self storage facility run by an eccentric and intimidating manager (Ron Perlman) whom they come to believe is the serial murderer that is terrorizing the city, the "Costume Killer" (so named because, after injecting his victims with Windex, he dresses them in silly costumes). They convince him his life story would make a great film and gather together a group of misfit wannabe film makers and discover that the art of movie making can be murder.

There is more to this movie but it was unfortunately left on the editing room floor and it shows (rumor is the studio wanted a "lighter" dark comedy). Our loss (and the actors, who all do fine jobs and deserve better) as this has the makings of an exceptional black comedy but only rises to mediocre cute.

This is absolutely worth getting for Ron Perlman's performance. His comedic timing is excellent and he has the chance to do some really great impressions. He's just simply fun to watch.

Perlman's performance and David Dukes' performance (he's in only the last two scenes but he's great) are the reasons this movie gets 3 stars instead of 2.



Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - dark comedy turns too dark towards end
Arye Gross and Tom Wood (U.S. Marshals) play friends who are trying to make it big and trying to make a big movie. Their sponser is Joe Pantoliano (The Matrix). The 2 find shelter in a storage place and thats where they meet the strange Ron Perlman (Hellboy)..who may or may not be the costume killer who kills his victims with window cleaner...but it turns out hes an actor portraying the killer in a movie directed by Kristy Swanson (Buffy The Vampire Slayer). Soon they all join forces into making a fresh and reallife movie about the costume killer. But after that it just turns too dark. Swanson is sexy and gorgeous....Gross and Wood are funny as hell...Pantoliano is a scream and Perlman is extremely hilarious. Also starring David Dukes as the real costume killer. The end is sort of forced.



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - TINSELTOWN A COMEDY OF HOLLYWOOD IN THE MAKING
TINSELTOWN IS A FUNNY MOVIEIT HAS IT ALL MURDER, MYSTERY,AND MAYHEM. GROSS, PANTOLIANO,PERLMAN, PUT OUT A WONDERFULLPERFORMANCE. KRISTY SWANSON ISVERY SEXY IN THIS MOVIE. I RECOMMEND THIS MOVIE TO ANYONE WHO ENJOYS COMEDY WITH A TWIST.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Wow ! was i surprised
Well i saw this movie and i decided to rent it without knowing a thing about it...What a surprise. Actually was pretty darn good, well scripted , cool camera shots... Would defiantly see again

(Ws) Tinseltown




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