http://www.awn.com/ Blog Listing. xx http://www.awn.com/blogs/ricks-flicks-picks/tabloid-2011-12 <!--paging_filter--><!--paging_filter-->Before this film I had never heard of Joyce McKinney and her bizarre headline grabbing life. It's a fitting statement of her bizarre story, one that grabs attention and fizzles out as the next sensational tale takes hold of the headlines of magazines and newspapers at the check-out line. It's got it all -- a former beauty queen, a Mormon missionary, violence and kinky sex.<p><a href="http://www.awn.com/blogs/ricks-flicks-picks/tabloid-2011-12">read more</a></p> http://www.awn.com/blogs/ricks-flicks-picks/tabloid-2011-12#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:45:52 -0700 rdemott2 101257 at http://www.awn.com http://www.awn.com/blogs/ricks-flicks-picks/american-bill-hicks-story-2011-12 <!--paging_filter--><!--paging_filter-->I became a fan of comedian Bill Hicks when I caught one of his old HBO specials on late at night. I wondered why I hadn’t heard of this angry hilarious and provocative performer before, so I went to the Internet and looked him up. Turns out he has a highly influential comedian of the early ‘90s who on the cusp of breaking into the big time in the U.S. died at the age of 32. Now British filmmakers Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas have brought his story to film in this innovative documentary that combines archive footage and animation to bring Hicks’ story to life.<p><a href="http://www.awn.com/blogs/ricks-flicks-picks/american-bill-hicks-story-2011-12">read more</a></p> http://www.awn.com/blogs/ricks-flicks-picks/american-bill-hicks-story-2011-12#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:19:18 -0700 rdemott2 100257 at http://www.awn.com