BRIAN ORNDORF

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  • Film Review – Transylmania

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    If you’re able to recall the 2003 teen comedy “Dorm Daze,” well, you have my sympathies. I hear there’s potent medication now available on the market for the screaming nightmares. The bad news is that “Transylmania” is actually “Dorm Daze 3,” tarted up with a new title and a trendy vampire-slanted marketing push to capture the interest of those who haven’t had their fill of those fanged creatures of the night. And before anyone e-mails me, yes, there was a “Dorm Daze 2.” I couldn’t believe it either.

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  • Film Review – Extract

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    I’m sure there will be much hullabaloo accompanying the release of Mike Judge’s “Extract,” as the film is a return to the workplace blues genre that made Judge a cult hero with the 1999 picture, “Office Space.” The comparison needlessly reduces “Extract” to an afterthought when it’s actually a sturdy, uproarious comedy that solidifies Judge’s voice as a relaxed filmmaker with impeccable timing and a valuable interest in blending the absurd with the awkwardly real.

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