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Trashwire contributor Erin Florence Dean brings us her thoughts on the Academy Awards. Whenever anyone mentions the Oscars and their sponsoring organization, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), there are two questions that run through my ever-questioning mind: What is The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and why should I…
I saw this short film at the Boulder International Film Fest this past weekend and I absolutely loved it. Check it out.
Starz Denver Film Festival Review: Miss Universe 1929 is the story of Lisl Goldarbeiter, the Austrian Beauty Queen who won the title of Miss Universe in 1929. Told using archival footage from her husband Marci Tenczer, the story follows Goldarbeiter from her childhood through her eighties as she becomes a beauty queen, lives through World…
It should come as no surprise that Jason Reitman has made another stellar film. His first feature, Thank You For Smoking, was a satirical delight adapted from a Christopher Buckley novel and now Juno, written by the insanely talented Diablo Cody, is further proof that Reitman is a master of cynical comedy. read more |…
Across the Universe is a stylistic musical from director Julie Taymor (Frida) and adapted from the Beatles songbook. The film takes highly revered music and reintroduces it to us in a new way. read more | digg story Check out the review and then view behind the scenes footage of the film here.
For the past couple weeks, I’ve been watching a ton of Kevin Smith movies. There’s no real reason for it, I just started watching ‘Dogma’ one day and then decided to check out all the other Kevin Smith stuff I had sitting on my shelf. Since then, I’ve become weirdly obsessed with checking out the…
You can get free tickets to a pre-screening of the film at foxsearchlight.com/juno. This looks to be one of the funniest films to hit theaters this year and you have the chance to catch it before it’s officially released on December 14th. We lucked out and got tickets to it at the 30th Starz Denver…
I’m SOOOO excited to see this film. First, I think Jason Reitman’s a great director. Second, it has Michael Cera, who is super funny in a very sweet and genuine sort of way (just look at Superbad). Third, it has Jason Bateman and Cera together for the first time since they both starred in the…
Happy 38th birthday to South Park co-creator Trey Parker and happy 30th to another comedic genius, Jason Reitman! If we were TMZ, we’d ask “Who’d you rather?”
