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Was ‘Cloverfield’ shot with Britney-cam?
It seems like a great idea: a post-9/11 disaster flick with aliens. Unfortunately, Matt Reeves’ Cloverfield begins like an episode of The Hills and looks like the cinematography was done by Britney Spears a la her homemade reality show Chaotic. The hype surrounding this film and the spectacular trailer gave me very high hopes for…
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Delightfully awkward ‘Eagle vs Shark’ now on DVD
Eagle vs Shark, a brilliant comedy from New Zealand director Taika Waititi and featuring Jemaine Clement of Flight of the Conchords is now on DVD. The film plays like a New Zealand version of Napoleon Dynamite with amped up awkwardness and stellar performances all around.
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‘Skills Like This’ review in Denver Daily News
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Miss Universe 1929
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…
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Jason Reitman does it again with ‘Juno’
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 |…
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Jason Reitman does it again with ‘Juno’
It should come as no surprise that Jason Reitman has made another stellar film. Juno, written by the insanely talented Diablo Cody, is one of the best comedies in years. Juno is the story of Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page), a witty teen who discovers she is pregnant after a romantic encounter in a recliner with…
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‘Skills Like This’ sure to shine at Starz Film Fest
Max Solomon has just finished his last play and come to the awful realization that he’s just not that good at being a playwright. While dining with his friends, he decides to rob a bank and discovers that larceny might be his best skill. That’s the basic plot of Skills Like This, a quirky comedy…
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‘Across the Universe’ is a stunning journey through the Beatles catalog
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.
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‘Across the Universe’ a visually stunning journey through Beatles’ music
Across the Universe is a stylistic musical from director Julie Taymor (Frida) and adapted from the Beatles songbook. The film, set in the 1960s, follows the story of a dockworker in Liverpool, aptly named Jude (Jim Sturgess), traveling to America to find his father. Upon his arrival in the US, he befriends a rebellious college…
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My new appreciation for Kevin Smith
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…
