February 2012
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Eastbound & Down: Season 3
Kenny “Fucking” Powers is back. Fans of the HBO series can rejoice because “Eastbound & Down” makes its long awaited return tonight after a brutal 15 month hiatus. The ongoing saga of burnout major league pitcher Kenny Powers (Danny McBride) whose bad behavior has forced him into early retirement, the series began with Kenny returning to his hometown to become a middle school gym teacher....
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Chronicle review
What if you had superpowers? That’s the question at the heart of “Chronicle,” a smart new take on the superhero origin story from newcomer Josh Trank . Andrew (Dane DeHaan) is a high school senior and social outcast who’s got a rough time at home - his dad is an alcoholic, his mom is dying of cancer - who decides to start videotaping everything. His only real friend is...
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The Grey review
Liam Neeson vs. Wolves. That’s a promise made by the advertising of “The Grey,” the new survival thriller starring the newly crowned King of January. Ever since the revenge thriller “Taken” took in a surprisingly large haul at the box office back in 2008, Neeson - no longer content to play just the mentor (“Batman Begins,” “Star Wars,” etc.)...
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5 More Films I’m Looking Forward To from Sundance...
I managed to catch 12 movies during my 4 days at Sundance but with hundreds of movies playing, it’s impossible not to end up missing out on some things. I think I did a pretty good job of seeing some of the most buzzed about films at the fest but didn’t have a chance to see everything I had planned on, including a few films that ended up getting squeezed out for time, sleep or...
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My Sundance '12 Wrap-Up
For the second year I attended the Sundance Film Festival, packing 12 films into 4 very full days (+1 after the fact). With hundreds of films playing I made a decision to stick mostly to the U.S. Dramatic category (since that’s where most of last year’s breakouts came from (“Like Crazy,” “Martha Marcy May Marlene,” “Take Shelter”) with a few...
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Sundance '12: Hello, I Must Be Going review
Amy Minsky (Melanie Lynskey) is recently divorced 35 year old photographer who, in a state of depression, moves back in with her parents so she can put her life back together. But living back at home proves to have more than its own share of stresses involved including what amounts to basically reverting to her teenaged self. Her parents (Blythe Danner and John Rubenstein) are supportive but not...
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Sundance '12: For Ellen review
In one of the most unusual bits of casting at the fest, 27 year old Paul Dano (“Little Miss Sunshine”) plays Joby, the struggling frontman of a hard rock band (think Buckcherry but less famous) about to lose custody of his young daughter Ellen. With long greasy dyed-black hair, a few whiskers combed into a goatee and a perpetual hangover, Joby does not look like anybody’s idea...
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Sundance '12: The Comedy review
The film with the unfortunate distinction of being the very worst film I saw at Sundance this year was “The Comedy,” a supposed satire of aging hipsters starring Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim of “Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job” and LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy. Only intermittently funny apparently by design, the film is a series of loosely connected skits...
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Sundance '12: Smashed review
Kate (Mary-Elizabeth Winstead) and Charlie (Aaron Paul) are a happily married couple. They’re young, they like to have a good time and they’re blind to the fact that they are both alcoholics. Charlie is a freelance writer so his lifestyle enables him to drink with greater frequency without effecting his work but Kate is an elementary school teacher and after getting sick in front of...
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Sundance '12: Safety Not Guaranteed review
“WANTED: Somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You’ll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. Safety not guaranteed. I have only done this once before.”
Based on the infamous classified ad heard round the internet, this “Safety Not Guaranteed” brings unexpected sincerity to it’s potentially one-joke premise. Aubrey Plaza...