Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Aug 10, 2010
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Issue #32 - Summer 2010 - Wasted on the Youth
Get Low features an unusually dramatic opening scene: As a fire in a Southern country home reaches flashpoint, a figure stumbles out of a second-story window and flees into the shroud of night, his clothes flaming like an afterburner. More
Studio: Oscilloscope Laboratories
Written and directed by Lance Daly; Starring: Kelly O’Neill and Shane Curry
Jul 15, 2010
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The 400 Blows and Stand by Me come to mind, but few films tap into the twilight of innocence as adroitly as writer/director Lance Daly's Kisses. More
Studio: Shadow Distribution
Directed by Tom Shepard; Starring Ana Cisnero, Kelydra Welcker and Harmain Khan
Jun 01, 2010
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A documentary about ultra-smart teens and the competition that could catapult them to genius stardom—and send them to college—sounds fascinating. Unfortunately, director Tom Shepard and co-director Tina DeFeliciantonio don't get to the heart of their protagonists or the competition. More
Studio: IFC Films
Directed by Kim Jee-Woon; Starring: Song Kang-Ho, Lee Byung-Hun and Jung Woo-Sung
May 26, 2010
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Director Kim Jee-Woon combines the best parts of the Spaghetti Western and adventure films like Indiana Jones and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre with modern flair and acrobatic camerawork. The result is awesome fun. More
Studio: Magic Stone Productions
Directed by Michael Paul Stephenson
May 24, 2010
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Troll 2 is known by film junkies as one of the biggest cinematic disasters this side of Ed Wood. But, much like Wood's Plan 9, the sheer off-the-wall audacity and amateurish enthusiasm of the movie has fostered a cult audience that has grown exponentially in recent years. But what is it about Troll 2 that engenders this rabid enthusiasm? Best Worst Movie, the documentary debut of Michael Paul Stephenson (who was the unfortunate child star of Troll 2) takes an interesting approach in sussing this out. More
Studio: First Independent Pictures
Directed by Kevin Asch; Starring: Jessie Eisenberg, Jason Fuchs and Justin Bartha
May 24, 2010
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When it comes to film premises, few can grab you quite like that of Holy Rollers: Hassdic teens build ecstasy smuggling empire. On top of that, it's "based on true events." How could you go wrong? As it turns out, a lot of ways. More
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Directed by Daniel Barber; Starring: Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer
May 21, 2010
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Harry Brown (Michael Caine) is an ex-Royal Marine octogenarian living in "the estates" of South London, where the local youths' idea of a fun time is smoking crack and dropping bags of flaming dog crap through people's letterboxes. After a feeble attempt at self-defense ends the life of his only friend, Brown decides to take matters into his own hands. More
Studio: IFC Films
Directed by Ken Loach; Starring: Steve Evets and Eric Cantona
May 13, 2010
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Director Ken Loach has made a film that fuses his own mastery of the British kitchen-sink drama with the whimsy of Woody Allen's Play It Again, Sam and the underdog sentimentality of '80s John Hughes teen films. It's the kind of odball amalgamation of styles that SCTV used to imagine. More
Studio: Marvel; Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Directed by Jon Favreau; Starring: Robert Downey, Jr., Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle and Samuel L. Jackson
May 07, 2010
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Sparks fly—literally—when Robert Downey, Jr. and Mickey Rourke share the screen in Iron Man 2. Rourke's character, the vengeful Russian physicist Ivan Vanko, is on the attack, with deadly electric whips of metal stemming from his arms, when he first confronts Tony Stark (Downey) on a Monaco speedway. But those expecting the figurative sparks to fly between Downey and Rourke, two of American film's more daring actors and intriguing offscreen personalities, will be disappointed. More
Apr 21, 2010
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The third night of the 14th annual City of Lights, City of Angels (COL•COA) film festival, a weeklong showcase of new French films at the Directors Guild in Los Angeles, was highlighted by the Cold War espionage thriller Farewell and the West Coast premiere of Please, Please Me!, from writer/director Emmanuel Mouret (Shall We Kiss?). More
