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    Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?

    Directed by Michel Gondry
    Produced by Georges Bermann, Gondry, Raffi Adlan & Julie Fong
    Released by Sundance Selects
    France. 90 min. Not rated
    During the screening of Michel Gondry’s latest film, Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? (more on that title in a moment), I couldn’t help but take some notes. But it wasn’t anything exactly cohesive. Quite […]

    By |December 1st, 2013|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

      Birth of the Living Dead

      Edited, Written, Produced & Directed  by Rob Kuhns
      Released by First Run Features
      USA. 76 Minutes, Not rated
      Feat George Romero, Elvis Mitchell & Larry Fessenden
      The first thing you must know before you see this documentary about the cultural impact of 1968’s Night of the Living Dead is that it’s not necessary in the slightest to see George […]

        The Visitor (1979)

        Directed by Giulio Paradisio
        Written by Paradisi, Luciano Comici, Robert Mundi & Ovidio Assonitis
        Produced by Assonitis
        Released by Drafthouse Films
        With Paige Conner, Joanne Nail, Lance Henricksen, Mel Ferrer, John Huston, Shelley Winters, Glenn Ford & Sam Peckinpah
        Distributor Drafthouse Films is out to find the weird, the bizarre, the off-kilter (to say the least), and the slightly obscure […]

        By |November 7th, 2013|Festivals, Horror, Thriller|0 Comments

          Dallas Buyers Club

          Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée
          Produced by Robbie Brenner & Rachel Winter
          Written by Craig Barton & Melissa Wallack
          Released by Focus Features
          USA. 115 min. Rated R
          With Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, Denis O’Hare, Griffin Dunne, Dallas Roberts & Steve Zahn
          Ironically enough, Ron Woodroof is a bit like a more inspirational version of Walter White from Breaking Bad. […]

          By |November 3rd, 2013|GLBT, Indie, Top Picks|0 Comments

            Man of Tai Chi

            Directed by Keanu Reeves
            Produced by Lemore Syvan
            Written by Matthew G. Cooney
            Released by Radius/TWC
            USA/China/Hong Kong. 105 min. Rated R
            With Tiger Chen, Keanu Reeves, Karen Mok, Simon Yam, Ye Qing & Yu Hai
            The first thought that comes to mind when looking at the trailer for Man of Tai Chi is “Aw, ain’t it cute, Ted Logan (Bill […]

            By |October 31st, 2013|Action, DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Featured, Martial arts|0 Comments

              Zero Charisma

              Directed by Katie Graham & Andrew Matthews
              Produced by Thomas Fernandes, Ezra Venetos
              Written by Matthews
              Released by Tribeca Film
              USA. 86 min. Not rated
              With Sam Eidson, Anne Gee Byrd, Brock England, Garrett Graham, Cyndi William, Vincent James Prendergast, Dakin Matthews & Katie Folger
              Zero Charisma could be described as the geek version of Big Fan. If memory serves, an obsessive sports […]

              By |October 12th, 2013|Comedy, Indie|0 Comments

                We Are What We Are

                Directed by Jim Mickle
                Written by Mickle & Nick Damici, based on the film We Are What We Are, directed by Jorge Michel Grau
                Produced by Andrew Corkin, Nicholas Shumaker, Jack Turner & Rodrigo Bellott
                Released by Entertainment One
                USA. 104 min. Rated R
                With Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers, Julia Garner, Wyatt Russell, Kassie DePaiva, Kelly McGillis & Michael Parks
                Once […]

                By |October 4th, 2013|Horror, Psychological thriller, Top Picks|0 Comments

                  A Single Shot

                  Directed by David M. Rosenthal
                  Written by Matthew F. Jones, based on his novel
                  Produced by Aaron L. Gilbert, Chris Coen & Keith Kjarval, Jeff Rice
                  Released by Tribeca Film/Well/Go USA Entertainment
                  With Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy, Jeffery Wright, Jason Isaacs, Kelly Reilly, Joe Anderson, Ophelia Lovibond, Ted Levine & Melissa Leo
                  Don’t the Average Joes of the movies […]

                  By |September 22nd, 2013|Crime, DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Indie, Thriller|0 Comments

                    Harry Dean Stanton

                    Directed by Sophie Huber
                    Produced by Christian Davi, Chiemi Karasawa, Christof Neracher, Thomas Thümena
                    Released by Adopt Films
                    Switzerland. 77 min. Not rated
                    With Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch, Deborah Harry, Win Wenders, Sam Shepard & Kris Kristofferson
                    Roger Ebert once noted that no film with character actor Harry Dean Stanton could be all that bad. This is just one […]

                    By |September 19th, 2013|Biopic, Film History, Pop Culture|0 Comments