Monthly Archives: January 2008

GOODBYE BABY

By | January 2008

SLAMDANCE 2008 FEATURE FILM! Once you get past the none too convincing giving up on college because she can’t afford it part of the story, “Goodbye Baby” offers viewers a charming growing up in the big city drama laced with plenty of humor…

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GOODBYE BABY

For high school graduate Melissa Brooks (yes, it’s a Mel Brooks reference), lofty dreams of quick success and great wealth are shot down once her...

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THE GUITAR

The big question has always been: what would you do if you found out how much time you had left to live? Amy Redford poses this question in her directorial...

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PERRO COME PERRO

Director Carlos Moreno’s "Perro Come Perro" is a movie that doesn’t quite know what to do with itself. It’s predominately a crime drama that also...

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SLINGSHOT HIP HOP

I do not like hip hop. Well, let me take that back. I like some of the older hip hop but now I guess I’m just too old and cranky to even try to like it...

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THE WAVE (DIE WELLE)

Any good educator will tell you, you can play around with Pavlov, but don’t mess around with Milgram. Or Zimbardo, for that matter. If you think back...

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FROST

“Frost” is billed as a “dark comedy” and that’s half correct – it certainly is dark, thanks to murky cinematography that plays up shadows and...

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BUSH VS. BIN LADEN: THESE PUPPETS ARE DANGEROUS

I’m not sure what it is about “Bush vs. Bin Laden” that disturbed me to the bone. Maybe it was the crude puppeteering and stop motion animation...

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CITY OF CRANES

It’s a film about crane operators. And while for most people this may seem like an utterly boring topic, I was surprised to find that no, it’s actually...

News

Sundance 2008 News: ROMAN POLANSKI DOC FINDS A HOME BOX OFFICE

Marina Zenovich's documentary on Roman Polanski, "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired," had its U.S. rights for theatrical and video acquired by HBO...

Blogs

SUNDANCE 08: DAY TWO AND THREE BITS…

Technically, this is day three, but I never count opening night, because it's usually one movie and that's it. Day Two is always the real start, making it...

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