Los Angeles Film Festival

SCI-FLY

By | March 2013

2013 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL ANIMATED SHORTS SELECTION! Joey Shanks was able to do this film entirely on imagination and heart. I must say I applaud him for what he was able to achieve…

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SCI-FLY

This review was originally published on January 21, 2013... Practical effects are nearly a thing of the past. Today, we tend to see bloated,...

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FRUITVALE STATION

This review was originally published on January 31, 2013 and referenced the original title of Fruitvale; Review has been edited to reflect the title...

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IN A WORLD…

Certainly not to be confused with Suzanne Bier's Oscar-winning film which ironically interjected the word "better" into her tale of fathers, their children...

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THE WAY, WAY BACK

Nat Faxon & Jim Rash’s very funny The Way, Way Back is an undeniably familiar tale. It is a “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” coming-of-age story that...

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AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS

David Lowery's Ain't Them Bodies Saints tells of a married couple whose misdeeds make a single mother of one of them and a jailbird of the other. Rooney...

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THE MOO MAN

Andy Heathcote’s The Moo Man is a film that can make a critic feel like a jerk. Yes, Stephen Hook is a perfectly delightful man, an old-fashioned chap...

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CONCUSSION

Abby (Robin Weigert) and Kate (Julie Fain Lawrence) are married with kids, and life has settled into the humdrum day-to-day that every young person hopes...

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THE SPECTACULAR NOW

This review was originally published on January 21, 2013... The bar for movies about high school was raised last year with Stephen Chbosky’s adaptation...

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CRYSTAL FAIRY

Writer/director Sebastian Silva (The Maid) and star Michael Cera ran out of money while making Magic Magic (also premiering at this year’s Sundance Film...

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CATERWAUL

Lonely fisherman Bernie (George Murdock) is out checking his lobster traps when he locks eyes with one particular lobster. The emotional connection is...

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