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Film Review – 22 Jump Street
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller have made quite a name for themselves in the five years since their feature film debut, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. In addition to 2012’s 21 Jump Street, they helmed the runaway success that is The Lego Movie. If…
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Film Review – Blended
Well, you can’t say he doesn’t know what he’s doing. The audience I saw Blended with broke into laughter and applause at the very appearance of the “Happy Madison Productions” title card. This was gonna be a long night.
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Film Review – Jesus People
“How often does an evangelical get to share what it’s really like to be a Christian?” – Pastor Jerry Mockumentaries are a dime a dozen these days. A side glance to the camera or a visible boom mic is now commonplace in both TV and…
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Film Review – Bad Words
Thanks in large part to Arrested Development‘s absurdly rabid fanbase and cultural status, Jason Bateman has experienced a career resurgence that would make Travolta blush (and presumably mispronounce.) He’s spent the past decade in a wide range of roles, most of which require him to…
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SXSW Film Review – Born To Fly
“I never had any trouble with the take-off. It’s landing that’s the problem.” – Evel Knievel Elizabeth Streb knows who she is. Director Catherine Gund (who is premiering her documentary Born To Fly at this year’s SXSW Festival) knows who Streb is as well and…
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Film Review – Grand Piano
If you’d never heard of or seen a trailer for Grand Piano (and chances are you haven’t so how did you even find this?), I imagine the conversation going something like this: Me: Just saw that movie Grand Piano. You: Grand Whatzit Now? Me: Elijah…
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Film Review – That Awkward Moment
January is commonly known as a dumping ground for movies and first-time director Tom Gormican dutifully ekes out That Awkward Moment just under the wire. Presumably pitched as a raunchy rom-com for bros, Moment follows the lives of three twenty-something post-college friends making their way…
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Film Review – Her
High concept plate-spinner Spike Jonze is at it again. A man falls in love with his computer? Comedy gold! As a tagline, sure, that’ll turn some heads, but the premise he’s tinkering with in Her may not be as far-fetched as it initially seems.
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