WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
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  Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 107 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE! “What Just Happened?” is an industry in-joke between director Barry Levinson and his friends, who just happen to be Hollywood’s heavy weights…
Posted on October 18, 2008 by Jamie Tipps
HOUNDDOG
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  Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 98 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE! If it was a better quality film, the infamous scene might be justified if it served to enhance the whole. In a bad film, however, it just feels exploitative…
Posted on September 19, 2008 by Jamie Tipps
PHOEBE IN WONDERLAND
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  Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 96 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE! With such strong talent, the main flaw of the movie is found in its plot. The “Wonderland” motif, which could be a really cool framework for the story, is little more than a sparse reference point…
Posted on September 13, 2008 by Jamie Tipps
HELP ME EROS
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Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 110 minutes |
As he approaches his descent with blasé detachment, I can’t help but wonder, why doesn’t he just get a job?
Posted on June 25, 2008 by Jamie Tipps
MOMMA’S MAN
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  Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 94 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE! The movie is quiet and minimal in its dialogue, and it has flashes of humor and thoughtfulness. However, it’s also unbearably slow…
Posted on June 25, 2008 by Jamie Tipps
THE COOL SCHOOL
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Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 86 minutes |
2008 CINEVEGAS FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE! It’s easy to imagine that without this project, this little known slice of history would be lost…
Posted on June 20, 2008 by Jamie Tipps
GO GO TALES
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  Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 100 minutes |
2008 CINEVEGAS FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE! On paper, “Go Go Tales” seems like a winner. Edgy director. Strong cast. Exotic dancers. However, for a film about a strip club, it’s surprisingly boring…
Posted on June 20, 2008 by Jamie Tipps
HANK AND MIKE
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Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 86 minutes |
2008 CINEVEGAS FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE! Swallow the premise of “Hank and Mike”—that the men dressed in rabbit costumes are bona fide Easter bunnies—and you’ve got a pretty funny movie…
Posted on June 20, 2008 by Jamie Tipps
SAVAGE GRACE
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Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 96 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE! If I never again have to hear Tony Baekeland simper, “I love you, Mommy,” that will be perfectly alright with me…
Posted on May 30, 2008 by Jamie Tipps
SON OF RAMBOW
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  Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 95 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE! “Son of Rambow,” by director/screenwriter Garth Jennings, delivers a nostalgic ode to childhood that reminds us of what it’s like to be a kid. It’s charming and touching, and the best part is, it manages to be so without saccharine sweetness…
Posted on May 2, 2008 by Jamie Tipps
THE ASSASSINATION OF A HIGH SCHOOL PRESIDENT
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
2008 SXSW SPOTLIGHT PREMIERE FEATURE! All in all, director Brett Simon’s film is a cute, fun little lark that produces its fair share of chuckles, but it’s not going to break the genre mold…
Posted on March 12, 2008 by Jamie Tipps
MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH
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Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 95 minutes |
2008 SUNDANCE DRAMATIC COMPETITION FEATURE FILM! “The Mysteries of Pittsburgh” boasts only one core mystery: how one can take such promising material and render it completely unmemorable?
Posted on January 30, 2008 by Jamie Tipps
A COMPLETE HISTORY OF MY SEXUAL FAILINGS
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Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 80 minutes |
2008 SUNDANCE WORLD DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION FEATURE FILM! Though you won’t discover anything revolutionary, “A Complete History of My Sexual Failures” remains a fun romp…
Posted on January 24, 2008 by Jamie Tipps
DOWNLOADING NANCY
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Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 96 minutes |
2008 SUNDANCE DRAMATIC FEATURE COMPETITION! “Downloading Nancy” is a singularly joyless, soulless venture…
Posted on January 24, 2008 by Jamie Tipps
TRANSSIBERIAN
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 111 minutes |
2008 SUNDANCE PREMIERE FEATURE FILM! Director Brad Anderson is a great hand at atmosphere, and he works it to his advantage…
Posted on January 24, 2008 by Jamie Tipps