2013 NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FULL PROGRAMMING LINEUP
The 2013 Newport Beach Film Festival, running April 25-May 2, 2013, has announced their full programming lineup…
Posted on April 19, 2013 by Mark Bell
SOLDIERS OF PAINT
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  Year Released: 2013 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 97 minutes |
Soldiers of Paint is a documentary that focuses on the annual D-Day paintball event in Oklahoma. People come from all over to recreate the battle of Normandy, complete with simulated beach landings, tank assaults and mobile command posts. Lest you think this is some casual weekend warrior paintball fun, which it initially might be for [...]
Posted on April 10, 2013 by Mark Bell
IT’S NICK’S BIRTHDAY
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 35 minutes |
While it takes a naturalistic stance on the musical, which is not entirely new, having the characters burst into song and dance within the common confines of their day-to-day lives, the sentiments expressed are unique. The songs may have a purpose and point in that moment, but they come across more like stream of consciousness; these are musical numbers, insomuch that someone was humming a tune and it turned into a production…
Posted on April 9, 2013 by Mark Bell
AMBER ROSE
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  Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
As the characters’ pasts become more and more clear, the film becomes all the more uncomfortable to experience. Again, this is a film that could go a number of different directions, and very few of them would have a positive ending. No matter how you slice it, Amber Rose is likely going to need therapy when she’s older…
Posted on April 9, 2013 by Mark Bell
STANLEY FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES OPENING NIGHT FILM, SHORTS PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL EVENTS
The 2013 Stanley Film Festival, running May 2-5, 2013, at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, has announced “The Purge” as its opening night film. The festival has also announced its full short film programs and special events…
Posted on April 9, 2013 by Mark Bell
THE IDEA THIEF
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Year Released: 2011 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 114 minutes |
For many, just the thought of not being original can cripple the artistic process. Couple that with the possibility that they are original, but are having their ideas stolen, and many a rational human will flip out…
Posted on April 8, 2013 by Mark Bell
2013 SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES OPENING NIGHT FILM
Joss Whedon’s “Much Ado About Nothing” will open the 2013 Seattle International Film Festival, running May 16 – June 9, 2013…
Posted on April 8, 2013 by Mark Bell
THE BENCH
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Year Released: 2013 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 7 minutes |
Created to appear like a classic silent film, Hank Isaac’s short film, “The Bench,” conveys all the charm of the early days of the cinematic medium with a more modern message…
Posted on April 8, 2013 by Mark Bell
2013 FULL FRAME DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS
The 2013 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival announced its award winners at the festival’s annual Awards Barbecue this afternoon…
Posted on April 7, 2013 by Mark Bell
INAUGURAL STANLEY FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FIRST WAVE OF FILMS
The inaugural Stanley Film Festival, running May 2-5, 2013, at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, has announced its first wave of programming. The Stanley Hotel is known as being the inspiration for Stephen King’s Overlook Hotel in “The Shining,” among other things. The festival will also honor Eli Roth with the Visionary Award, with his film “Aftershock” closing the film festival…
Posted on April 2, 2013 by Mark Bell
TIME TRAVEL BOY
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Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 13 minutes |
The score is mostly playful, and the actions are obviously inspired by how a child might process something so tragic and attempt to “solve” it. That is what gives it the lighthearted feel, though obviously a child losing their mother is anything but…
Posted on April 1, 2013 by Mark Bell
FILM THREAT PODCAST – EPISODE 81: DIVERTICULITIS
Don talks “Spring Breakers” and gives tips on how to poop in the nice bathroom at any music venue, Don and Mark discuss their excitement over the upcoming Stanley Film Festival, Mark gives a brief review of “The Cardboard Bernini” and then it all wraps up with Mark’s latest existential crisis…
Posted on March 31, 2013 by Mark Bell
2013 VICTORIA TX INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE AND LINEUP
The 2nd Annual Victoria TX Independent Film Festival, running April 4-7, 2013, has announced its full schedule and lineup…
Posted on March 27, 2013 by Mark Bell
ALL AMERICAN ZOMBIE DRUGS
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  Year Released: 2013 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 99 minutes |
Sure, Sebastian’s penchant for sleep-humping gets old, and the short attention span that seems to come over all of them from time to time can be more than a little annoying, but all of the characterizations work, and the film has enough charm otherwise to make up for the moments when it is less interesting…
Posted on March 27, 2013 by Mark Bell
VAMPIRE CAMP
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  Year Released: 2013 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 78 minutes |
Overall, this is the type of film that has a goofy vibe you’re either into or you’re not. If you don’t find weak one-liners and sudden musical numbers entertaining, or don’t like films that don’t really tell a story so much as set up a premise and then just fill it with silly, then this isn’t for you…
Posted on March 26, 2013 by Mark Bell
