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20th Century Fox has released another 2011 Sundance movie, The Art of Getting By, on Blu-ray. The Art of Getting By stars Freddie Highmore as George, a disillusioned high school senior who lives with the belief that if everyone dies alone, why bother looking for someone along the way. Things change, of course, when he happens to notice Sally (Emma Roberts), another disillusioned, but more [...]
The Last Mountain, the latest DVD released by Docuramafilms, is a roughly hour and a half documentary over the plight of a small town trying to protect the last intact mountain, Coal River Mountain, in the Appalachians of West Virginia from a coal company who have taken up mountain top blasting. The Last Mountain premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and now is being [...]
20th Century Fox is releasing the Sundance Film Festival hit, Another Earth, on Blu-ray. Another Earth is the little movie, filmed on miniscule resources, that blew audiences, including myself, away. Starring William Mapother, whom you may know from Lost, and Brit Marling, who both starred and co-wrote the movie, Another Earth explores the possiblity that a second earth could give you new possibilities and a [...]
TRUE ADOLESCENTS, which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in 2009, is now available for the first time on DVD. True Adolescents stars Mark Duplass (The Puffy Chair) as Sam, an aging and hapless musician who is still hanging on to the dream of obtaining a recording contract. At 34 years old, with no job and no home, Sam is forced to face the truths [...]
HBO Documentary films has released on DVD, HOT COFFEE, a documentary that was shown at the Sundance Film Festival and received the Grand Jury Prize at the Seattle Film Festival. Hot Coffee revisits the infamous McDonald’s coffee spilling case, the results of the lawsuit, and the ramifications in the legal world and to other victims. Everyone has heard of the McDonald’s coffee lawsuit. I remember [...]
Recently released on Blu-ray is MONTE CARLO, the story of three girls finding the answers to life in an overseas adventure. Selena Gomez stars as Grace, a recent high school graduate and part time waitress, who has saved her hard earned tips for a week long trip to Paris after graduation. Grace thinks she can find the answers to life in the City of Love. [...]
Jerry the vampire is back in this remake of the 1985 cult classic FRIGHT NIGHT. Colin Farrell plays Jerry, the new next door neighbor that moves into the vacant house next to teenager Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin from Star Trek). At first Charley doesn’t listen to the warnings of any of his friends, but soon realizes that all the rumors are true. With the help [...]
Based on the description I was pretty excited to sit down and see what horror film THE SHRINE had to offer! I’m pleased to say that I wasn’t disappointed. The premise of The Shrine is this: There are two American journalists that decide to follow up on a lead of a missing person. Said guy disappeared in Alvania Poland, and Cameron and Sara set off [...]
Finally fans of the Ayn Rand novel ATLAS SHRUGGED get to see this novel on the big screen. It’s been a rough and rocky ride to get this book to the screen, fans have been through several false starts – and we even survived rumors of a Brad Pitt Angelina Jolie casting scare (I thank the heavens that this didn’t come true). Atlas Shrugged Part [...]
I’m not really sure where to start in my review for RED RIDING HOOD. Don’t get me wrong, I love teen angst, but this was just SO over the top that it was hard to even concentrate on anything else. Director Catherine Hardwicke took everything that she did on the first Twilight movie and just shoved it into Red Riding Hood, and didn’t even try [...]
