Yes, it's hard to fathom there was a time in cinematic history wherein performers would risk their necks the way Harold Lloyd did in movies like Safety Last!.
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LA Film Fest – ‘Europa Report’
Europa Report is “hard” sci-fi. That means that its plot cannot be separated from the science involved. Does that mean Europa Report is nerdy or boring? Absolutely not.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘Movie 43’
Each segment is made by different people, and they feel like they fall across the spectrum, from the absurdly hilarious, to the confusingly weird, to the just plain gross
Read More »LA Film Fest: ‘The Spectacular Now’
I really didn't want to like The Spectacular Now, but, I did.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘The Heat’
While Feig may not have the comedic heavyweight writing of Kristen Wiig behind the screenplay, stars Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock make sure The Heat never fizzles.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘White House Down’
Emmerich knows how to blow stuff up spectacularly with the best of them. And that’s what we came to see right?
Read More »LA Film Fest: ‘My Stolen Revolution’
Nahid Persson Sarvestani's very personal film about the aftermath and consequences of the 1979 Iranian revolution.
Read More »TV/Film News: ‘Gasland Part II’ HBO Screening and Reception
HBO's Screening of 'Gasland Part II' Receives Warm Reception Ahead of its Nationwide Release on HBO, July 8 (9:00-11:15 pm ET/PT)
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Stories We Tell’
Only art can move a person in a way that’s impossible to put into words without falling short.
Read More »LA Film Fest: When (Creative) Worlds Collide
On June 23, 2013, at the LA Film Fest worlds collided.
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