Sundance 2015

Review: The D Train

Posted 11 years ago

This was previously reviewed as part of JoBlo.com’s Sundance 2015 coverage. PLOT: Dan (Jack Black) is a small-town guy planning his high school’s twentieth anniversary reunion. Wanting to endear himself to his former classmates, he takes a trip to L.A...

Review: Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck

Posted 11 years ago

  This was previously reviewed as part of JoBlo.com’s 2015 Sundance coverage. PLOT: An authorized documentary focusing on the life of Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain. REVIEW: Those of who dream of fame and fortune may think twice after seeing...

Review: True Story

Posted 11 years ago

This review originally ran as part of our Sundance 2015 coverage. PLOT: Michael Finkel (Jonah Hill) – a disgraced journalist – sees an opportunity to get his career back on track when an accused murderer, Christian Longo (James Franco) is...

Sundance 2015 Wrap-up and Top 10!

Posted 11 years ago

I knew it would be great at it certainly was. Yes ladies and gentlemen, the 2015 Sundance Film Festival is officially in the books. Over ten days I managed to see and review thirty-two movies, and you know what? I...

Review: Zipper (Sundance 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A hotshot prosecutor (Patrick Wilson) preparing for a congressional run unwisely starts frequenting a high-end escort agency. With his life now under a microscope, he’s shocked to discover that his next big case means investigating the very agency he’s...

Review: Results (Sundance 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Two personal trainers (Guy Pearce & Cobie Smulders) struggle with relationship issues while trying to get a slovenly millionaire (Kevin Corrigan) into shape. REVIEW: There’s a certain kind of movie I dread writing about at film festivals. It’s not...

Review: The Diary of a Teenage Girl (Sundance 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A fifteen-year-old girl (Bel Powley) living with her free-spirited mom (Kristen Wiig) in 1970’s San Francisco, falls into a torrid affair with her mother’s boyfriend (Alexander Skarsgård). REVIEW: THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL is yet another of the...

Review: Unexpected (Sundance 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Samantha (Cobie Smulders) is a thirty-year-old teacher at an under-funded inner-city Chicago high school. With her school on the verge of closing, Samantha discovers that she’s pregnant, a predicament she shares with her favorite student, the seemingly college-bound Jasmine...

Review: Dope (Sundance 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Malcolm (Shameik Moore) is a high-achieving, lovably geeky teen trying to survive on the mean streets of Inglewood. With his eyes on Harvard, Malcolm finds his plans for the future jeopardized when he inadvertently winds up in the possession...

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