sundance 2017

2017 Sundance Wrap-Up and Top 5

Posted 10 years ago

And so another edition of the Sundance Film Festival is in the books. The 2017 edition marked my eighth year wandering around Park City, Utah, and it was a memorable fest, with blizzard conditions in the first week, cyber-attacks, protests...

Berlin Syndrome (Sundance Review) starring Teresa Palmer

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: An Australian backpacker (Teresa Palmer) traveling through Germany has a one-night stand with a stranger (Max Riemelt) only to discover the next morning that he’s made her a captive in his prison-like apartment. REVIEW: The premise for BERLIN SYNDROME...

Review: Sidney Hall (Sundance) starring Logan Lerman & Elle Fanning

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A young writer (Logan Lerman) drops off the face of the earth after his first two novels become best-sellers. Years later, an investigator (Kyle Chandler) tries to figure out what happened to him. REVIEW: Watching SIDNEY HALL at Sundance,...

Review: The Hero (Sundance) starring Sam Elliot

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: Following a bleak medical diagnosis, an aging Western star (Sam Elliott) comes to terms with his mortality and tries to mend his fractured relationships – all the while hoping for one last shot at glory. REVIEW: Sam Elliott has...

Review: Berlin Syndrome (Sundance) starring Teresa Palmer

Posted 10 years ago

Review: Walking Out (Sundance) starring Matt Bomer

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A fourteen-year-old city boy (Josh Wiggins) is forced to step-up in a big way after his hunter father (Matt Bomer) is badly wounded on a winter hunt, stranding the two of them deep in the wilderness. REVIEW: Hunting gets...

Review: Rebel in the Rye (Sundance) starring Nicholas Hoult

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: The life of author J.D Salinger (Nicholas Hoult), from his early years as a student of Columbia lecturer Whit Burnett (Kevin Spacey), through his war years, to the publication of “The Catcher in the Rye.” REVIEW: Is there an...

Review: The Polka King (Sundance) starring Jack Black

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: The true story of Jan Lewan (Jack Black), a Pennsylvania Polka sensation who ran a $5 million ponzi scheme, to the complete ignorance of his wife (Jenny Slate) and best friend/ band-mate (Jason Schwartzman. REVIEW: THE POLKA KING is...

Review: Bushwick (Sundance) starring Dave Bautista

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: When a paramilitary force invades Brooklyn, a young woman (Brittany Snow) and a mysterious combat vet (Dave Bautista) must cross five hazardous blocks in Bushwick in order to reach a military extraction point. REVIEW: Imagine INVASION U.S.A if its...

Review: Call Me by Your Name (Sundance) starring Armie Hammer

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A young man (Timothée Chalamet) spending the summer with his parents in Italy circa 1983, find his sexuality awakened when a visiting academic (Armie Hammer) moves in to help his father (Michael Stuhlbarg) with an archaeological project. REVIEW: Up...

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