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Review: Unexpected (Sundance 2015)

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...

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Review: Dope (Sundance 2015)

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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...

Review: The Stanford Prison Experiment (Sundance 2015)

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PLOT: In the summer of 1971, Stanford psychology professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo (Billy Crudup) recruits students to participate in a study simulating prison conditions. The role of guard and prisoner are assigned randomly. It doesn’t take long for the experiment...

Review: Nasty Baby (Sundance 2015)

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PLOT: A Manhattan gay couple (Sebastian Silva & Tunde Adebimpe) try to have a baby with their best friend (Kristen Wiig) but wind up dealing with a dilemma that shakes all of them to the core and tests their devotion...

IFC Midnight takes rights to Reversal after Sundance debut

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IFC Midnight announced today from Sundance that the company is acquiring U.S. rights to Dark Factory Entertainment’s gritty revenge thriller REVERSAL. The film is directed by JM Cravioto and stars Tina Ivlev and Richard Tyson; it premiered in the “Park...

Review: Slow West (Sundance 2015)

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PLOT: A Scottish tenderfoot (Kodi Smit-McPhee) journeys through the American West to reunite with his true love. He’s aided by a rough and tumble bounty hunter (Michael Fassbender) with an agenda of his own. REVIEW: SLOW WEST is another hidden...

Review: The Hallow (Sundance 2015)

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PLOT: A conservationist (Joseph Mawle) brings his wife (Bojana Novakovic) and infant son to Ireland, where he’s been sent to survey an ancient forest that the locals think is haunted by a horde of monstrous faeries. REVIEW: THE HALLOW’s turned...

Review: Turbo Kid (Sundance 2015)

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PLOT: It is the year 1997. Mankind has been mostly obliterated, and the few survivors try to survive the radioactive wasteland. Enter “The Kid” (Munro Chambers) who stumbles upon the remains of famed superhero “Turbo Man.” Donning his super-suit, “Turbo...

Review: The Nightmare (Sundance 2015)

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PLOT: A documentary focusing on the phenomenon of sleep paralysis as experienced by eight strangers. REVIEW: Rodney Ascher’s THE NIGHTMARE should have been a slamdunk. His SHINING doc, ROOM 237, was unsettling even if most if the interpretations put across...

Review: Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead (Sundance 2015)

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PLOT: A documentary about The National Lampoon, which went from being a fringe humor magazine founded by three Harvard grads to a multimedia conglomerate that conquered Hollywood. REVIEW: It's crazy to think about how much 'National Lampoon' has changed the...

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