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Sundance: David Bruckner’s The Night House with Rebecca Hall sells for $12M

Posted 6 years ago

VHS and THE RITUAL director David Bruckner's new nightmare THE NIGHT HOUSE (READ OUR VIEW HERE) with Rebecca Hall just held it's World Premiere at the Sundance film festival. And already, Variety reports that Searchlight Pictures is closing in on...

Review: Happy Happy Joy Joy (Sundance 2020)

Posted 6 years ago

PLOT: The story behind Nickelodeon’s seminal “Ren & Stimpy”, and the complicated, sometimes predatory man behind it, John Kricfalusi. REVIEW: For fans of “Ren & Stimpy”, HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY is a mixed bag. On the one hand, it’s packed...

2020 Sundance Film Festival Preview!

Posted 6 years ago

Chris It's hard to believe that I've been attending the Sundance Film Festival for more than a decade now. In fact, this year marks my eleventh time attending the festival, and what a ride its been. Back in 2010, when...

Review: The Report

Posted 6 years ago

This is a repost of our Sundance 2019 review.  PLOT: Daniel Jones (Adam Driver), an ambitious Senate staff working for Senator Dianne Feinstein (Annette Bening), is put in charge of an investigation into the CIA’s controversial Detention and Interrogation Program,...

Review: Memory: The Origins of Alien

Posted 7 years ago

Previously reviewed at Sundance 2019.  PLOT: An in-depth examination of the origins of Ridley Scott’s seminal 1979 classic and it’s enduring legacy as modern day mythology. REVIEW: MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN is the latest from documentarian Alexandre O. Philippe....

Review: Don’t Let Go

Posted 7 years ago

NOTE: DON'T LET GO originally played Sundance under the title RELIVE. Apparently the film has been re-edited since then – this review reflects what originally played at Sundance.  PLOT: After his beloved niece (Storm Reid) is brutally murdered, a cop...

Review: Brittany Runs a Marathon

Posted 7 years ago

This was originally reviewed as part of JoBlo.com's Sundance 2019 coverage.  PLOT: Brittany (Jillian Bell) decides to change her life by losing weight and training for the New York City Marathon. REVIEW: BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON has an admittedly simple...

Review: Blinded by the Light

Posted 7 years ago

Originally reviewed as part of our Sundance 2019 coverage.  PLOT: Javed (Viveik Kalra ), a Pakistani teen growing up in Thatcher-era Britain, has his life changed when he discovers the music of Bruce Springsteen. REVIEW: BLINDED BY THE LIGHT made...

Review: The Nightingale

Posted 7 years ago

This was previously reviewed as part of our Sundance 2019 coverage.  PLOT: In 1820’s Tasmania, Clare (Aisling Franciosi), an Irish convict working as an indentured servant to an army officer (Sam Claflin), eagerly awaits the day her sentence will be over,...

Review: Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

Posted 7 years ago

This review was originally run as part of JoBlo.com's 2019 Sundance Film Festival coverage. PLOT: Single mom Elizabeth Kloepfer (Lily Collins) is swept off her feet by a handsome, charismatic stranger (Zac Efron), only to be shocked when he’s arrested...

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