Movies you need to see at Sundance: Part 1
Posted by Scott on January 7, 2009 4 Comments

Since I am heading down to Sundance Film Festival in 2 weeks I thought it would be important to prepare myself and try to figure out what movies were important for me to see. Here …

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Review: ‘Garden Party’
Thursday, 10 Jul, 2008 – 3:11 | 4 Comments
Review: ‘Garden Party’

Los Angeles has more than earned a reputation as a destroyer of worlds, swallowing up naive little sweethearts with their dreams packed into their suitcases only to vomit up their bones months, weeks or even …

Review: ‘Boy A’ LAFF ‘08
Tuesday, 1 Jul, 2008 – 9:40 | No Comment
Review: ‘Boy A’ LAFF ‘08

“The past does not equal the future” a character notes in Boy A, but it seems the past doesn’t have to repeat itself for it to still wreak its proper damages. Here is a …

Review: “Ballast” LAFF 08
Saturday, 28 Jun, 2008 – 16:00 | No Comment
Review: “Ballast” LAFF 08

A majority of films set in the south of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama tend to extol the culture that abounds there as a centerpiece to their stories. Be it colorful, warm characters or the …

In case you missed it … ‘The Puffy Chair’
Friday, 27 Jun, 2008 – 23:27 | No Comment
In case you missed it … ‘The Puffy Chair’

Roadside Attractions and Netflix are doing a tremendous job of bringing the very small indie films with disproportionately great stories to DVD, so that the larger audience has greater access. The Puffy Chair is just …

Review: ‘Then She Found Me’
Thursday, 26 Jun, 2008 – 9:34 | No Comment
Review: ‘Then She Found Me’

I was pleasantly surprised by this little Independent film. It was an impressive vehicle for Helen Hunt to make her directorial debut. Hunt spent 10 years bringing this loosely based adaptation of Elinor Lipman’s novel …

Review: ‘Choke’ LAFF 08
Tuesday, 24 Jun, 2008 – 15:25 | 4 Comments
Review: ‘Choke’ LAFF 08

Based on cult author Chuck Palahniuk’s 2001 novel, Choke has been a long time coming. A literal 7 year process for actor-turned-writer/director Clark Gregg in getting the film made, added to huge fan expectations …

Review: ‘The Pleasure Of Being Robbed’ LAFF 08
Monday, 23 Jun, 2008 – 15:03 | No Comment
Review: ‘The Pleasure Of Being Robbed’ LAFF 08

In Joshua Safdie’s debut feature, The Pleasure of Being Robbed, we are offered a confusing world of discarded moments under the supposition of a missing larger picture. In it, Eleanor, a young and vaguely …

Val Kilmer + 2 cast in ‘The Thaw’
Friday, 13 Jun, 2008 – 20:10 | No Comment
Val Kilmer + 2 cast in ‘The Thaw’

Anagram Pictures is producing a new indie sci-fi thriller called The Thaw. The film is written by Michael Lewis and Mark A. Lewis … Mark will also be directing. The producers have attached their three …

Review: ‘Quid Pro Quo’
Wednesday, 11 Jun, 2008 – 20:00 | No Comment
Review: ‘Quid Pro Quo’

Quid Pro Quo is one of those small wonder films from Magnolia pictures. The movie centers around Issac Knott (Nick Stahl) a reporter on National Public radio in New York. Issac, paralyzed and stuck …

‘The Wackness’ gets its final trailer..
Tuesday, 10 Jun, 2008 – 12:21 | One Comment

‘The Wackness’ will be released July 2nd, and here is the final trailer it..

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Lake Bell is preparing for ‘Orgy’
Thursday, 5 Jun, 2008 – 6:42 | No Comment
Lake Bell is preparing for ‘Orgy’

Lake Bell, who was my favorite part of ‘What Happens in Vegas’ is prepping for a starring role in the new indie flick ‘A Good Old Fashion Orgy’, which is such a great name isnt …

Review: ‘Circulation’
Saturday, 17 May, 2008 – 22:47 | No Comment
Review: ‘Circulation’

Circulation (2008) was written and directed by Ryan Harper. The film stars Yvonne Delarosa and Sherman Koltz as two wandering souls in an alternate purgatory-like dimension where people retain human form but are driven by …

‘King Shot’ is bound to be … Awesomely Odd!
Thursday, 15 May, 2008 – 22:45 | 2 Comments
‘King Shot’ is bound to be … Awesomely Odd!

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Legendary and long-dormant filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowssky has been selected by Absurda, David Lynch’s production company, to write and direct King Shot.
What we know so far …

Being called a “metaphysical gangster” movie, shot Sin City-style.
Producer Eric …

WAMG Interview: Eric D. Wilkinson
Thursday, 15 May, 2008 – 12:55 | No Comment
WAMG Interview: Eric D. Wilkinson

If you’ve been reading our blog like a good movie geek, you’ve probably read my favorable review of The Man From Earth, a fascinating dialogue-driven science-fiction film written by the late-great Jerome Bixby. I am now very excited to present to you an interview I was fortunate to have with the producer of The Man From Earth, Mr. Eric Wilkinson:

In case you missed it … ‘Broken’
Wednesday, 14 May, 2008 – 10:00 | No Comment
In case you missed it … ‘Broken’

Directed by Alan White, Broken (2006) stars Heather Graham as Hope, an aspiring singer/songwriter who moves to L.A. from Ohio to become famous. Hope’s dreams didn’t pan out and now she reflects on her many …

Woody Allen’s new flick …
Tuesday, 13 May, 2008 – 23:02 | No Comment
Woody Allen’s new flick …

… Is filled with Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz, and Javier Bardem all making out! Crazy … check out the trailer below …

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Scott’s Favorites: Garden State Soundtrack
Monday, 12 May, 2008 – 8:36 | No Comment
Scott’s Favorites: Garden State Soundtrack

This is my second post from this series, the first being about Captain Spaulding.

Zach Braff proved his Indie Rock prowess when he Wrote, Directed, Starred, Produced, ran the cameras’s, controlled the boom mic’s, slept with …

Sad Day: PH and WI Fold
Thursday, 8 May, 2008 – 22:44 | No Comment

I was talking with a head of a small studio just yesterday about Picturehouse folding into Warner Independent. He commented back, Warner Independent and Picturehouse were both going to shut down. These have been to …