Magnolia Pictures has announced that the critically-acclaimed film “We Are the Best” is now available on iTunes and On Demand, as it continues its expansion to select theaters across the country. From director Lukas Moodysson, “We Are the Best” is the story of three young misfits growing up in early ’80s Stockholm. Pixieish, mohawk-sporting Klara […][...]
Lucky Them: Trailer
— by JESSIKA OWENS — There are a couple actors out there, and I think this rings true for everybody, whose films you will go see regardless of what it is, even if you have no idea what it’s really about. For me, Toni Collette is one of those actors. I am insanely biased when […][...]
Review: Coherence
— by RON WILKINSON — James Ward Byrkit’s sci-fi thriller “Coherence” starts as an updated comedy of manners like Luis Buñuel’s “The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie” and ends like something from Alfred Hitchcock. In the background we are waiting for Rod Serling’s voice to come over the soundtrack, “Eight normal people, with their usual […][...]
Review: Evergreen: The Road to Legalization
— by RON WILKINSON — Starting off with great archival footage of the now famous marijuana fear mongering campaigns of the mid-twentieth century, Riley Morton’s documentary (written by Nils Cowan) picks up the trail of the long and winding road towards marijuana legalization in Washington state. The movie features accurate and well-edited interviews with key […][...]
Review: Seeds of Time
— by BEV QUESTAD — “The way in which we are feeding the current population is not sustainable. Twelve of the hottest 15 years have taken place in the last 16 years. …We’re really in a race against time. We need to mobilize before it’s too late. We’re gonna pay a price if we don’t […][...]
Sex Tape: Pop-Up Trailer
— by JESSIKA OWENS — It’s no secret that today is a technologically advanced age. Social media and clouds are the way we share and distribute information. Our phones and tablets are little computers that keep us connected 24-seven, constantly sending and receiving information. What happens though, when a couple decides to make a sex […][...]
Two Clips from Boyhood
— by JESSIKA OWENS — Film shoots can take a lot of time and effort, some upwards of several years. It’s the way things are in the industry, especially in a day and age where, technologically speaking, there’s a smorgasbord of tasks to undertake in post production. Locations, cameras, CGI and varying technicalities lend their […][...]
Review: Anna
— by RON WILKINSON — Mark Strong (Jim Prideaux in the 2011 remake of “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”) comes back a good guy in “Anna” (aka “Mindscape”). He is still as cold and calculating as ever, approaching the diagnosis of his most recent case as he approached the mystery mole in “Tinker.” Strong plays John […][...]
Review: Bright Days Ahead
— by RON WILKINSON — Marion Vernoux’s romantic comedy starts off with recent retiree Caroline (Fanny Ardant—“8 Women,” Confidentially Yours”) plunging ahead with retirement at the Bright Days Ahead senior center. The screenplay has Caroline visiting the center with trepidation and her fears, and our fears, are soon born out. The classes are insipid, the […][...]
Review: Beneath the Harvest Sky
— by RON WILKINSON — Casper (Emory Cohen – “The Place Beyond the Pines”) and Dominic (Callan McAuliffe – “The Great Gatsby”) grow up together in the tiny community of Van Buren just south of the Canadian border. They are very different people. Dom is hard working and has his eye on the prize. He […][...]