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All posts by Adriana Floridia
“Neighbors”: Who Wouldn’t Want Zac Efron As One of Theirs?
Neighbors depicts the only possible scenario in which someone wouldn't want Zac Efron to live next door. Mac (Seth Rogen) and Kelly (Rose Byrne) are a young couple who are adjusting to a new life with a baby, a house and adulthood. Finally everything has falle...
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First Trailer for ‘A Long Way Down’ Starring Aaron Paul and Imogen Poots
Fans of author Nick Hornby, famous for novels High Fidelity and About a Boy, have a new adaptation to look forward to. Hornby's interesting take on suicide, A Long Way Down, has been in production for some time now; it was originally meant to be a 2013 release...
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“Whiplash” Kicks off the 2014 Sundance Film Festival
The 30th Sundance Film Festival is off to a strong start, as its opening film Whiplash has already been purchased by Sony Pictures Worldwide.
The film stars Miles Teller, who is no stranger to Sundance as he last starred in The Spectacular Now, which also h...
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Ted Hope Announced as New CEO of Fandor
Fandor, the online community that allows audiences to watch a broad array of independent and international cinema, is getting a new CEO, and that man is film veteran Ted Hope.
Ted Hope has a long history in the film business. Formerly, he served as the San ...
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Looking Back: ‘Welcome to the Dollhouse’
Being an outcast pre-teen has never been depicted so bleakly, depressingly, and hilariously as in Todd Solondz’s debut film Welcome to the Dollhouse. Reaching cult classic status, I only stumbled upon this film fairly recently; and though it was released back ...
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For Your Reconsideration: ‘The Dirties’
Oftentimes a critic's impassioned praise for a smaller, independent film is not enough to get people into the seats, and therefore the movie's impact is mostly missed. This happens to be the instance for the little-seen but highly powerful Canadian film, The D...
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Roger Ebert Documentary ‘Life Itself’ to Premiere at Sundance Film Festival
The new documentary film Life Itself about legendary film critic Roger Ebert will be premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. The film, which is directed by Steve James (Hoop Dreams), has been enduring a successful campaign on Indiegogo, where it currently ha...
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Jon S. Baird’s ‘Filth’ Gets North American Distribution
Filth, starring James McAvoy is finally going to muck up North American screens.
The dark comedy, which is based off of the novel by Irvine Welsh (who also wrote Trainspotting), has endured much success in the UK as it is currently the 2nd highest grossing ...
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You Can Help Support the Roger Ebert Documentary ‘Life Itself’
Even after his death, Roger Ebert remains to be the most influential film critic that we know; and the man who loved movies more than anyone is now being honored through film. Life Itself is a documentary directed by Steve James (Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters)...
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Win a Trip to the Sundance Film Festival with Snag Films!
Have you always dreamt of going to the Sundance Film Festival? Here's your chance! Snag Films, a free indie film streaming website, is offering two diehard indie film fans the opportunity of a lifetime. You could be one of the first to see some of the best Ame...
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