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“No Escape” Is Crude, Xenophobic Trash
There’s a legitimately hair-raising sequence early in No Escape that left me traumatized. Owen Wilson and his wife Lake Bell have traveled with their two daughters to a conspicuously unnamed country in Southeast Asia where he’s supposed to start a new job at a...
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“Million Dollar Arm” Throws a Neat Double Play
Disney has cornered the market on “based on a true story” sports movies. Million Dollar Arm is their latest contribution to the genre that includes Cool Runnings, The Rookie and Remember the Titans, among others. Their patented studio recipe is evident: Combin...
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Wrapping up the Sundance Film Festival
After consuming and writing about 26 films over the past ten days, I'm a bit fatigued. Alas, below is a full roundup of every film I caught at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Full reviews of each movie will be published adjacent to their release in theater...
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The 2013 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners (updated live)
As the awards come, so will the updates. If you want to know what the winners are, stay here. If you want to express your joy or outrage over what the winners are, stay in our comments section! Either way, stay here... and wait in great anticipation.
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Delightful Day Five at Sundance Includes Lake Bell’s Directorial Debut, Chan-wook Park’s Stylish Stoker, and the Masterful Before Midnight
No small talk to include in today's wrap-up post. Enjoy the writing.
In a World (Dir. Lake Bell)
(Grade: B) -- Lake Bell’s charming In A World may be the first film to explore the occupation of voice-over artists (otherwise known as the folks with soothi...
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