I’m heading home from one of the best festivals I’ve been to. I’m not sure if I just got lucky, or if the slate of titles was actually that much better.
A quick recap of my last day of movies includes Miss Representation, a good doc about how women are treated in media and how it shapes our perceptions. I especially recommend this film for young girls and women. Read More
I’ve forgotten what day this is, but it was another beautiful day. Plus I got that unexpected surprise I always like to have at Sundance.
First film of the day was exactly the type of thing you expect here, an indie comedy with a bunch of unknown actors, and then John C. Riley was thrown in to steal every scene. Terri is a funny little story about outsiders and the confusion that comes along with adolescence. Read More
Sunday at Sundance was a gorgeous day in Park City. The sun was out and other than the walk home around midnight, it wasn’t too cold. I also saw a few more movies to recommend.
First up, I saw The Music Never Stopped. This was a nice little film and J.K. Simmons did a great job. Simmons plays the father of a 40-something amnesiac, played by Lou Taylor Pucci. The son’s memory loss is restored for brief moments of time by listening to the music he loved in his late teens and early twenties. I connected to this film because of my love of music, and thought the father’s desire to connect with his son made for an excellent story. Read More
Saturday was the kind of day that makes Sundance what it is. I saw two great movies, one okay movie and one bloody mess.
Win Win is a great little film that’s already been picked up by Fox Searchlight, starring Paul Giamatti and Amy Ryan. I liked the way this film straddles the line between drama and comedy. It’s exactly the type of film I’ll fight to get into our Blockbuster Recommends program. Read More
The first day of Sundance wasn’t my best movie day. I started the day with Martha Marcy May Marlene, a title that rolls off the tongue. I did enjoy parts of the story, which follows a young girl played by Elizabeth Olsen (younger sister of the Olsen twins), who escapes from a cult. It centers around the anxiety she and her sister must deal with as she attempts to return to an upper middle class lifestyle. Read More
Sundance is cold. But I can’t complain — a day spent in the theater is better than a day chained to a desk, or in my case five days in the theater. I have 20 movies in 5 days, and I’m seeing just about every genre imaginable: horror (Kevin Smith’s Red State), comedy (My Idiot Brother, starring Paul Rudd and Elizabeth Banks), documentaries, and of course it wouldn’t be Sundance without the great indie dramas. I’ll try to keep my reviews “Rich” free (that’s the Blockbuster office version of the guy who always gives away the ending). But, just so you know, Project Nim is not a sequel to Matthew Broderick’s great monkey escape film Project X.
Continuing from last week’s post, here are some of the games I’m most looking forward to playing in the second half of 2011.
Resistance 3
Platforms: PS3
Release date: 9/6
More blasting aliens in the 50s! The developers said they worked on simplifying/cleaning up the multi-player in this version to provide a better experience than Resistance 2. So that’s good. Read More
Now that I’m starting to finish some of the games I got for the holidays, I’m turning my thoughts to all the sweet, sweet, life-sustaining games coming out this year. Here’s a look at the game releases I’m most anticipating for the first half of 2011. I’ll cover the rest of the year next week. Read More
The end of the year is upon us. And while we make the most of it in those last few hours of 2010, let’s reminisce on the movies with the most unforgettable New Year’s Eve scenes. Here are my picks: Read More
As a public service, I’ve gone through the first couple hundred entries in IMDB’s list of the most popular movies releasing next year and pulled out the ones I think look most promising. Read More
