I didn’t want to see Snow Angels at first. I was outside the first screening when a busload of people decided to walk out. “Terrible, Depressing” they said. But then in the days that followed I ran into a lot of people on the shuttles and at the theaters that were raving about the flick. But I still refused to believe it was good. I mean, how could a busload of people walk out and it be a great movie? Than one of my Sundance friends expressed the same opinion. And so far I’ve pretty much agreed with her on every movie thus far. But the only screening of Snow Angles that remained was during Grace is Gone, which is probably the biggest hyped film at the fest at this point in. So I had to see that instead.
I got up early, ran to the Library to get in through the wait list. Got my ticket, went inside and sat down. The theater wasn’t full. Sure, it was an early morning screening but this was Grace is Gone. So I had a conversation with the moviegoer next to me about how I expected this to be a full show because of all the hype. He agreed. And than the theater manager got up and introduced the director… David Gordon Green. And that’s when it hit me, Green didn’t direct Grace is Gone. And like fate I became imprisoned in a screening of Snow Angles. A movie I had no interest in seeing. A movie which had walk-outs and very mixed reviews. A movie which I loved.
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Charlie (Michael Douglas) has just returned from a two-year mental facility visit. His self reliant daughter Miranda (Evan Rachel Wood) refuses to even acknowledge that he is in fact her father. Charlie becomes obsessed with finding hidden gold left by Spanish missionaries. Believing that he has deciphered a code, he sets off on a journey to hunt down the buried treasure, somehow sucking his daughter into his maddening odyssey. The climax leads them on a hilarious laugh-out-loud mission to break into a Cost-co.
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“I believe in Holden Caulfield and what he was saying… What he was saying to a lost generation.”
Chapter 27 reenacts the final moments before Mark David Chapman murdered John Lennon. The title is a play on J.D. Salinger’s classic novel The Catcher in the Rye, which ends on chapter 26. Chapman related and modeled his life after the book’s main character Holden Caulfield.
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On The Road With Judas is a movie based on a book (of the same name) which stars actors playing characters playing characters from the book and actors playing actors playing characters from the book. Not only does the film timeshift, jumping through the years but it also jumps back and fourth between scenes and a talk show set where the actors and characters are being interviewed about the book which is being filmed as a movie. Confused? You haven’t seen or heard anything yet. Read More »
I had a very good week last week. All of my top 5 movies made the top 5, although in a slightly different order. I had Night at the Museum #1 and Stomp the Yard #2, but that was switched. In my defense, it was one of the closest races I’ve ever seen as less than half a million dollars separated the two. I was correct in my statement that there were going to be low box office totals as the #1 movie only made $12.3 million. Even with my foresight of a low total, I still over shot and was about $3 million over for the totals of four of the five films. I was way off on the total for the Hitcher. I had it coming in third with about $5 million more than it made at #4. But, all in all, it was still a good week. Will I do better this week as four new films open to give Stomp the Yard a run for its money? Read on to find out:
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“God seemed fit to put you in my path and I’m gonna cure you of your wickedness.”
The Sundance Film Festival runs 10-days. The first weekend is usually a madhouse, but when Wednesday comes around – everyone starts to become a walking zombie. Living off 3 hours of sleep a night can only get you so far. It got me to Black Snake Moan, Craig Brewer’s follow-up to Hustle & Flow.
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Posted on Friday, January 26th, 2007 by Contests
This Film is Not Yet Rated hit DVD store shelves on January 23rd, and we have a copy for THREE lucky /Film readers. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should get this DVD (note: you must first register with /Film). On February 5th we will e-mail the winners with the best answers. More information on the release can be found after the jump.
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From Academy Award nominated director Taika Waititi (for his short film Two Cars, One Night) comes the best indie romantic comedy of all time.
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