Sundance Journal: ‘Price Check’
Many of the movies in the Premieres section at this year’s Sundance festival were quite mediocre, and some like ‘Lay the Favorite‘ were just plain terrible. ‘Price Check’ falls into the mediocre categ...
Many of the movies in the Premieres section at this year’s Sundance festival were quite mediocre, and some like ‘Lay the Favorite‘ were just plain terrible. ‘Price Check’ falls into the mediocre categ...
Those of you who enjoyed ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ will mostly likely love James Marsh’s ‘Shadow Dancer’, a Le Carre-esque portrayal of a family embroiled in the IRA and the lengths to which a mothe...
If there was a better acted movie at Sundance this year, I didn’t see it. John Hawkes’ role in ‘The Surrogate’ should steamroll the Oscars next year, and I say that full well knowing that I haven’t se...
Not everything at Sundance is about watching movies. I made it a point to check out Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s hitRECord.org presentation too.
The first two-thirds of ‘Red Lights’ make a fine psychological thriller. In the last third, however, the train of thought totally derails, and the film has one of the messiest endings I’ve ever witnessed.
Do you like rap? Ice-T’s ‘Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap’ will captivate you no matter your feelings on this type of music.
[Editor’s Note: Our reviews of movies from the Sundance Film Festival will continue to roll out across the rest of the week. In the meantime, here’s Aaron’s coverage of the films that actually won the festival...
Almost every year, one movie will dominate the buzz at the Sundance Film Festival over all the others. The screenings are near impossible to get into, because everyone wants to see it. In year’s past, such films have include...
I let myself get my hopes up really high for ‘Black Rock’. I mean, tremendously high. I love Mark Duplass, who wrote the movie. I love Katie Aselton, who directs and stars in it. My high expectations for the film were ...
Have you ever come out of a movie thinking, “So, what was the point of that?” That’s exactly what I asked my film critic friend after we got out of ‘The Ambassador’.
Only rich people would use a phrase like “cheap money” and think that there’s nothing wrong with it. David Siegel and his wife Jackie are… well, were… billionaires. David owns Westgate, the time share giant of th...
‘Your Sister’s Sister’ was a movie I looked forward to seeing simply because I love the cast. Mark Duplass, Emily Blunt and Rosemarie DeWitt – what a great group of actors, right?