Dustin Jansick
660 articles written by Dustin Jansick
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Inside Llewyn Davis
The latest creation from masterminds Joel and Ethan Coen is about a folk musician named Llewyn Davis; a couch surfing cat-lover with a full beard who rarely is without his guitar, and is more concerned with being an artist...
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Lenny Cooke
How is it possible that the #1 high school basketball player in America never ended up playing in the NBA? You probably never even heard of his name before. The documentary Lenny Cooke attempts to answer this question by...
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2014 Spirit Award Nominations Announced
Nominations for the Film Independent Spirit Awards were announced this morning by Octavia Spencer, who was probably happy to announce that Fruitvale Station (a film she is in) picked up 3 nominations. But the film with the most nominations...
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Giveaway: Dallas Buyers Club Soundtrack & Focus Features Blu-ray set
Inspired by true events, a Texas cowboy (Matthew McConaughey) named Ron Woodroof has his life turned upside down after being diagnosed as HIV-positive and given just 30 days to live. To help support Dallas Buyers Club (now playing in...
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Giveaway: The To Do List Prize Package
Way Too Indie is celebrating the recent Blu-ray and DVD release (Nov. 17th) of the raunchy throwback comedy film, The To Do List, which stars Aubrey Plaza, Rachel Bilson, Andy Samberg, and Bill Harder, by traveling back in time...
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Humano
With such a philosophical subject as trying to discover the reason for our existence, Humano is indeed as heady of an experimental study as it sounds. At one point the filmmaker, Alan Stivelman, takes hallucinogens while pondering if the...
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Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?
Renowned filmmaker Michel Gondry has an animated (I say that both figuratively and literally) conversation with the famous linguist, philosopher, and political activist Noam Chomsky. Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? takes an unorthodox approach by presenting the...
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Blue Is the Warmest Color
Was I a little upset that I did not catch Blue Is the Warmest Color while at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year? Absolutely I was. Especially when the film went on to win the top prize of...
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Mr. Nobody
Mr. Nobody is proof that just having all the right ingredients does not automatically make it a great dish. This film contains an intriguing plot, spectacular visuals, solid acting performances, more ambition than you can shake a stick at,...
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Giveaway: 2 Free Movie Tickets to All Is Lost
People are already talking about Oscar potential for Robert Redford’s performance in J.C. Chandor’s (Margin Call) open-water thriller, All Is Lost. The film is about a man’s struggle to survive the elements at sea and face mortality after his...
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Escape From Tomorrow
First time filmmaker Randy Moore certainly made a name for himself when Escape from Tomorrow first premiered nearly a year ago at the Sundance Film Festival where critics were calling the film bold, insane, and mind-melting. Initially, many people...
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The Way Way Back
From the Oscar winning minds behind the story of The Descendants, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash bring a similar family oriented film that aspires to be a charming crowd-pleaser, but ends up with the same underwhelming results. The Way...
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Giveaway: Before Midnight Blu-ray and Soundtrack
Ranking up there as one of our favorite films of the year is Richard Linklater’s Before Midnight, the third installment of his romance saga that jumps ahead nine years in the storyline where Jesse and Celine spend their holiday...
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14 Sexy Character Posters for Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac
If there is one thing Lars von Trier does extremely well it is creating controversy. In 2011 the Danish filmmaker was deemed “persona non grata”, which is a subtle way of saying ‘you’re not fucking welcome here’ at the...
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Interview: Walter Woodman, Patrick Cederberg & Matthew Kinch of Noah
Three college aged friends created the splendidly unique 17 minute short film which takes place entirely on a teenager’s computer screen. The audience is essentially looking over the shoulder of Noah the whole time, watching what he says, deletes,...