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Nightfur

Nightfur

By Dustin Jansick

Nightfur is a quirky independent film, written and directed by Jason Brown, about science fiction, fantasy and even a little bit of romance. Most of the acting feels emotionless and the plot is not very deep but one thing is certain, the story is original. I feel like Jason Brown got exactly what he...

Let Me In

Let Me In

By Dustin Jansick

Let Me In is an American remake of the Swedish original called Let the Right One In. The film restores faith to those who thought an American vampire film...

Carlos

Carlos

By Blake Ginithan

I knew half way through the first part of the excellent film Carlos, that it would be the best film I would see in 2010. Carlos is at the...

Heavy Times

Heavy Times

By Dustin Jansick

Heavy Times is an indie comedy that will remind you of The Hangover and Superbad. Directed by Benjamin Mark and Ryan McKenna, it takes you on a wild joy-ride...

Cracks

Cracks

By Dustin Jansick

A feature debut from Jordan Scott (daughter of Ridley) who wrote and directed Cracks – a story that starts off innocent but eventually unravels to show a dark psychological...

The Fighter

The Fighter

By Dustin Jansick

David O. Russell’s The Fighter is based on a true story about the boxer Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg). Micky involves his entire family around his boxing career; using his...

Jack Goes Boating

Jack Goes Boating

By Dustin Jansick

Philip Seymour Hoffman stars in his directorial debut in Jack Goes Boating, a film that is adapted from his acclaimed Off Broadway play. Considering Philip Seymour Hoffman is one...

Candyman: The David Klein Story

Candyman: The David Klein Story

By Dustin Jansick

Candyman is a documentary by Costa Botes about David Klein, the man who in 1976 invented Jelly Belly, the gourmet jellybean that nearly everyone in the world has tried...

The Kids Are All Right

The Kids Are All Right

By Dustin Jansick

The Kids Are All Right is a film about an unconventional family dealing with the struggles of marriage and raising children that any family can relate to. For better...

Winter’s Bone

Winter’s Bone

By Dustin Jansick

Winter’s Bone will likely be the film most people never heard of that is up for the 2011 Best Picture Award. In terms of the other nine films up...

The King’s Speech

The King’s Speech

By Dustin Jansick

Tom Hooper’s The King Speech is a feel good film with an interesting but true story to go along with it. Not filled with many surprises but it will...

A Mind Beside Itself

A Mind Beside Itself

By Dustin Jansick

A Mind Beside Itself is a 20 minute indie film that starts off as a romantic drama but quickly takes a psychological twist. Directed, written and edited by P.J....

Buried

Buried

By Dustin Jansick

Buried is a claustrophobic thriller that will leave you gasping for air and remains suspenseful enough that even Hitchcock would have been proud. You can guess what the film...

True Grit

True Grit

By Dustin Jansick

The Coen Brothers’ set themselves up for a challenge by deciding to do a re-make of a classic Western film, True Grit, that starred John Wayne. The Coens work...

127 Hours

127 Hours

By Dustin Jansick

127 Hours is the motivational film of the year that proves nature is unforgiving and shows the powerful strength in human determination. Even with the storyline being very basic,...

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