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Watch: The Lords of Salem Trailer
Trailer | Blake Ginithan | October 8, 2012Everyone knows Rob Zombie from his music days with his band White Zombie and of course with his solo career as well. But for the past few years he’s been carving his name in the Horror film echelon. His...
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Sinister
Movie | Blake Ginithan | October 5, 2012The new horror film Sinister over anything else, asks the serious question of how much supernatural scary shit would one would put up with before relocating their family to safety. The main character, Ellison Oswalt (Ethan Hawke) pushes this...
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Giveaway: Moonrise Kingdom Blu-ray Prize Pack
News | Dustin Jansick | October 4, 2012We have got two Blu-ray copies of Wes Anderson’s quirky indie hit Moonrise Kingdom to give away to a couple of our Facebook and Twitter followers. As a bonus, one of those winners will receive a special “Survival Package”...
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Beasts of the Southern Wild on Blu-ray & DVD December 4th
News | Dustin Jansick | October 3, 2012The best film I have seen all year so far, Beasts of the Southern Wild, just got a released date from Fox Home Entertainment. It will be available on Blu-ray and DVD on December 4th, 2012. Along with...
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Sound of My Voice
Movie | Dustin Jansick | October 2, 2012Sound of My Voice an intelligent slow burning indie drama that somehow fell off many people’s radar despite a relatively warm reception at Sundance. The logical answer would be that it may have been slightly overshadowed by lead Brit...
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How UMG-EMI merger affects future of indie music and you
Features | Whitni Ciofalo | September 28, 2012When you combine the powers of UMG and EMI, they account for nearly forty percent of the market. In the fictional world of musical democracy, that would be an uncontestable win. In blogosphere, it would be tagged under juggernaut. ...
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Funny Games
Movie | Dustin Jansick | September 26, 2012Michael Haneke’s Funny Games is a shot by shot and line by line remake of his own 1997 film of the same title only with a different cast and with English dialog instead of German. Even the set of...
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Bad Education
Movie | Dustin Jansick | September 24, 2012Back in 2005 the talented Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar made a film called Bad Education, which contains a film within a film and a story within a story based on the characters past without knowing much about their present....
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Sleepwalk with Me
Movie | Dustin Jansick | September 21, 2012Sleepwalk With Me is an indie comedy that is based on writer-director Mike Birbiglia’s one-man standup show. Similarities can be instantly drawn to Woody Allen (in his Annie Hall days) as Birbiglia speaks to the camera about his failing...
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Chicago International Film Festival 2012 Lineup Announced
Film Festival | Dustin Jansick | September 20, 2012Nearly a month ago the first wave of 22 tiles were announced that would play at the 2012 Chicago International Film Festival and today the rest of the lineup has been revealed. Some of the notable additions to the...
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In Montauk
Movie | Dustin Jansick | September 20, 2012Despite the relatively short runtime of just over an hour, In Montauk is able to capture complex relationship problems that life sometimes hands us. Written and directed by Kim Cummings is an indie drama that explores difficult situations that...
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Red Lights
Movie | C.J. Prince | September 19, 2012The opening of Red Lights immediately sets it apart from the usual crop of horror films and thrillers that get dumped out into multiplexes almost every week. Margaret Matheson (Sigourney Weaver) and her assistant Tom Buckley (Cillian Murphy) drive...
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2012 Toronto International Film Festival Coverage Recap
Film Festival | Dustin Jansick | September 18, 20122012 Toronto International Film Festival came to close on Sunday when officials announced the Audience Award went to Silver Linings Playbook, a film that now has some serious Oscar potential. We did not attend a showing of that crowd-pleaser...
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Comes a Bright Day
Movie | Dustin Jansick | September 17, 2012British filmmaker Simon Aboud makes his full length debut as a director and writer of the indie film Comes a Bright Day. The film is a bizarre blend of genres when a romantic love story unfolds during a life...