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Jack Goes Boating
Movie | Dustin Jansick | February 18, 2011Philip 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 my favorite present-time actors, keeping my expectations for the film...
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Independent Spirit Award Presenters
News | Dustin Jansick | February 17, 2011Joel McHale will host the 26th Film Independent’s Spirit Awards show and the list of presenters for this year’s ceremony has been announced. Some good surprises are Will Arnett and Rainn Wilson. The awards show will air exclusively on...
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Candyman: The David Klein Story
Movie | Dustin Jansick | February 11, 2011Candyman 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 at least once before. Candyman: The David Klein Story was...
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The Kids Are All Right
Movie | Dustin Jansick | February 9, 2011The 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 or worse the storyline is straightforward and safe, making it...
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Winter’s Bone
Movie | Dustin Jansick | February 4, 2011Winter’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 for Best Picture, it did not generate nearly the amount...
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2011 Sundance Film Festival Winners
Awards | Dustin Jansick | January 29, 2011There were a few films that received multiple awards at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Drake Doremus’ Like Crazy won the Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic as well as a special jury prize for acting by Felicity Jones. Mike...
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The King’s Speech
Movie | Dustin Jansick | January 29, 2011Tom 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 not leave you feeling disappointed. This is due to two...
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A Mind Beside Itself
Movie | Dustin Jansick | January 26, 2011A 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. Starks, who proves making a film like this does not...
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2011 Oscar Predictions
Awards | Dustin Jansick | January 25, 2011These are my predictions for the 2011 Oscars which will be held on February 27th, 2011 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, CA. This is not a list of who I think deserves to win, but rather a list...
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2011 Oscar Nominations
Awards | Dustin Jansick | January 25, 2011The 2011 Oscar nominations were announced this morning with The King’s Speech leading the way for the 83rd Academy Awards. The film, which also led the Golden Globes nominations (but only took home 1 award), took 12 nominations which...
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Buried
Movie | Dustin Jansick | January 21, 2011Buried 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 is about from it’s title, still Rodrigo Cortes keep us...
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2011 Golden Globe Award Winners
Awards | Dustin Jansick | January 17, 2011Ricky Gervais hosted the 68th Golden Globe Awards this year. Even though The King’s Speech had the most nominations with seven, it was rather unsurprising that The Social Network ended up with the most of the film awards that...
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True Grit
Movie | Dustin Jansick | January 12, 2011The 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 again with Jeff Bridges from his role as The Dude...
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127 Hours
Movie | Dustin Jansick | January 7, 2011127 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, it is still captivating enough to not only keep your...