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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY LA FILM FEST REVIEW: “Ruby Sparks”

RUBY SPARKS: Worth A Ticket – A Narrative Feat Woody Allen is one of the most influential figures in modern independent film, but his ghost is usually evident in the many romantic comedy-dramas we get each...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “Toy’s House”

TOY’S HOUSE is a delightful Sundance surprise, a fresh take on adolescent boys coming of age. The conceit of Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ film, written by Chris Galletta, is that Joe Toy (Nick Robinson), his best ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Frances Ha” & “Imogene”

One of the things that happens at film festivals is that as you see many films in back-to-back proximity, mini-trends start to emerge, at least in the mind, and pictures that were made entirely separately, and which may ...

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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Puncture”

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Another Earth”

ANOTHER EARTH – Worth A Ticket: Tiny Story With Big Ambitions For ANOTHER EARTH, the Sundance Film Festival went exactly the way it’s supposed to. The low-key picture was made on a miniscule bud...

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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Bellflower”

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Bellflower”

BELLFLOWER – Worth A Ticket: A Uniquely Mashed-Up Vision Watching BELLFLOWER, you keep thinking that it’s going to resolve itself into some categorizable genre. Mumblecore roma...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Machine Gun Preacher”

MACHINE GUN PREACHER: Watch It At Home – A True Story Rings False MACHINE GUN PREACHER simply isn’t good enough for the story it wants to tell. And the story, a true one, is remarkable: Sam Child...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “A.C.O.D.”

Stu Zicherman’s A.C.O.D. (written by Zicherman and Ben Karlin) suffers a bit from a familiar indie comedy malady: the conflicting desires to tell meaningful and even dark stories, while at the same time getting ...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Guard”

THE GUARD – Worth A Ticket: The Art of Performance, Crispy and Well-Done I don’t know that there’s an actor in movies today more fun to watch than Brendan Gleeson. Gleeson is probably best kn...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Moonrise Kingdom”

MOONRISE KINGDOM: Worth A Ticket – The Kingdom is Wes Anderson’s Wes Anderson seemed to find the perfect vehicle for his particular form of brilliance with 2009’s stop-motion animated Fa...

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LIMITED RELEASE: “Beginners”

> Worth a Ticket: A funny, moving story about navigating the twists of life. Mike Mills’ BEGINNERS is about the fumble for love, the wrong turns and mistakes that can delay–although luckily not always p...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEWS: “Miral,” “Potiche” and “Peep World”

People have been accusing Julian Schnabel’s MIRAL of being propaganda for the Palestinian cause, but in a way that’s an insult to propagandists, who are usually focused and effective at what they do. Miral ...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Silver Linings Playbook”

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK: Don’t Get Sold Out – A Rom-Com With Dance Moves All Its Own Anyone who doubts that Jennifer Lawrence is a real-thing, big-time movie star should get thee hence to a theater showing ...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Rust and Bone”

‎ Jacques Audiard doesn’t do sentimental. His last film, A Prophet, had the clear-eyed view of crime and the dramatic heft of a French version of “The Wire,” and his new and very different drama RUST & B...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY LA FILM FEST REVIEW: “Ruby Sparks”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “Toy’s House”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Frances Ha” & “Imogene”

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Puncture”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Another Earth”

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Bellflower”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Bellflower”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Machine Gun Preacher”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE 2013: “A.C.O.D.”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Guard”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Moonrise Kingdom”

LIMITED RELEASE: “Beginners”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEWS: “Miral,” “Potiche” and “Peep World”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Silver Linings Playbook”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Rust and Bone”

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