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The 10 Must-See Movies of August 2012
This hasn’t been the most prolific of summers as far as blockbusters are concerned. The Avengers gave this season a promising start, but no action film came close to matching its scope and sheer love...
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Review: ‘The Babymakers’ Has Some Mirth Defects
You know that comedian at open mic night who provides too many tangential details in his set up and takes forever to get to the simplest of punchlines? This is the movie equivalent. With its...
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Forget Controversy: Why ‘My Little Pony’ and Brony Fever Should Be Celebrated
If you don’t know what a “Brony” is by now then I’m assuming that you lead a very fulfilling or, at least, active life away from your computer. You probably read books often and have a subscription to...
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A Possibly Totally Inaccurate History of The Fall of Communism As Presented...
Welcome back to Junkfood Cinema; Mr. McDonald, tear up this restraining order. You’ve marched into the most patriotic bad movie column since the dramatic toppling of Lee Greenwood’s Stars and Schlock...
View ArticleWatch: Errol Morris’ Look at Sports Fandom After Death, ‘Team Spirit’
Why Watch? ”The dimensions of a recliner chair are very similar to a casket,..” Yesterday, we looked at an editing student’s excellent take on an NFL team’s comeback from the brink, but documentary...
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Shana Feste In Talks to Direct Remake of Smutty and Overwrought Teen Classic,...
Taking teenage infatuation to the big screen is nothing new (let’s take a minute to consider every incarnation of Romeo & Juliet we’ve ever been subjected to), so the news that Universal is...
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‘Nobody Walks’ Trailer Is Full of Forbidden Fruit and Foley Artistry
If there’s one thing that seems to be able to provide endless material for indie films to mine, it’s infidelity. There’s no need for special effects, fancy locations, or even big name actors to make a...
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Release Date Round-Up: ‘Anna Karenina’ and ‘Gambit’ Get Moved, ‘Runner...
Hello, and welcome to Friday afternoon in Hollywood. With the better part of the industry coasting along on nothing but the fumes of Frappucinos to get to the weekend, there’s nothing left to report...
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‘Backwards’ Trailer: James Van Der Beek Is a Movie Star (And Also Some Lady...
Just in time to capitalize on Olympic fever comes the rowing movie starring James Van Der Beek that you had no idea you wanted (or, most likely, that you also had no idea even existed). In Backwards,...
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“These Open-Ended Stories”: Damon Lindelof Glosses Over The Real ‘Prometheus’...
Simply put, Prometheus is the most divisive film of the summer. The Internet’s anticipation had been at an all-time high for years leading up to its release, so when the film didn’t end up being “the...
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Christian Bale Might Get Back in Western Saddle With ‘Creed of Violence’
Christian Bale doesn’t seem to be resting on his laurels even remotely post-The Dark Knight Rises, as he’s busied himself with roles in Out of the Furnace and no less than two Terrence Malick films...
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Len Wiseman Goes Epic, Grounded, and Super-Serious with ‘Total Recall’
Director Len Wiseman made the 21st Century remake of Total Recall we kind of expected. It’s big, flashy, and in modern remake/reboot fashion it’s also gritty & grounded. Sure Wiseman nicely packed...
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Hosing Off After a ‘Burning Love’ Marathon with ‘Somebody Up There Likes Me’
Have you ever really experienced Burning Love? I mean have you ever really hunkered down and made a two-hour marathon of it with 200 or so total strangers? It might sound like an overwhelming...
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‘Beauty is Embarrassing’ Trailer Revels in the Wondrous World of ‘Pee-Wee’s...
You’re probably a fan of Wayne White’s artwork even if you don’t know it. In fact, that’s a bet Mark Mothersbaugh would be willing to make. The iconic musician is one of many to appear as a talking...
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This Film Festival Wants Your One-Minute Movie
Filminute, the International One-Minute Film Festival, is looking for filmmakers who can cram their vision into 60 seconds or less. It’s a compelling challenge for everyone except the 5-second film...
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‘Sparkle’ Trailer Gives Us Something We Can Feel
Just to be clear, Sparkle isn’t a ripoff of Dream Girls. It’s a remake of the 1976 movie that Dream Girls ripped off, and there’s a different. Sort of. Featuring Jordin Sparks, Cee-Lo green and, of...
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What’s Truly Frustrating About Hollywood Remakes
Spend a few minutes over at Hit Record – the art collaborative headed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt – and you find all sorts of things. Experimental electronica mixed with country music that acts as the...
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Why the NC-17 Rating Isn’t Just Unnecessary, It’s Offensive
Much of the on-line film community has a fairly strong anti-MPAA lean to it. Hell, we here at FSR even pushed to have the “governing” body disbanded seeing as how they serve no real purpose....
View ArticleWatch: ‘Structure Kill’ Hilariously Stabs a Horror Cliche to Death
Why Watch? For those who have seen too many moments in horror movies where a key-fumbling young woman (isn’t it almost always a woman?) gets hacked to pieces in a parking lot, Stephen Vitale has got...
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Spectacle Takes Time: Baz Luhrmann’s 3D ‘The Great Gatsby’ Moves to Summer 2013
While we’ve made little to no bones about our questioning of why the hell Baz Luhrmann decided that his take on The Great Gatsby needed to be in 3D (Nathan has called it “absolutely ridiculous,” I’ve...
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