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Independent Filmmakers Distribute on Their OwnInstead of playing the cool auteur waiting for discovery by a studio, aspiring filmmakers are paying for distribution and marketing movies on their own.
New York Times Thursday, August 13, 2009Inglourious BasterdsIInglourious BasterdsI is what would have happened if Quentin Tarantino made ICrashI. Neither the sweeping war movie nor the action film its title and its marketing suggests, IBasterdsI is more of a talky drama which just happens to have a lot of Swastikas in it.
Cinema Blend Thursday, August 13, 2009G.I. Joe: The Rise of CobraIt's clear that Sommers really gets the appeal of G.I. Joe to its fanbase, although far too often, the movie veers into territory that seems more like advertising for the cool vehicles and playsets. For a movie that's clearly meant as a macho testosterone-driven action flick, it's the ladies who often steal the show.
Comingsoon.net Thursday, August 13, 2009The Time Traveler's WifeIThe Time Travelers WifeI is a movie for people who arent really that into time travel. It avoids getting bogged down in the sci-fi specifics of its premise, in which a man named Henry Eric Bana spends his entire life jumping through time from one year to the next, and instead focuses on the emotional impact that has.
Cinema Blend Thursday, August 13, 2009The Goods: Live Hard * Sell HardFilm Reviews: "The Goods" features Jeremy Piven playing virtually the same motor-mouthed character from "Entourage."
Variety Thursday, August 13, 2009The Goods: Live Hard, Sell HardEarly on in the course of IThe Goods: Live Hard, Sell HardI Don Ready Jeremy Piven describes himself this way: I have hair on my balls and I sell cars. The end. Thats should also have summed up the films premise.
Cinema Blend Thursday, August 13, 2009Movie review: Hayao Miyazaki's 'Ponyo'Ponyo RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE)Animated adventure. Starring the voices of Matt Damon, Liam Neeson, Tina Fey, Cate Blanchett and Noah Lindsey Cyrus. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. (G. 86 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) An environmental apocalypse is coming. It's a...
SF Gate Thursday, August 13, 2009Review: Piven fails to deliver 'The Goods'The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard RATING: (ALERT VIEWER)Comedy. Starring Jeremy Piven, Kathryn Hahn and James Brolin. Directed by Neal Brennan. (R. 90 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Something about "The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard" feels forgettable, even...
SF Gate Thursday, August 13, 2009Review: 'Bandslam' offbeat but tame teen comedyBandslam RATING: (ALERT VIEWER)Comedy. Starring Vanessa Hudgens and Gaelan Connell. Directed by Todd Graff. (PG. 111 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Nobody swears in "Bandslam." Here it is, a movie about teenagers gearing up for a high school battle of the...
SF Gate Thursday, August 13, 2009My Asian HeartFilm Reviews: Veteran Australian documaker David Bradbury produces one of his most engaging works with "My Asian Heart," a portrait of renowned Bangkok-based photojournalist Philip Blenkinsop. Following his fearless subject into Asian hotspots, including the 2006 Kathmandu riots, Bradbury shows how long-term exposure to violence has influenced Blenkinsop's work as an exhibited artist. Ideal fare for fests and pubcasters, the docu's 52-minute version is scheduled to air on Oz network SBS in late 2009.
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