LA Film Fest 2013: DRUG WAR Review
Release Date: July 26, 2013 (Limited)
Director: Johnnie To
MPAA Rating: NR
Film Pulse Score: 7/10
When one sees a Hong Kong crime thriller it’s a pretty safe bet that you’ll be seeing a
Release Date: July 26, 2013 (Limited)
Director: Johnnie To
MPAA Rating: NR
Film Pulse Score: 7/10
When one sees a Hong Kong crime thriller it’s a pretty safe bet that you’ll be seeing a
DIRECTED by: Kevin Jerome Everson Film Pulse Score: 6/10
What is it about these waters that despite the nearly annual floods the residents of Westport, Mississippi still remain? The waters of the Tombigbee rise
Release Date: TBD
Director: Nahid Persson
MPAA Rating: NR
Film Pulse Score: 8/10
It’s a pretty safe assessment that most audiences don’t know much about the Iranian Revolution of 1979. In fact in the
Release Date: TBD
Directors: Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth
MPAA Rating: NR
Film Pulse Score: 7/10
Death and Taxes. Two things we are told are the only guarantees in life. They
Release Date: TBD
Director: Takashi Miike
MPAA Rating: NR
Film Pulse Score: 7.5/10
Three words is all you will need to read that will likely generalize Takashi Miike’s latest film Lesson of the Evil.
Release Date: June 28th, 2013
Directors: Roland Emmerich
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Film Pulse Score: 4/10
A “popcorn movie” by definition is a film that appeals to a mass audience. In most cases they’re the
Release Date: August 5th, 2013 (HBO)
Director: Tom Donahue
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Film Pulse Score: 6.5/10
Films just don’t cast themselves. Despite what they may say directors don’t cast their movies per se. Ultimately
What if something happened to someone who was working in your home. You discover they have no identification on them and they look to be in serious condition. You do the right thing and get help. Once the paperwork and reports are taken that should be the end of your involvement, right? Right? If it turns out it wasn’t what would you do? How far would you take it? Kamal K.M.’s solid mystery/drama raises these questions as one woman attempts to find out the identity of a mysterious laborer in the film I.D.
Release Date: TBD
Director: Eddie Alcazar
MPAA Rating: NR
Film Pulse Score: 8.5/10
We are all familiar with the Rocky formula. The underdog comes back from unbeatable odds to win it all; the girl,
Release Date: June 14, 2013 (Limited)
Director: Josh Boone
MPAA Rating: R
Film Pulse Score: 5/10
“Love stinks yeah yeah.” Well that’s what the J. Geils Band tells us. It can leave us emotionally
Release Date: June 14, 2013
Director: Zack Snyder
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Film Pulse Score: 6/10
The purpose of a reboot is to reintroduce a character to the audience in ways not previously shown or
Release Date: June 7, 2013 (Limited)
Director: Joss Whedon
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Film Pulse Score: 7.5/10
Over the last few years the Bard has had a resurgence on the big screen. Directors have taken
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Film Pulse Score: 3/10
For over a millennia Earth has been uninhabited by human beings. Mankind had pretty much destroyed the planet
Release Date: May 24, 2013 (Limited)
Director: Rama Burshtein
MPAA Rating: PG
Film Pulse Score: 8/10
Arranged marriages. The idea of it just seems so foreign but the practice has been around since time
In 1995, the soulful Before Sunrise introduced us to Jesse and Celine. Two twenty-somethings who have a chance encounter in Vienna. Knowing they don’t have much time they wander the city together and have a romantic filled evening It was embraced by a generation as one of the most romantic films ever made.
You walk off that stage with a college degree in hand, ready to conquer the world. You pursue your dreams working in the field you’ve wanted to for most of your life. Your life couldn’t be any better, could it? Can it? Well no one ever said life is easy and it’s a hard truth that many of us have to face; sometimes we’re too oblivious to even notice or perhaps overly optimistic.
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