United Film Fest 2013: PARK CITY Review 6

United Film Fest 2013: PARK CITY Review

Imagine the film you have spent thousands of dollars upon and toiled over for what seems like decades has been accepted to the Sundance film festival. It’s a veritable mecca of movers and shakers and for an independent filmmaker it’s the place you want your film to play. Very exciting no doubt. Now imagine finally getting there and the only existing print of your film has suddenly vanished hours before their screening. Horrifying to say the least. This is the dilemma that befalls the cast and crew of the film “Hearts and Cash” in director Hannah Rosner’s first feature film, the amusing comedy Park City.

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MUD Review 8.5

MUD Review

When thinking about “coming of age” films the first ones that come to mind might be a John Hughes film or Rob Reiner’s Stand By Me. Perhaps American Pie is more to your liking. Not to be forgotten there’s Stoker, The Apu Trilogy, City of God, Running on Empty, The Squid and the Whale and Flirting, just to name a few. The “coming of age” genre typically follows young protagonists, usually teenagers, as they make that awkward transition from puberty to adulthood.

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‘The Lords of Salem’ Review 3/10

‘The Lords of Salem’ Review

Release Date: April 19, 2013
Director: 
MPAA Rating: R
Film Pulse Score: 3/10

In Rob Zombie’s latest feature he appears to be exercising a rather surprising level of restraint.  For a time the

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‘Oblivion’ Review 6.5/10

‘Oblivion’ Review

Release Date: April 19, 2013
Director:
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Film Pulse Score: 6/10

Joseph Kosinski’s Oblivion is not an easy film to review.   There are plot twists abound in this science fiction/adventure that

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Grindhouse Weekly – ‘Kingdom of the Spiders’

Grindhouse Weekly – ‘Kingdom of the Spiders’


With the resounding success of the world’s first mega-blockbuster, Steven Spielberg’s classic Jaws, the mid-to-late seventies were inundated with the “When Animals Attack” genre.   Within a span of four years more than a dozen films were released where nature struck

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‘To The Wonder’ Review 5/10

‘To The Wonder’ Review

Release Date: April 12, 2013 (Limited)
Director: 
MPAA Rating: R
Film Pulse Score: 5/10

What to make of Terrence Malick’s latest film To the Wonder?   After making what some consider to be

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MANBORG Review 7.5/10

MANBORG Review

Release Date: April 30, 2013 (DVD and VOD)
Director: 
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Film Pulse Score: 7.5/10

Every once in awhile a movie may come along that when you hear the title you

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’42’ Review 7/10

’42’ Review

Release Date: April 12, 2013
Director: 
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Film Pulse Score: 7/10

Brian Helgeland’s biopic 42 is cut from the same cloth as Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln.  As opposed to telling Jackie

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‘Trance’ Review 4.5/10

‘Trance’ Review

Release Date: April 5, 2013 (Limited)
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MPAA Rating: R
Score: 4.5/10

Mind-bending psychological thrillers can often be fun films to watch.   They require the audience to become active participants as they

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‘Welcome to the Punch’ Review 5.5/10

‘Welcome to the Punch’ Review

Release Date: March 27, 2013 (Limited)
Director:
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Film Pulse Score: 5.5/10

“Heroic bloodshed.”  What is that?  “Heroic bloodshed” is a genre of Hong Kong action cinema.  It always involves

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‘My Amityville Horror’ Review 7/10

‘My Amityville Horror’ Review

Release Date: March 15, 2013 (Limited Theatrical/VOD)
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MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Film Pulse Score: 7/10

Unidentified Flying Objects.  Alien visitors.  Bigfoot.  The Loch Ness Monster.  Are they just folklore or did

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‘Emperor’ Review 4/10

‘Emperor’ Review

Release Date: March 8, 2013 (Limited)
Director: 
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Film Pulse Score: 4/10

The dreaded tagline “Inspired by a true story.”   What exactly does that mean?  If it’s a true story

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