Sundance 2008

Great script, heartwarming story, great ensemble cast, Ellen Page… Hmm, this sounds familiar.

Jack Black and Mos Def remake all of your old favorites in this brilliant comedy from director Michel Gondry.

What’s so fresh about Anne Hathaway or Jessica Biel? C’mon Variety!

I had the honor of seeing a lot of great films this year in Park City — many of which I will be following throughout the year until they are released for everyone to see.

Pictures have been left out of this post in order to protect the innocent, whoever they may be…

Sundance has come and gone… Time to plan for SXSW!

Time to dwell on all the movies I missed this week…

Juries and Audiences recognize the best films shown in Park City, Utah this year.

One of my personal favorites of the festival was also the hands down audience favorite as well.

Allow me to preface this: I could not be happier to hear that director Jonathan Levine’s dark teen drug comedy The Wackness is about to be purchased by a studio for distribution. After waiting all week and talking to Levine on Thursday about the tedious waiting game, it was becoming very frustrating to see that […]

We missed Quentin, saw Olivia and finally found out what the big deal was with that Hamlet 2 movie…

Looks like someone is a little cranky without his morning latte…

Michel Gondry remakes his own trailer… And it is hilarious.

Steve Coogan stars as a high school drama teacher that just doesn’t get “it”…

Check out five new clips from one of Sundance ’08’s best films!

Check out the first trailer for one of the “Smartest” films of the ‘08 Sundance Film Festival.

From the directors of ‘Half Nelson’ comes a slowly paced drama about a Dominican baseball player coming to America.

SPC grabs up a low-budget flick that was very well received by fans and critics alike.

Sundance rolls on, and with no sleep and plenty more work to do, I keep rolling as well.

The passionate writer/director behind The Wackness talks about bringing his film to Sundance, his other film All The Boys Love Mandy Lane and the thought of making a sexy werewolf western starring Ben Kingsley.

Director Brett Simon and a talented cast deliver a vision of a John Hughes-style noir flick that is smart, sexy and thoroughly entertaining.

Director Larry Bishop brings the fun with his modern day Grindhouse biker flick.

Be prepared to be charmed… for at least the first 10 minutes.

Nanette Burstein’s fantastic documentary finds a home with Paramount Vantage.

Alex Gibney’s amazing documentary has me upset… It makes me feel uncultured.

Nanette Burstein’s enchanting documentary about growing up in the midwest shines through as one of the best of Sundance 2008.

Michael Haneke’s shot-for-shot remake starts with intensity and rolls on toward stupidity like a breakless freight train.

Today I may finally turn over my life to caffeine…

Brian Cox stars as a man who decides to escape from his life-long prison sentence to see his dying daughter one last time.

From the writer of Fight Club comes a dark comedy about sexual addiction that is a joy to behold.