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Apr 30 2008

Watch the Tribeca trailers

This is definitely not a complete list, but you can view 70 trailers from films showing at this years Tribeca Film Festival Here. It would take a while to watch them all, and it may be hard to get to excited unless you plan on seeing some of these at the festival, but it does [...]

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Apr 29 2008

ESPN EVERYTHING

ESPN started in 1979 with one cable television station. Today, the media conglomerate has over 15 television stations in addition to radio stations, websites, a large circulation magazine, a prime time awards show, and a chain of restaurants. The obviously glaring omission here is a film production company, and that is not to say they [...]

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Apr 25 2008

Mr. Woodstock

Published by dwhitney under Indie Movies,Up and Coming

“By the time we got to Woodstock We were half a million strong And everywhere there was song and celebration And I dreamed I saw the bombers jet planes Riding shotgun in the sky Turning into butterflies Above our nation.” This Crosby Stills Nash and Young song, some concert footage of Hendrix’s screeching “Star Spangled [...]

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Apr 16 2008

Is Jackie Robinson Breaking the Color Barrier Again?

Published by dwhitney under Sports Movies,Up and Coming

Jackie

There is nothing more American than a baseball motion picture. It is like mixing apple pie with democracy. These movies are filled with classic Americana, dramatic sports action, and a subject that most boys and girls who grew up with a mitt in their hand can relate to. We even reserve our most beloved actors [...]

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Apr 15 2008

The Wackness

Published by dwhitney under Up and Coming

Remember “Reality Bites”, Ben Stiller’s 90′s era period piece that dealt with such sordid topics as The Gap and MTV? Its a great movie for sure, but since it was made in the obviously biased year of 94′, its hard to say it was the quintessential or even the most honest film about the decade; [...]

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Apr 14 2008

THINKfilm

Published by dwhitney under Up and Coming

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Only in existence since 2001, THINKfilm is a company whose films sail under the radar upon their release, yet are often heralded during awards season. For instance 2007’s “Taxi From the Dark Side” won the Oscar for best documentary feature. Other contributions in the genre include “Murderball,” “Spellbound,” and one of my personal favorites “I [...]

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Apr 05 2008

First Look at “Blindness” 2008 Trailer

You can now check out the new trailer from Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles (of “The Constant Gardener” and “City of God”), “Blindness,” starring one of my very favorite actors – Gael García Bernal - as well as Mark Ruffalo and Julianne Moore. The story, based off of Jose Saramango’s novel, is about the wife of a doctor [...]

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