Although the conclusion is frustratingly preposterous, the characters in You Can Choose Your Family seem authentic.

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It would be akin to explaining time travel to try and explain the nuts and bolts of The Show About the Show so, just stick with the title and see the film for clarity.

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Once again micro-budget filmmaker Frank V. Ross has shone his camera lens on the people that you see when you're walking down the street, the blue collar 9-5ers living paycheck to paycheck, that you see each day. Bloomin Mud Shuffle features by far his biggest cast of known actors but the film maintains Ross's insight, intellect and fly-on-the-wall sensibilities.

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Alas, the path to peace and harmony is a rocky one, though it's that journey that provides this enjoyably gentle comedy with not its only narrative trajectory, but much of its humor.

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Bob Byingtons "7 Chinese Brothers" made it's debut at this years SXSW film festival and was released in late August. However with so many friends of HTN involved in the making of it, we couldn't find anyone with hands free of conflict to give it a proper review. Luckily our new guy Christopher Llewellyn Reed swooped in to give this gem the once over.

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Slamdance 2015 Jury Award for Narrative Feature is a sly look at life in a small Montana town

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If Andrew Bujalski’s first two films were focused on characters staring into the precipice of adulthood (a metaphor that Garden State made all too literal), then the denizens of Beeswax are inside the sinkhole staring back.

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