Jim Brunzell’s 2017 Sundance Wrap-Up
The 2017 Sundance Film Festival was in full swing from the moment upon arriving in Park City, UT, the crowds were slowly clogging up the sidewalks, cars driving from Kearns Blvd to Main Street were bumper to bumper and buses
MOVIES FOR SOLDIERS FOR FAMILIES FOR SOLDIERS FOR COMING HOME by Noah Buschel
(The Men is now available on DVD through Republic Pictures.) Obama says he will bring back another 10,000 soldiers by Christmas. Then another 23,000 by the summer. Even then, that would still leave nearly 70,000 US troops in Afghanistan. The President says
VIDEO ON DEMAND – May 2010
While we’ve known for quite some time that a routine post alerting you to what’s available through the ever expanding list of Video On Demand channels has been long overdue, it s been really hard for me personally to wrap
DVD RELEASES 2010/5/18
A solid week, I'd say. Let's get to it: The Messenger (Oscilloscope) — In The Messenger, Ben Foster is Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery, a clenched jaw Iraq war vet, who is forced into joining Gulf War vet Captain Tony Stone (Woody
MESSENGER, THE
A Shirt That Smells of Rage and Fear
(The Messenger was picked up for distribution by Oscilloscope Pictures. It opens on 11/13/09, in New York City and Washington D.C., followed by a much wider release on 11/20/09. Go here to learn more. Note: This review was first posted
SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL 2009 – Opening Night: The Messenger
I saw Oren Moverman’s directorial debut, The Messenger, at Sundance, where it towered above most everything else that I saw. Mike Ryan clearly felt the same way (read his HTN review if you haven’t already). But we weren’t the only
SUNDANCE ‘09: Wednesday, January 21st
Devoted readers, I write to you with shaking hands, having been an eyewitness to today’s traumatic morning brawl between critic John Anderson and sales rep Jeff Dowd (for those of you who need a refresher, Dowd was the inspiration for