By: Nikki May Rating: B Amidst the countless heart-wrenching, uncomfortably interesting movies that you would expect at SXSW, you almost crave some mind-numbing fun. Sometimes you need a break from all the seriousness, you need to laugh a little bit instead of crying (believe me, some tearing up occurred in some movies). Forego a plot or real… Continue reading SXSW 2014 Review: STAGE FRIGHT
Author: Laurie Coker
SXSW FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2014 AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS
Austin, Texas – March 15, 2014 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival announced Audience Award-winners today from the Narrative Feature Competition, Documentary Feature Competition, Narrative Spotlight, Documentary Spotlight, Visions, Midnighters, Episodic, SXGlobal, Festival Favorites and Design Award categories. The 24 Beats Per Second category will be announced via sxsw.com on… Continue reading SXSW FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2014 AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS
SXSW Review: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – A NIGHT WITH WES ANDERSON
By Laurie Coker Rating: A- I would love to stay at Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel. Larger than life, costuming, characters delicious colors meander brilliantly through a vivid, wonderful world as envisioned by Anderson in this remarkable tale of a M. Gustave the hotel concierge and the lobby boy, Zero, who marvels at his… Continue reading SXSW Review: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – A NIGHT WITH WES ANDERSON
SXSW 2014 Review: THE MEND
By Nikki May Rating: D The premise is perfectly fine — two brothers, seemingly different people, manage to figure out they’re more simliar than they thought. Just from that description alone, you would think it would be interesting, though not incredibly original. It has room to wiggle, room for some uniqueness in a rather known… Continue reading SXSW 2014 Review: THE MEND
SXSW: It’s Hump Daaaaay!
By Laurie Coker As always, the face of downtown changes as the music festival kicks off and throngs of fans and bands flood into the city. Parking prices sky rocket, lines grow, fashion changes significantly and film badge holders grow a tad grumpier. Still we plug on, hopefully of catching a gem in film, weary… Continue reading SXSW: It’s Hump Daaaaay!
SXSW: New Experience, Old Resident
By: Nikki May You’re taught a few things when you’re born and raised in Austin: Music is life, breakfast tacos can be eaten at any time of day, and SXSW means that downtown should be avoided if you want any chance of keeping your sanity and patience. Rightfully so. It wasn’t until I was older… Continue reading SXSW: New Experience, Old Resident
SXSW: Days Two and Three
By Laurie Coker SXSW, typically a bit of a zoo, never ceases to amaze me. While I get used to the whole nature of things changing downtown mid week, with the music folks coming in, it appears that crazy, wildly dressed and plain outlandish is still the order of the day on Sixth street. Since… Continue reading SXSW: Days Two and Three
SXSW: First Day – First LOOK!
By Laurie Coker SXSW went into full swing yesterday afternoon and after interviewing the gracious cast of Premature, including Alan Tudyk, intern Nikki May and I grabbed pizza slices on the run and headed to the red carpet to meet the cast and crew of Chef, a delightful, funny and yes, super cute and fun… Continue reading SXSW: First Day – First LOOK!
Review: LEGO MOVIE
By Laurie Coker Rating: A+ My grandson begged and begged me to take him to the screening of The Lego Movie, as if I wouldn’t, so he and his sister and I took in the Saturday morning screening. When he found out I had been to busy to write my review, he was furious! He… Continue reading Review: LEGO MOVIE
Review: LABOR DAY
By Laurie Coker Rating: C+ Dark and gloomy describes not only the characters of screenwriter/director Jason Reitman’s new film Labor Day; it also expresses tone of every moment in the story. Passionate performances from first class actors, perhaps one of the best of Brolin’s career, kept me engrossed in the tale, but little is new… Continue reading Review: LABOR DAY