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!
Category: Festivals
Movie News: SXSW Film 2014 Midnight Features & Shorts
Austin, Texas – February 5, 2014 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated features in the Midnighters section, as well as the complete short film lineup, which will debut at this year’s Festival from March 7 – 15, 2014 in Austin, Texas. For more information… Continue reading Movie News: SXSW Film 2014 Midnight Features & Shorts
Movie News: SXSW Film 2014 Features Lineup
Highlights Include Universal Pictures’ Neighbors, Predestination & New Episodic Section Austin, Texas – January 30, 2014 – Today the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival announced a diverse features lineup for this year’s Festival, the 21st edition and running March 7 – 15, 2014 in Austin, Texas. The 2014 program expands on SXSW… Continue reading Movie News: SXSW Film 2014 Features Lineup
Local Movie News: ZERO CHARISMA
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Movie News: THE SHORT GAME
SXSW AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER THE SHORT GAME BIRDIES INTO THEATERS ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2013, Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake Join as Executive Producers Los Angeles, CA – Phase 4 Films in partnership with Samuel Goldwyn Films announced today that the companies are jointly releasing Emmy award-winning director Josh Greenbaum’s THE SHORT GAME. Greenbaum’s feature debut… Continue reading Movie News: THE SHORT GAME
SXSW 2013 Review: CHRISTMAS WITHOUT CHINA
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 4.5 (Out of 5 Reels) Two families living side by side, but worlds apart, collide when pride and mischief inspire Chinese immigrant Tom Xia to challenge his American neighbors to celebrate Christmas without any Chinese products. Fed up with toy and food recalls, the Jones family eagerly accepts the consumer mission-impossible… Continue reading SXSW 2013 Review: CHRISTMAS WITHOUT CHINA
SXSW 2013 Review: THE NETWORK
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 5 (Out of 5 Reels) This film chronicles Afghanistan’s first independent television network -TOLO TV. The description for this film intrigued me because I can only begin to imagine how difficult it would be and is to operate a television station in the Middle East because of the enormous amount of… Continue reading SXSW 2013 Review: THE NETWORK
SXSW 2013 Review: HOURS
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 4 (Out of 5 Reels) Before sunrise on August 29, 2005, Nolan (Paul Walker) arrives at a New Orleans hospital with his pregnant wife Abigail (Genesis Rodriguez) who has gone into early labor. What should be one of the happiest days of Nolan’s life quickly spirals out of control when the… Continue reading SXSW 2013 Review: HOURS
SXSW 2013 Review: HAWKING
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 5 (Out of 5 Reels) HAWKING is an extraordinary story of the planet’s most famous living scientist, Stephen Hawking, told for the first time in his own words and by those closest to him (SXSW). Immediately after I read the synopsis of this film, I knew I had to see it.… Continue reading SXSW 2013 Review: HAWKING
SXSW 2013 Review: DRINKING BUDDIES
By Renee’ Collins Rating: 3 (Out of 5 Reels) Kate (Olivia Wilde) and Luke (Jake Johnson) work together at a craft brewery. They have one of those friendships that feel like it could be something more (SXSW). The only problem is that both already have significant others. This film is a somewhat interesting look into… Continue reading SXSW 2013 Review: DRINKING BUDDIES