By Mark Saldana Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) As far as time travel movies go, this one really had me instensely engaged. A sort of “Whodunnit, Why, and What the hell is really happening here?” Predestination works, until the answers to these questions are revealed. Ethan Hawke stars as a time traveling Temporal agent… Continue reading 2014 SXSW Review: PREDESTINATION
Category: Festivals
Review: BAD WORDS (SXSW)
By Laurie Coker Rating: C+/B- At SXSW, after seeing the opening night film, I rushed to the Zach Scott Topher theatre to see Bad Words, starring Jason Bateman, who appeared in person for red carpet and after film Q&A, but as luck would have it, a mistake by a rookie volunteer and some creative line… Continue reading Review: BAD WORDS (SXSW)
SXSW 2014 Review: STAGE FRIGHT
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
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: LATE PHASES
By Mark Saldana Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) This midnighter has a bit of an uneven mix of cheese and thrills. The suspense and tension and some of the jump scares work really well, but when the cheesiness takes over, it has a cringe effect. Taking place in a retirement community, Late Phases has… Continue reading SXSW 2014 Review: LATE PHASES
SXSW 2014 Review: 13 SINS
By Mark Saldana Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) I found it to be a strange coincidence that my first midnighter of this year’s festival is very similar to midnighter that began my festival last year. Last year I was treated to the shock and awe of Cheap Thrills which I still applaud to this… Continue reading SXSW 2014 Review: 13 SINS
SXSW 2014 Review: WICKER KITTENS
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) New to SXSW this year is SXsports which includes panels, showcases and films about various athletic activities and sports of different varieties. Included in the film lineup is a funny and interesting look at competitive jigsaw puzzling called Wicker Kittens. This documentary by director Amy C. Elliott… Continue reading SXSW 2014 Review: WICKER KITTENS
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
Review: CHEF (2014 SXSW)
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) After directing summer popcorn fare in Iron Man, Iron Man 2 and Cowboys and Aliens, Jon Favreau has decided to return to his roots in a smaller indie project. Chosen as the opening night film for SXSW 2014, Chef brought my SXSW Film to a delightful… Continue reading Review: CHEF (2014 SXSW)