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Year: 2008
Director: Christopher Bell
Plot: In the hopes of exploring American culture's increased obsession with winning, documentary filmmaker Christopher Bell examines the anabolic steroid use of his two brothers. After setting the stage with a look at the cultural backdrop of the 1980s -- in which hulky stars like Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger were the ideal -- Bell illustrates how he and his brothers became involved in the bodybuilding subculture, eventually discovering the brutal truth that success in the lifestyle of pumping iron demanded the use of steroids. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
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]]>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:26:21 GMTBigger, Stronger, Faster2008Christopher BellIn the hopes of exploring American culture's increased obsession with winning, documentary filmmaker Christopher Bell examines the anabolic steroid use of his two brothers. After setting the stage with a look at the cultural backdrop of the 1980s -- in which hulky stars like <a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P___112464/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Sylvester Stallone</a> and <a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P___110501/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Arnold Schwarzenegger</a> were the ideal -- Bell illustrates how he and his brothers became involved in the bodybuilding subculture, eventually discovering the brutal truth that success in the lifestyle of pumping iron demanded the use of steroids. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide34Tag Target (>10)9134http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s358643.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Bigger_Stronger_Faster/358643/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/7/18/32741.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 7/18/2008 4:01:14 PM
Body: The only possible advantage a small-ish movie like Transsiberian has when opening on the same weekend as the biggest box office draw in recent memory, is that in cities where Transsiberian is being shown, The Dark Knight’s screenings have been sold out for weeks. So, if you’ve been left out in the cold by Batman, go see Transsiberian. Or better yet, see them both. Transibberian is the most enjoyable film I saw at Sundance this last January. As far as best film, I’d say it’s tied with the steroids doc Bigger, Stronger, Faster. Transsiberian is directed by Brad Anderson. (Also known for The Machinist, which is maybe where Christopher Nolan found his next Batman? Discuss). It follows the story of an American couple, Roy (Woody Harrelson) and Jessie (Emily Mortimer) as they travel the transsiberian railway from China to Europe after a mission trip. Tensions in their marriage are clear, Roy is a squeaky-clean do-gooder, tapping into a delightful naiveté we haven’t seen since Cheers. Jessie, on the other hand, is a reformed bad-girl. Mortimer makes her apprehension about having settled with Roy readily apparent without overdoing it. These tensions begin to pull tighter when they meet another Western couple on the train. Carlos (Eduardo Noriega) and Abby (Kate Mara) are drifters. They’re curious and thrilling to Roy, but tempting and potentially dangerous to Jessie. Things begin to unravel when Roy is accidentally left at a train stop, and Jessie begins to suspect that Carlos and Abby aren’t exactly who they say they are. Thanks to their association with the mysterious couple, Roy and Jessie run afoul with Russian authorities, specifically a super-creepy detective named Grinko, played wonderfully by Ben Kingsley. It’s one of Sir Ben’s many performances that makes the viewer ask, “is that really the same guy who played Ghandi?!” I was taking notes during the screening, but at a certain point I just wrote “THEY’RE F*CKED,” and stopped writing. It’s one of those thrillers that does character development well enough that when the protagonists get in serious trouble you can feel your intestines twisting with anxiety. The biggest challenge with a movie that thrills by “turning the screw,” is negotiating exactly how far to turn it. In retrospect, I think Transsiberian may have turned it a bit too far. By the end they have amped things up to the point where explosions and cringey torture scenes become necessary to up the ante. Overall, Transsiberian still works as a tense, well-rendered thriller, held up by solid performances all around. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:01:14 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com7/18/2008 4:01:14 PM The only possible advantage a small-ish movie like Transsiberian has when opening on the same weekend as the biggest box office draw in recent memory, is that in cities where Transsiberian is being shown, The Dark Knight’s screenings have been sold out for weeks. So, if you’ve been left out in the cold by Batman, go see Transsiberian. Or better yet, see them both. Transibberian is the most enjoyable film I saw at Sundance this last January. As far as best film, I’d say it’s tied with the steroids doc Bigger, Stronger, Faster. Transsiberian is directed by Brad Anderson. (Also known for The Machinist, which is maybe where Christopher Nolan found his next Batman? Discuss). It follows the story of an American couple, Roy (Woody Harrelson) and Jessie (Emily Mortimer) as they travel the transsiberian railway from China to Europe after a mission trip. Tensions in their marriage are clear, Roy is a squeaky-clean do-gooder, tapping into a delightful naiveté we haven’t seen since Cheers. Jessie, on the other hand, is a reformed bad-girl. Mortimer makes her apprehension about having settled with Roy readily apparent without overdoing it. These tensions begin to pull tighter when they meet another Western couple on the train. Carlos (Eduardo Noriega) and Abby (Kate Mara) are drifters. They’re curious and thrilling to Roy, but tempting and potentially dangerous to Jessie. Things begin to unravel when Roy is accidentally left at a train stop, and Jessie begins to suspect that Carlos and Abby aren’t exactly who they say they are. Thanks to their association with the mysterious couple, Roy and Jessie run afoul with Russian authorities, specifically a super-creepy detective named Grinko, played wonderfully by Ben Kingsley. It’s one of Sir Ben’s many performances that makes the viewer ask, “is that really the same guy who played Ghandi?!” I was taking notes during the screening, but at a certain point I just wrote “THEY’RE F*CKED,” and stopped writing. It’s one of those thrillers that does character development well enough that when the protagonists get in serious trouble you can feel your intestines twisting with anxiety. The biggest challenge with a movie that thrills by “turning the screw,” is negotiating exactly how far to turn it. In retrospect, I think Transsiberian may have turned it a bit too far. By the end they have amped things up to the point where explosions and cringey torture scenes become necessary to up the ante. Overall, Transsiberian still works as a tense, well-rendered thriller, held up by solid performances all around. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/6/2/30320.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 6/2/2008 11:00:20 AM
Body: You know how I know you’re gay? You saw the Sex and the City movie. The above clip was made a few weeks prior to the opening of SATC, which has cemented itself into film history as perhaps the most chicky chick flick ever made. But I find it even more interesting (and more pointed than actually funny) after seeing the box office figures. I wish there had been some kind of tracking done over the weekend of how much of that money came, respectively, from women, from gay men and from - God forbid - straight men. Whether or not a heterosexual man has seen SATC is now officially a gauge of his manhood. Up there with liking beer, fighting, trucks, guns, chopping wood, etc. OR, in my honest opinion, up there with being comfortable with wearing a dress, putting on eye makeup, crying, giving another man a hug, etc. I have no reason to see SATC because I never watched the TV show, but I almost feel I should sit through it to PROVE my manhood. No need for push ups and skeet shooting, as the dude in the video thinks. Those activities are actually tools of repression for men who aren’t comfortable enough with their sexuality. Unfortunately, the era of celebrating the metrosexual has come and gone, and we now have to discuss, as AJ Schnack (emphasizing his MANhood in all caps) has done this morning, the rage against the SATC movie. According to the LA Times, it should have been easier to find $2/gallon gas than a straight man watching SATC. With the weekend behind us, I can only fear the reports of men being severely beaten by alpha-males as they exit cinemas in some kind of gay-bashing ritual. Hopefully, we’re culturally above such a thing, but with all the women at the movies this weekend, and groups of men morally fending for themselves in testosterone-heavy groups, I don’t doubt the chance that the media triggered something awful. Two months ago, I heard multiple male moans (I refer to them as anti-orgasms) when the male nudity came on screen in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Coincidentally, I also separately watched both The Piano and Down and Out in Beverly Hills with audiences that month, and both films evoked similar responses with their respective displays of male anatomy (I wonder if it was OK for men to watch the bulging manliness exhibited in Bigger, Stronger, Faster as an alternative this weekend). In a way, I feel like SATC’s theatrical release was like one big scrotum in the face of heterosexual men around the country, and those who averted their eyes are in need of some serious growing up and adjustment. [thanks to The Movie Blog for alerting us to today's clip] Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:00:20 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com6/2/2008 11:00:20 AM You know how I know you’re gay? You saw the Sex and the City movie. The above clip was made a few weeks prior to the opening of SATC, which has cemented itself into film history as perhaps the most chicky chick flick ever made. But I find it even more interesting (and more pointed than actually funny) after seeing the box office figures. I wish there had been some kind of tracking done over the weekend of how much of that money came, respectively, from women, from gay men and from - God forbid - straight men. Whether or not a heterosexual man has seen SATC is now officially a gauge of his manhood. Up there with liking beer, fighting, trucks, guns, chopping wood, etc. OR, in my honest opinion, up there with being comfortable with wearing a dress, putting on eye makeup, crying, giving another man a hug, etc. I have no reason to see SATC because I never watched the TV show, but I almost feel I should sit through it to PROVE my manhood. No need for push ups and skeet shooting, as the dude in the video thinks. Those activities are actually tools of repression for men who aren’t comfortable enough with their sexuality. Unfortunately, the era of celebrating the metrosexual has come and gone, and we now have to discuss, as AJ Schnack (emphasizing his MANhood in all caps) has done this morning, the rage against the SATC movie. According to the LA Times, it should have been easier to find $2/gallon gas than a straight man watching SATC. With the weekend behind us, I can only fear the reports of men being severely beaten by alpha-males as they exit cinemas in some kind of gay-bashing ritual. Hopefully, we’re culturally above such a thing, but with all the women at the movies this weekend, and groups of men morally fending for themselves in testosterone-heavy groups, I don’t doubt the chance that the media triggered something awful. Two months ago, I heard multiple male moans (I refer to them as anti-orgasms) when the male nudity came on screen in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Coincidentally, I also separately watched both The Piano and Down and Out in Beverly Hills with audiences that month, and both films evoked similar responses with their respective displays of male anatomy (I wonder if it was OK for men to watch the bulging manliness exhibited in Bigger, Stronger, Faster as an alternative this weekend). In a way, I feel like SATC’s theatrical release was like one big scrotum in the face of heterosexual men around the country, and those who averted their eyes are in need of some serious growing up and adjustment. [thanks to The Movie Blog for alerting us to today's clip] Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2008/5/30/30190.aspx Post By: Karina
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Post Date: 5/30/2008 1:00:33 PM
Body: This review originally appeared, in a slightly different form, during Sundance 2008. Bigger, Stronger, Faster* opens on six screens today. A personal interrogative doc, more Morgan Spurlock than Doug Block, Christopher Bell’s Bigger, Stronger, Faster uses his family’s experiences with steroids as the in point to tackle the larger roles of body perception, performance inhancement and competition in contemporary American culture. The voice of the film, delivered via Bell’s constant narration, can be hackneyed and a bit too reliant on a faux-naivete which belies some of its stronger conclusions, but on the whole Bell mounts a surprisingly sophisticated argument––surprising because he’s a first time feature-maker, surprising because it’s clearly on Bell’s agenda to please his crowd, surprising because this is a film that relies on footage from Rocky 4 to explicate its thesis argument––that steroid criminalization amounts to hating the player whilst willfully ignoring the dynamics of the game. The second born of three brothers who grew up in an all-American suburb worshiping Arnold Schwarzenegger and Hulk Hogan, Bell examines how his and his siblings attempts to mold themselves in the image of their idols might be a “side effect” of a late-20th century revision of the American dream. He introduces us to a childhood under the influence of a pop culture tapestry that, coming into full force in the mid-1980s, united Ronald Reagan, pro wrestling, sex, violence, celebrity and war, ultimately brainwashing a certain class of adolescent male to strive towards a certain type of competitive physical perfection, ultimately tied to a rah-rah late-Cold War version of patriotism. Bell hunts down all manner of experts and luminaries, doctors and scientists, athletes and academics and even Arnold himself, and weaves their thoughts and findings into his family’s story to bolster his conclusions. For a first-time filmmaker, Bell is an incredibly adept interviewer, capable of asking the right questions without losing the trust of his subjects. This is certainly a personal film, but it’s also clearly a calling card. Where so many self-examining docs give the sense that the filmmaker could be blowing their wad––ie: everybody’s got *one* story to tell, but does s/he have anything else?––Bell looks to have the talent and intelligence to tackle subjects outside of his immediate purview. Fittingly for a film about the disorientation of living real life in the shadow of popular culture, some of the Bigger’s strongest points are made via appropriated footage. Essentially, the whole enterprise boils down to a clip borrowed from The Simpsons: Lisa asks Mark McGuire to answer to allegations of steroid use; McGuire says he could tell the truth about his physique, or he could wow the assembled Springfieldians by hitting a bunch of baseballs really hard, and the masses overwhelmingly vote for the latter. It’s all about not wanting to know how the sausage is really made. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth
]]>Fri, 30 May 2008 17:00:33 GMTKarinaKarina on SpoutBlog5/30/2008 1:00:33 PM This review originally appeared, in a slightly different form, during Sundance 2008. Bigger, Stronger, Faster* opens on six screens today. A personal interrogative doc, more Morgan Spurlock than Doug Block, Christopher Bell’s Bigger, Stronger, Faster uses his family’s experiences with steroids as the in point to tackle the larger roles of body perception, performance inhancement and competition in contemporary American culture. The voice of the film, delivered via Bell’s constant narration, can be hackneyed and a bit too reliant on a faux-naivete which belies some of its stronger conclusions, but on the whole Bell mounts a surprisingly sophisticated argument––surprising because he’s a first time feature-maker, surprising because it’s clearly on Bell’s agenda to please his crowd, surprising because this is a film that relies on footage from Rocky 4 to explicate its thesis argument––that steroid criminalization amounts to hating the player whilst willfully ignoring the dynamics of the game. The second born of three brothers who grew up in an all-American suburb worshiping Arnold Schwarzenegger and Hulk Hogan, Bell examines how his and his siblings attempts to mold themselves in the image of their idols might be a “side effect” of a late-20th century revision of the American dream. He introduces us to a childhood under the influence of a pop culture tapestry that, coming into full force in the mid-1980s, united Ronald Reagan, pro wrestling, sex, violence, celebrity and war, ultimately brainwashing a certain class of adolescent male to strive towards a certain type of competitive physical perfection, ultimately tied to a rah-rah late-Cold War version of patriotism. Bell hunts down all manner of experts and luminaries, doctors and scientists, athletes and academics and even Arnold himself, and weaves their thoughts and findings into his family’s story to bolster his conclusions. For a first-time filmmaker, Bell is an incredibly adept interviewer, capable of asking the right questions without losing the trust of his subjects. This is certainly a personal film, but it’s also clearly a calling card. Where so many self-examining docs give the sense that the filmmaker could be blowing their wad––ie: everybody’s got *one* story to tell, but does s/he have anything else?––Bell looks to have the talent and intelligence to tackle subjects outside of his immediate purview. Fittingly for a film about the disorientation of living real life in the shadow of popular culture, some of the Bigger’s strongest points are made via appropriated footage. Essentially, the whole enterprise boils down to a clip borrowed from The Simpsons: Lisa asks Mark McGuire to answer to allegations of steroid use; McGuire says he could tell the truth about his physique, or he could wow the assembled Springfieldians by hitting a bunch of baseballs really hard, and the masses overwhelmingly vote for the latter. It’s all about not wanting to know how the sausage is really made. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/5/30/30189.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 5/30/2008 1:00:26 PM
Body: This review originally appeared, in a slightly different form, during Sundance 2008. Bigger, Stronger, Faster* opens on six screens today. A personal interrogative doc, more Morgan Spurlock than Doug Block, Christopher Bell’s Bigger, Stronger, Faster uses his family’s experiences with steroids as the in point to tackle the larger roles of body perception, performance inhancement and competition in contemporary American culture. The voice of the film, delivered via Bell’s constant narration, can be hackneyed and a bit too reliant on a faux-naivete which belies some of its stronger conclusions, but on the whole Bell mounts a surprisingly sophisticated argument––surprising because he’s a first time feature-maker, surprising because it’s clearly on Bell’s agenda to please his crowd, surprising because this is a film that relies on footage from Rocky 4 to explicate its thesis argument––that steroid criminalization amounts to hating the player whilst willfully ignoring the dynamics of the game. The second born of three brothers who grew up in an all-American suburb worshiping Arnold Schwarzenegger and Hulk Hogan, Bell examines how his and his siblings attempts to mold themselves in the image of their idols might be a “side effect” of a late-20th century revision of the American dream. He introduces us to a childhood under the influence of a pop culture tapestry that, coming into full force in the mid-1980s, united Ronald Reagan, pro wrestling, sex, violence, celebrity and war, ultimately brainwashing a certain class of adolescent male to strive towards a certain type of competitive physical perfection, ultimately tied to a rah-rah late-Cold War version of patriotism. Bell hunts down all manner of experts and luminaries, doctors and scientists, athletes and academics and even Arnold himself, and weaves their thoughts and findings into his family’s story to bolster his conclusions. For a first-time filmmaker, Bell is an incredibly adept interviewer, capable of asking the right questions without losing the trust of his subjects. This is certainly a personal film, but it’s also clearly a calling card. Where so many self-examining docs give the sense that the filmmaker could be blowing their wad––ie: everybody’s got *one* story to tell, but does s/he have anything else?––Bell looks to have the talent and intelligence to tackle subjects outside of his immediate purview. Fittingly for a film about the disorientation of living real life in the shadow of popular culture, some of the Bigger’s strongest points are made via appropriated footage. Essentially, the whole enterprise boils down to a clip borrowed from The Simpsons: Lisa asks Mark McGuire to answer to allegations of steroid use; McGuire says he could tell the truth about his physique, or he could wow the assembled Springfieldians by hitting a bunch of baseballs really hard, and the masses overwhelmingly vote for the latter. It’s all about not wanting to know how the sausage is really made. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 30 May 2008 17:00:26 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com5/30/2008 1:00:26 PM This review originally appeared, in a slightly different form, during Sundance 2008. Bigger, Stronger, Faster* opens on six screens today. A personal interrogative doc, more Morgan Spurlock than Doug Block, Christopher Bell’s Bigger, Stronger, Faster uses his family’s experiences with steroids as the in point to tackle the larger roles of body perception, performance inhancement and competition in contemporary American culture. The voice of the film, delivered via Bell’s constant narration, can be hackneyed and a bit too reliant on a faux-naivete which belies some of its stronger conclusions, but on the whole Bell mounts a surprisingly sophisticated argument––surprising because he’s a first time feature-maker, surprising because it’s clearly on Bell’s agenda to please his crowd, surprising because this is a film that relies on footage from Rocky 4 to explicate its thesis argument––that steroid criminalization amounts to hating the player whilst willfully ignoring the dynamics of the game. The second born of three brothers who grew up in an all-American suburb worshiping Arnold Schwarzenegger and Hulk Hogan, Bell examines how his and his siblings attempts to mold themselves in the image of their idols might be a “side effect” of a late-20th century revision of the American dream. He introduces us to a childhood under the influence of a pop culture tapestry that, coming into full force in the mid-1980s, united Ronald Reagan, pro wrestling, sex, violence, celebrity and war, ultimately brainwashing a certain class of adolescent male to strive towards a certain type of competitive physical perfection, ultimately tied to a rah-rah late-Cold War version of patriotism. Bell hunts down all manner of experts and luminaries, doctors and scientists, athletes and academics and even Arnold himself, and weaves their thoughts and findings into his family’s story to bolster his conclusions. For a first-time filmmaker, Bell is an incredibly adept interviewer, capable of asking the right questions without losing the trust of his subjects. This is certainly a personal film, but it’s also clearly a calling card. Where so many self-examining docs give the sense that the filmmaker could be blowing their wad––ie: everybody’s got *one* story to tell, but does s/he have anything else?––Bell looks to have the talent and intelligence to tackle subjects outside of his immediate purview. Fittingly for a film about the disorientation of living real life in the shadow of popular culture, some of the Bigger’s strongest points are made via appropriated footage. Essentially, the whole enterprise boils down to a clip borrowed from The Simpsons: Lisa asks Mark McGuire to answer to allegations of steroid use; McGuire says he could tell the truth about his physique, or he could wow the assembled Springfieldians by hitting a bunch of baseballs really hard, and the masses overwhelmingly vote for the latter. It’s all about not wanting to know how the sausage is really made. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/5/30/30171.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: Interview with Chris Bell who made Bigger, Stronger, Faster –opening tonight. A doc going way beyond body building into the essence of an unspoken American pastime: Cheating. Karina reports back on Cannes and everything the media missed that it shouldn’t have: Tyson, Frontier of Dawn and Everything is Fine. (Subscribe to FilmCouch–Spout’s weekly movie podcast–in the iTunes store or to our RSS feed and an episode will download each Friday) FilmCouch #72 - Karina on Cannes, Kevin on steroids Bigger, Stronger, Faster; Tyson; Frontier of Dawn; Everything is Fine Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 30 May 2008 13:01:04 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com5/30/2008 9:01:04 AM Interview with Chris Bell who made Bigger, Stronger, Faster –opening tonight. A doc going way beyond body building into the essence of an unspoken American pastime: Cheating. Karina reports back on Cannes and everything the media missed that it shouldn’t have: Tyson, Frontier of Dawn and Everything is Fine. (Subscribe to FilmCouch–Spout’s weekly movie podcast–in the iTunes store or to our RSS feed and an episode will download each Friday) FilmCouch #72 - Karina on Cannes, Kevin on steroids Bigger, Stronger, Faster; Tyson; Frontier of Dawn; Everything is Fine Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/5/30/30170.aspx Post By: paul
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Post Date: 5/30/2008 9:00:41 AM
Body: Interview with Chris Bell who made Bigger, Stronger, Faster –opening tonight. A doc going way beyond body building into the essence of an unspoken American pastime: Cheating. Karina reports back on Cannes and everything the media missed that it shouldn’t have: Tyson, Frontier of Dawn and Everything is Fine. (Subscribe to FilmCouch–Spout’s weekly movie podcast–in the iTunes store or to our RSS feed and an episode will download each Friday) FilmCouch #72 - Karina on Cannes, Kevin on steroids Bigger, Stronger, Faster; Tyson; Frontier of Dawn; Everything is Fine Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul Moore
]]>Fri, 30 May 2008 13:00:41 GMTpaulpaul on spout.com5/30/2008 9:00:41 AM Interview with Chris Bell who made Bigger, Stronger, Faster –opening tonight. A doc going way beyond body building into the essence of an unspoken American pastime: Cheating. Karina reports back on Cannes and everything the media missed that it shouldn’t have: Tyson, Frontier of Dawn and Everything is Fine. (Subscribe to FilmCouch–Spout’s weekly movie podcast–in the iTunes store or to our RSS feed and an episode will download each Friday) FilmCouch #72 - Karina on Cannes, Kevin on steroids Bigger, Stronger, Faster; Tyson; Frontier of Dawn; Everything is Fine Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul Moore http://www.spout.com/blogs/joann2/archive/2008/1/29/24516.aspx Post By: JoAnn2
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Post Date: 1/29/2008 3:41:47 PM
Body: wow, I was captivated, I never thought a documentary about steroids would grab me like this one did. I stayed tuned all the way through, it was a self examination of honesty and a an eye opener to the way men look at their body image. much more than just about steroids, we need to see more from writer/director/narrator Christopoher Bell. When will it be in the theater. Can't wait to send my friends and family. OUTSTANDING AND BRILLIANT
]]>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:41:47 GMTJoAnn2JoAnn2 Blog1/29/2008 3:41:47 PMwow, I was captivated, I never thought a documentary about steroids would grab me like this one did. I stayed tuned all the way through, it was a self examination of honesty and a an eye opener to the way men look at their body image. much more than just about steroids, we need to see more from writer/director/narrator Christopoher Bell. When will it be in the theater. Can&#39;t wait to send my friends and family. OUTSTANDING AND BRILLIANT http://www.spout.com/blogs/joann2/archive/2008/1/29/24515.aspx Post By: JoAnn2
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Post Date: 1/29/2008 3:36:45 PM
Body: THE MOST TALKED ABOUT DOC OF ALL TIME. IN MY OPINION WAS THE AUDIENCE PICK AT SUNDANCE. FANTASTIC, CAN'T WAIT FOR IT TO COME OUT IN THE THEATERS FOR ALL TO SEE. AN OSCAR WORTHY DOC.
]]>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:36:45 GMTJoAnn2JoAnn2 Blog1/29/2008 3:36:45 PMTHE MOST TALKED ABOUT DOC OF ALL TIME. IN MY OPINION WAS THE AUDIENCE PICK AT SUNDANCE. FANTASTIC, CAN&#39;T WAIT FOR IT TO COME OUT IN THE THEATERS FOR ALL TO SEE. AN OSCAR WORTHY DOC. http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/1/25/24342.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 1/25/2008 3:01:19 PM
Body: This FilmCouch is just a glancing blow at everything we want to say about Sundance 2008, so check out all our coverage here. A few categories really stood out for different reasons like: The Unexpected Surprise (Bigger, Stronger, Faster), The Unexpected Let Down (The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins), The Came From Nowhere Critics’ Pick (Ballast) and The Agree to Disagree (Be Kind Rewind). FilmCouch 54 Bigger, Stronger, Faster The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins Ballast Be Kind Rewind Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:01:19 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com1/25/2008 3:01:19 PM This FilmCouch is just a glancing blow at everything we want to say about Sundance 2008, so check out all our coverage here. A few categories really stood out for different reasons like: The Unexpected Surprise (Bigger, Stronger, Faster), The Unexpected Let Down (The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins), The Came From Nowhere Critics’ Pick (Ballast) and The Agree to Disagree (Be Kind Rewind). FilmCouch 54 Bigger, Stronger, Faster The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins Ballast Be Kind Rewind Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/1/25/24341.aspx Post By: paul
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Post Date: 1/25/2008 3:00:54 PM
Body: This FilmCouch is just a glancing blow at everything we want to say about Sundance 2008, so check out all our coverage here. A few categories really stood out for different reasons like: The Unexpected Surprise (Bigger, Stronger, Faster), The Unexpected Let Down (The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins), The Came From Nowhere Critics’ Pick (Ballast) and The Agree to Disagree (Be Kind Rewind). FilmCouch 54 Bigger, Stronger, Faster The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins Ballast Be Kind Rewind Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul
]]>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:00:54 GMTpaulpaul on spout.com1/25/2008 3:00:54 PM This FilmCouch is just a glancing blow at everything we want to say about Sundance 2008, so check out all our coverage here. A few categories really stood out for different reasons like: The Unexpected Surprise (Bigger, Stronger, Faster), The Unexpected Let Down (The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins), The Came From Nowhere Critics’ Pick (Ballast) and The Agree to Disagree (Be Kind Rewind). FilmCouch 54 Bigger, Stronger, Faster The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins Ballast Be Kind Rewind Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/family/MemberTagFilms.aspxfamily
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