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"Are you one of the many sci-fi and comic book geeks who’d be more interested in Push were it not for Dakota Fanning? Sure, the precocious child star is now a teen actress (she’s about to turn 15), yet that probably makes you even more worried about her appearance in the movie. But what can you do? She’s literally everywhere this week – voicing the title character in the animated Coraline and starring in two new video releases, Hounddog and The Secret Life of Bees, both of which were released Tuesday. In the tradition of child actors continuing careers into adolescence, it’s only a matter of time before she ruins a movie that would have been better without her. We’ll have to wait until this weekend to see if that time is now, with Push, but in the meantime let’s take a look at some of the past offenders in this tradition. Most of the following "
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"Getting ready for the Sundance Film Festival can be very exciting. As we await the event’s Thursday opening, we can’t stop wondering what will be the next big thing. Will this year’s hit be the highly-anticipated Michael Cera project Paper Hearts, or will it be something that we as of yet know nothing about? It’s easy to forget, however, that oftentimes the next big thing is also the next lamest thing. Sundance sensations, those films that are much-buzzed-about, that sell for a lot of money, that go on to be marketed like crazy and ultimately receive Oscar recognition, tend to lend themselves most easily to backlashes. Usually such derision is deserved, as in the case of the following ten films, each of which made a big splash at Sundance despite being bad. 10. Brick (Ria "
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A Garden State of Mind
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"This film happened to be the film that I decided to test features of the Netflix site with, including the mechanisms involved in reorganizing one's queue. Garden State was, through no fault of its own, kind of far down on the list, which I was rather appalled at. So, then I started tinkering with reordering and the like, and, long story short (too late), through no relationship to the previous film, Garden State was the next film in my slow but steady movie consumption of late.I have been wanting to watch this film for a while too. I am not an avid follower of Scrubs, but I do like Zach Braff quite a bit, whether on that show or in other projects. I also think Natalie Portman is an excellent actress given whatever material she is handed (including those Star Wars prequels, but let's not mention them anymore here). I didn't know much about the premise of the film; it was these two actors and also Ian Holm (Bilbo!) that drew me to this one.Mr. Braff plays Andrew Larg ... "
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"It's nice to see Natalie Portman in something other than Sci-Fi dreck or Action-Adventure mediocrity. She hasn't been in something this good since her performances in "The Professional" and "Beautiful Girls". Zach Braff is equally as appealing, and I found the tone and story to be thoughtful, funny, quirky and aptly melancholy. All of this, and the soundtrack fits like a glove. If you're a fan of Wes Anderson's work, chances are you'll appreciate this film. "
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"Bottle Rocket, acclaimed filmmaker Wes Andersen's directoral debut, has proven to be an archetype for an entire generation of emerging filmmakers. Andersen's subtle, first-person filmmaking style, unique in 1996 and very recognizable to this day, set a precendent for independent filmmakers everywhere, and opened up the independent world to mainstream audiences. Perhaps what made Andersen stand out so prominently is his mastery of subtlety. Hollywood has long been lampooned as too brash, too obvious and criciticized for leaving little to the imagination. Directors such as Michael Bay, with his trademark constant explosions and over-the-top fight scenes have not helped Hollywood's perceived lack of artistic integrity. Along came Andersen and his contemporaries--with a trademark minimalist dialogue, long takes on unexpressive actors, and a slower moving storyline, often divided into chapters. Revolutionary, and now often imitated. Bottle Rocket hits all of Andersen's trademarks. ... "
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"RIGHT ANGLE, a feature film to be directed by Michael Burke (THE MUDGE BOY), will be shooting this summer in Detroit and surrounding suburbs and is currently SEEKING LOCAL CREW. Camelot Pictures (GARDEN STATE, HENRY POOLE IS HERE) is producing. Prep to begin early June, Principal Photography to begin mid July. Searching to fill support positions and some keys in ALL DEPARTMENTS, including but not limited to Camera, Grip, Electric, Construction, Sound, Art, Hair, Makeup, and Wardrobe. As most of the positions are non-entry level, some form of Commercial or Feature Experience is required. Please send resumes to: rightanglefilm(at)gmail.com "
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"I would rather highlight conventional foreign films like Captain Abu Raed than conventional indie dramedies like Patrick Sisam’s The Year of Getting to Know Us, but I can’t seem to find any better trailers for movies playing at Sundance today. So, here’s a look at one of the more mainstream selections screening at this year’s festival. It has a lot of the generic traits typically found in star-studded Sundance darlings, such as the dysfunctional family, the dying parent and the homecoming plot. In many ways it’s like Garden State (Sundance class of 2004) all over again, but instead of having the main character meet an annoying new love interest, he already has a live-in girlfriend of three years who he reluctantly allows to finally meet his family. I spy a last-minute airport scene in there, too. Good job on the unoriginal ideas there, Sisam (or is that co-wri "
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"I saw Wristcutters: A Love Story at Sundance 2006, and I enjoyed it a lot. A semi-deconstructed road-trip rom-com set in an alternate afterlife reserved for suicides, it seemed like the kind of small-scale, entirely winning if not entirely original indie that you used to be able to happen upon late at night on IFC and fall in love with. Even though it was a touch smarter and darkly cooler than Garden State (no one in Wristcutters would have the dizzy gall to suggest that The Shins could change a person’s life), I really thought it had a chance at breaking through to the same audience. Shows what I know–apparently, there was only room for one unexpectedly “heartwarming” road-trip movie with the set design of a music video at Sundance that year, and at the end of a successful 2006 festival run, Wristcutters all but disappeared. Throughout 2006, I heard a few rumors of release dates, and read that it might go straight to DVD, but nothing ever happened. And then Courtney Solomon entere ... "
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"The Rage in Placid Lake is a beautiful, funny encouragement to lead a less structured life in order to achieve greater happiness. The titular character, so named by his anti-establishment parents in hopes of him living up to that image, is a human Gumby in the middle of a frantic social tug-of-war. Placid’s parents use him as a guinea pig for exercising their oddball societal beliefs. Their clueless experiments consistently transform Placid into a lamb to the slaughter, similar to Marcus in About A Boy. The continual adolescent opposition Placid faces as a result of his stark differences is personified by the brutal ostracism and fists of three bullies. These abusive classmates are the epitome of the Lake parents’ collective enemies and yet the adults continue to assume that their failed vicarious efforts are beneficial to their son. Poor, mangled, confused Placid.And then there is Gemma, Placid’s lifelong platonic female friend who has been the only rock in ... "
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