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May 22, 2012

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  • The Five-Year Engagement

    05/14/2012

    Co-written by Jason Segel and produced by Judd Apatow, there is an endless list of expectations one can have for The Five Year Engagement, but comparing it to the likes of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Bridesmaids, and Superbad isn’t a good idea because it isn’t on the same comedic level as any of them. The Five Year Engagement follows the story of Tom and Violet, who are a couple living in San Francisco who have an extensive array of obstacles in the way of their nuptials. It is a story that tries to be both comical and serious, but isn’t talented at mixing the two harmoniously.

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  • The Avengers

    05/07/2012

    There are no guarantees in life, and even fewer in moviemaking. After the colossal disaster that was John Carter saw Disney wipe $200 million off their balance sheet while simultaneously shooing studio chairman Rich Ross out the door, you can bet there were more than a few sweaty palms over at Marvel Studios. Make no mistake The Avengers was a massive gamble for the indie production outfit, which, while consistently profitable, is small enough to at any given time essentially be one big flop away from the abyss.

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  • The Pirates! Band Of Misfits

    05/04/2012

    The Pirates! Band of Misfits is a fun, traditional, animated film that helps to bring together family, friends, and pirates alike. Based on a novel by Gideon Defoe, who also wrote the screenplay, Pirates follows the adventures of Pirate Captain (voiced by Hugh Grant) and his crew as he tries to become “Pirate of the Year”. Pirates creates a sense of fun that feels hand-made rather than machine manufactured. Stop-motion animation is a lost art only appearing in Aardman films. With a style that is so distinct, the film shines as an original work that any fan will appreciate.

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  • Sound Of My Voice

    05/04/2012

    Debuting at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, and also selected as part of SXSW Film Festival, Sound of My Voice got immediate acclaim from audiences before being optioned for a feature film by Fox Searchlight. It’s a psychological thriller at heart, dabbling on the surface of sci-fi with subtlety and ingenuity. Director/writer Zal Batmanglij takes surprising care with this picture, letting it unfold at a compelling pace—exciting waves of wonder and skepticism ripple through the viewer from the opening scenes.

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  • The Giant Mechanical

    04/30/2012

    In something of a reactionary response to the colorfully quirky ode to the indelible midwestern misfit that has so saturated the American festival scene in the last decade, a new trend has emerged: the drably quirky ode to the indelible city-dwelling misfit. The overriding theme of listless, white twenty/thirty-somethings finding themselves amidst the constant, deafening hum of conformity remains, but the artistic choice is not to celebrate the individual, nor indulgently revel in their individualism.

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  • Blue Like Jazz

    04/23/2012

    Blue Like Jazz is a movie that really wants you to like it. It’s got a nice, easy coming-of-age storyline. It’s populated with very likeable characters, and they’re all portrayed by very likeable, capable actors. Even the story of how this film came to be is hard not to like; when a lack of funding halted production indefinitely in 2010, the filmmakers reached out to fans of the source material (a memoir by Donald Miller) through the crowdsourcing website Kickstarter and raised all necessary funds, and then some, and became The Little Movie That Could.

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