| The 10 Best Films Of 2013 So Far… |
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Pop Quiz, Hotshot: There’s a bomb on a bus. Once the bus goes 50 miles an hour, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50, it blows up. What do you do? WHAT DO YOU DO?! Whoa. Wait. Sorry, that isn’t the question I want to ask – I just got carried away thinking about Dennis Hopper in Speed. What I really want to know is: how many movies have you seen this year? Me? I’ve seen 89. That’s 89 movies in a little over six-and-a-half months, which means out of the 210 days of the year so far – I’ve spent 7.4 days devouring new movies. With less than six months left in 2013, I decided to do a top ten list of my favorite films of the year so far. There are still tons of highly-anticipated films on the way – Elysium, Gravity, Ender’s Game, Anchorman: The Legend Continues, The Wolf of Wall Street – but, until then, consider checking out the films below. OK, enough talking, let’s get on with the show. Without further ado, here’s my list of the 10 best films of 2013 so far”¦
...continue reading » Tags: Before Midnight, Best Films of 2013, Drinking Buddies, Mud, Pacific Rim, Stories We Tell, The Spectacular Now, The Way Way Back, This is the End, Upstream Color, You're Next | |
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| Geeks of Doom Invades SXSW 2013!
This year’s South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) (03/08 – 03/16) features a lineup of 109 films, including 69 world premieres, as well as 14 North American and 5 United States premieres, with 68 of those titles from first-time filmmakers. Every March, the SXSW Film Festival attracts thousands of fans, filmmakers, press, and industry leaders to Austin, TX, to revel in the celebration of cinema by enjoying a gauntlet of new, exciting movies with the best film audiences in the world. This year I’ll be covering SXSW for Geeks of Doom and plan on seeing around 20 films during my time in Austin. I’ll be updating Geeks of Doom daily with reviews, exclusive Skull-Face Island podcasts, daily journal entries, and filmmaker interviews including director Josh Johnson of the VHS documentary, Rewind This!.
...continue reading » Tags: Before Midnight, Drinking Buddies, Evil Dead, Lords of Salem, Much Ado About Nothing, Mud, Rewind This, Skull-Face Island, South by SouthWest Film Festival, Spring Breakers, SXSW, The Spectacular Now, Upstream Color, V/H/S 2, You're Next | |
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| 2013 SXSW Film Festival Lineup Announced
Strap in, kids! Here’s your first look at the 2013 SXSW Film Features Lineup: 109 films, including 69 world premieres, 14 North American and 5 United States premieres. Amazingly enough, 68 of these titles are from first-time filmmakers. Highlights include Stephen Finnigan’s Hawking, Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing, John Sayles’ Go For Sisters, Jacob Vaughn’s Milo, Penny Lane’s Our Nixon, Zak Knutson & Joey Figueroa’s MILIUS, Ryan White’s Good Ol’ Freda, Sini Anderson’s The Punk Singer, Josh Johnson’s Rewind This!, and Bryan Poyser’s The Bounceback. These movies join the previously announced, Opening Night film The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Joe Swanberg’s Drinking Buddies, Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers, Evil Dead, and Alex Winter’s Downloaded.
...continue reading » Tags: Alex Winter, Bryan Poyser, Downloaded, Drinking Buddies, Evil Dead, Go For Sisters, Good Ol’ Freda, Harmony Korine, Hawking, Jacob Vaughn, Joe Swanberg, Joey Figueroa, John Sayles, Josh Johnson, Joss Whedon, MILIUS, Milo, Much Ado About Nothing, Our Nixon, Penny Lane, Rewind This, Ryan White, Sini Anderson, South By Southwest, Spring Breakers, Stephen Finnigan, SXSW, The Bounceback, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, The Punk Singer, Zak Knutson | |
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