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Sundance Reveals 2010 Non-Competition Slate

4 December 2009 5:24 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »

On Wednesday the Sundance Film Festival unveiled the films competing in late January 2010.  Yesterday they announced the rest of the line-up of independent films vying for attention for industry types and the curious public.

The entire list of 53 films is below, but here are a few that stood out to me from the premieres alone:

Mumblecore directors the Duplass Brothers, have a new, untitled movie starring an unusually high-profile cast compared to their usual improvisational crew.  John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei, Jonah Hill, and Catherine Keener.  Reilly and Keener are actually in two films at the 2010 festival.

The Company Men, starring Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, Rosemarie DeWitt about corporate downsizing.

Rodrigo Cortes’ Buried, starring Ryan Reynolds as a man buried alive in a coffin.  I’ve read the script and its great.  More on that as soon as I can.

The Runaways, the »

- Jeff Leins

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Sundance 2010: Premieres

4 December 2009 12:40 AM, PST | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »

Sundance 2010: Premieres Bill Murray, Robert Duvall in Get Low Film info from the Sundance press release. Abel / Mexico, USA (Director: Diego Luna; Screenwriters: Diego Luna and Agusto Mendoza) — A peculiar young boy, blurring reality and fantasy, assumes the responsibilities of a family man in his father’s absence. Cast: Jose Maria Yazpik, Karina Gidi, Carlos Aragon, Christopher Ruiz-Esparza, Gerardo Ruiz-Esparza. World Premiere Cane Toads: The Conquest / USA (Director and screenwriter: Mark Lewis) — In 3D, Mark Lewis explores one of Australia’s greatest environmental catastrophes as he follows the unstoppable march of the cane toad across the Australian continent. World Premiere The Company Men / USA (Director and screenwriter: John Wells) — Three company [...] »

- Michele Colbert

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Movie Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox

3 December 2009 9:26 PM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

Starring: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray

Director: Wes Anderson

Release Date: November 25, 2009

Running Time: 87 mins.

MPAA Rating: R - for some violence, disturbing images and language

Distributor: 20th Century Fox

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My relationship with the movies of Wes Anderson can best be described as strained, to say the least.  I have a sympathetic ear for the dysfunction he makes his characters wallow in each movie, but aren’t they all really just singing the same song; that a family, no matter how damaged and quirky, can get through anything as long as they stick together?  He has a definitive style but more and more I get the impression that he is really telling a variation of the same story and trying to hide it by out-weirding the last one.  Considering it to be my loudest objection to his movies, I find it curious that one »

- jndubbs@gmail.com (Jeremy Welsch)

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Movie Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox

3 December 2009 9:26 PM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

Starring: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray

Director: Wes Anderson

Release Date: November 25, 2009

Running Time: 87 mins.

MPAA Rating: R - for some violence, disturbing images and language

Distributor: 20th Century Fox

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My relationship with the movies of Wes Anderson can best be described as strained, to say the least.  I have a sympathetic ear for the dysfunction he makes his characters wallow in each movie, but aren’t they all really just singing the same song; that a family, no matter how damaged and quirky, can get through anything as long as they stick together?  He has a definitive style but more and more I get the impression that he is really telling a variation of the same story and trying to hide it by out-weirding the last one.  Considering it to be my loudest objection to his movies, I find it curious that one »

- jndubbs@gmail.com (Jeremy Welsch)

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Movie Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox

3 December 2009 9:26 PM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

Starring: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray

Director: Wes Anderson

Release Date: November 25, 2009

Running Time: 87 mins.

MPAA Rating: R - for some violence, disturbing images and language

Distributor: 20th Century Fox

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My relationship with the movies of Wes Anderson can best be described as strained, to say the least.  I have a sympathetic ear for the dysfunction he makes his characters wallow in each movie, but aren’t they all really just singing the same song; that a family, no matter how damaged and quirky, can get through anything as long as they stick together?  He has a definitive style but more and more I get the impression that he is really telling a variation of the same story and trying to hide it by out-weirding the last one.  Considering it to be my loudest objection to his movies, I find it curious that one »

- jndubbs@gmail.com (Jeremy Welsch)

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Movie Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox

3 December 2009 9:26 PM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

Starring: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray

Director: Wes Anderson

Release Date: November 25, 2009

Running Time: 87 mins.

MPAA Rating: R - for some violence, disturbing images and language

Distributor: 20th Century Fox

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My relationship with the movies of Wes Anderson can best be described as strained, to say the least.  I have a sympathetic ear for the dysfunction he makes his characters wallow in each movie, but aren’t they all really just singing the same song; that a family, no matter how damaged and quirky, can get through anything as long as they stick together?  He has a definitive style but more and more I get the impression that he is really telling a variation of the same story and trying to hide it by out-weirding the last one.  Considering it to be my loudest objection to his movies, I find it curious that one »

- jndubbs@gmail.com (Jeremy Welsch)

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Movie Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox

3 December 2009 9:26 PM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

Starring: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray

Director: Wes Anderson

Release Date: November 25, 2009

Running Time: 87 mins.

MPAA Rating: R - for some violence, disturbing images and language

Distributor: 20th Century Fox

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My relationship with the movies of Wes Anderson can best be described as strained, to say the least.  I have a sympathetic ear for the dysfunction he makes his characters wallow in each movie, but aren’t they all really just singing the same song; that a family, no matter how damaged and quirky, can get through anything as long as they stick together?  He has a definitive style but more and more I get the impression that he is really telling a variation of the same story and trying to hide it by out-weirding the last one.  Considering it to be my loudest objection to his movies, I find it curious that one »

- jndubbs@gmail.com (Jeremy Welsch)

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Sundance 2010 Non-Competition Line-Up Looks Strong

3 December 2009 3:30 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Yesterday we got the list for the films playing in competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and today we get the rest of the films that will be featured and there are quite a few that make 2010 look much stronger based on pedigree alone than I have seen in quite some time. Variety has a big write-up detailing the categories and more on the festival right here, but I am just going to offer up the titles and let you sort it all out.

The titles already in the RopeofSilicon database are linked.

Premieres

All films are from the United States unless otherwise noted Abel (Mexico-u.S.), the directorial debut of actor Diego Luna, written by Luna and Agusto Mendoza, about a peculiar young boy who, as he blurs reality and fantasy, takes over the responsibilities of a family man in his father's absence. With Jose Maria Yazpik, Karina Gidi, »

- Brad Brevet

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Nowhere Boy, The Runaways and The Company Men All to Premiere At 2010 Sundance Film Festival Out-Of-Competition

3 December 2009 2:58 PM, PST | FusedFilm | See recent FusedFilm news »

Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the out-of-competition section of Premieres. Some very anticipated films that we have been tracking are included. Films like The Runaways, starring Kristen Bell and Dakota Fanning as the 70s girl rock group headliners, Joan Jett and Cherie Currie. We have also been following The Company Men and Nowhere Boy, so we are excited to see these films at Sundance 2010.

To showcase the diversity to contemporary independent cinema, the Sundance Film Festival Premieres section offers the latest work from American and international directors as well as world premieres of highly anticipated films. The Premiere section is being presented by Entertainment Weekly.

Abel / Mexico, USA (Director: Diego Luna; Screenwriters:Diego Luna and Agusto Mendoza)-A peculiar young boy, blurring reality and fantasy, assumes the responsibilities of a family man in his father’s absence. Cast: Jose Maria Yazpik, Karina Gidi, »

- Kevin Coll

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DVD Review: ‘The Limits of Control’ Sinks Under Weight of Pretension

3 December 2009 2:44 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – Jim Jarmusch’s latest film experiment “The Limits of Control” is another example of a once-intriguing filmmaker becoming bogged down by his own self-aware style, delivering easily the worst film of one of the most important careers in the history of independent film. Jarmusch changed indie cinema in the ’80s. Now, he doesn’t even seem interested in his own films.

DVD Rating: 1.0/5.0

The title of “The Limits of Control” is a reference to nothing that happens in the film but feels appropriate for such an overly mannered exercise in directorial power. How far can Jarmusch push the audience? How little plot will they take? What is the limit of pretension? These are the more pertinent questions to “The Limits of Control,” a film that seems designed to push audience buttons, something that I have no problem with if there’s something worthwhile in return. Nothing but frustration results »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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2010 Sundance Film Festival Out-of-Competition Films: Premieres

3 December 2009 2:34 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Yesterday we gave you a list of all the films playing in-competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.  We now have the list of the films playing out-of-competition and they’re divided up into four categories: Premieres, Next, Spotlight, and Park City at Midnight. Since combining these lists would be a lot to read for just one article, we’ve broken it up to give each category its own article.

Know that while there are a lot of films playing in-competition, most of the films to get buzz will be coming from the out-of-competition categories.  First up are the premiers which include John Wells’ The Company Men starring Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones and Kevin Costner; Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini’s The Extra Man starring Katie Holmes, John C. Reilly, and Paul Dano; Get Low starring Robert Duvall and Bill Murray; Michael Winterbottom’s The Killer Inside Me starring Casey Affleck, »

- Matt Goldberg

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Full Sundance line-up announced...and it's a doozy!

3 December 2009 2:08 PM, PST | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

In addition to the competition titles which were announced yesterday, Sundance has announced the remainder of their line-up and it includes some titles we’re already familiar with along with a huge number of premieres.

Also on the docket are two new series: Next which showcases low/no budget films and Spotlight which highlights films which festival programmers deem worthy of extra love including Enter the Void (review) and Lourdes (the trailer for which I really liked).

I’m particularly excited to see some of the titles in the New Frontier program but overall, the line-up is an impressive one but the Kristen Stewart fan in me is excited to see her turn as Joan Jett in The Runaways and I think it’s fair to say we’re all dying to see Vincenzo Natali’s hotly anticipated Splice (trailer).

In the Midnight section, Adam Green's Frozen is sounding mighty find, »

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Sundance Unveils Its Out-of-Competition Lineup

3 December 2009 1:28 PM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

By Brent Lang

Having unvelied its competing films earlier this week, the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday unveiled the rest of its slate.

Screening in the Park City festival's five out-of-competition sections, this crop may not be eligible for awards. But it includes a high level of star power, including Bill Murray, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kristen Stewart and Katie Holmes, all of whom have movies premiering at the 10-day festival in January.

Also among... »

- Brent Lang

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Sundance 2010 Film Lineup *Updated*

3 December 2009 1:00 PM, PST | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »

Sundance released their slate for 2010. It includes:43 documentaries on the Middle East12 films about friends who 'discover' something33 movies about people you've never heard about1 comedyHopefully the lineup this year is strong but it doesn't look that way compared to last year. Last year we had Push (Precious), that Lil Wayne documentary that never went anywhere, Mystery Team which might make my top ten, Moon, Mike Tyson documentary, Cold Souls. Just so much last January that was excellent. I hope I don't go out therer and freeze my tail off just to see...I don't know, a documentary about a former Pakistani prime minister or something silly like that.Here's the lineup so far: Premieres To showcase the diversity to contemporary independent cinema, the Sundance Film Festival Premieres section offers the latest work from American and international directors as well as world premieres of highly anticipated films. Presented by Entertainment Weekly. »

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Duncan Jones’ Source Code Sounds Familiar, But Still Awesome

3 December 2009 9:43 AM, PST | SciFiCool.com | See recent SciFiCool.com news »

Wanna know more about Duncan Jones’ upcoming sci-fi film “Source Code”, starring Jake Gyllenhaal? You’ve come to the right place, and you should keep reading. Does the movie sound interesting to you, but you’d rather avoid Possible Spoilers? Then stay clear of this page. You’ve been warned. So, you’re still here? Here’s the deal: The Playlist has read the script for Ben Ripley’s “Source Code”, and they explain how the movie begins, and the film’s plot. It’s basically a combination of the Denzel Washington movie “Deja Vu” combined with “The Matrix” and the Bill Murray comedy “Groundhog Day”. And oh yeah, some form of time travel is involved, too. It kicks off with Colter (to be played by Jake Gyllenhaal), a thirty year old man with a military buzz cut, waking up on a commuter train heading into Penn Station from New Jersey. »

- Nix

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Zombieland 2 and Jackass Sequel Set for 3D

2 December 2009 7:13 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »

Confirming Internet reports, Sony Pictures has closed deals with director Ruben Fleischer, producer Gavin Polone, and screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick for a sequel to Zombieland.

During the Thanksgiving holiday lull, Moviehole spoke with Fleischer about his plans for the inevitable Zombieland 2, who told the site he had ideas for 3-D but they were waiting on the go ahead from Sony.  They’ve been given the green light and the brainstorming begins.

When the creative team talked sequels following the smash opening, the writers said they had originally conceived the story as a TV pilot, so the series lends itself to another zombie-killing adventure.  No details on the plot are known yet, but hopefully they won’t transform Woody Harrelson into a self-aware zombie or any sort of disappointing variation.

The original cast, Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin, are ready to return.  Sadly Bill Murray will »

- Jeff Leins

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Fantastic Mr. Fox Review

2 December 2009 4:35 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Short Version: Fantastic Mr. Fox is a pleasantly surprising film that is odd, witty, and probably more fun for adults than kids.

Screen Rant Reviews Fantastic Mr. Fox

I am not a Wes Anderson fan. Rushmore didn’t make me swoon; The Royal Tenenbaums made me groan; The Life Aquatic was no “masterpiece” far as I could tell and I didn’t even bother with The Darjeeling Limited. In fact, everything Anderson has done after Bottle Rocket has ultimately fallen on my cinematic bad side. Hearing his name brought up in classrooms and discussed as if he is the Shakespeare of cinema has only compounded that antagonism. If we were to play the word association game and you said “Wes Anderson” my immediate response would likely be “Pretentious and overrated.”

 

I went to see Fantastic Mr. Fox because, frankly, somebody on the site needed to review it. I wasn’t expecting much. »

- Kofi Outlaw

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Bill Murray Brings Joy To The World In 'Scrooged' For Today's Sick Day Stash

2 December 2009 12:00 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Call them "cult classics." "Guilty pleasures." "Comfort movies." We all have a mental rolodex of flicks that may not be terribly popular but, for one reason or another, they resonate in a very special way. Maybe you saw it at the right moment. Maybe you just see gold where everyone else sees feces. Whatever the case, these are the special favorites that you keep stashed away for sick days. Here are some of ours.

My "Rosenberg" last name speaks to my Jewish heritage, but that's never stopped "Scrooged" from being one of my favorite holiday movies. I can't remember the first time I saw this one. I might've been in a theater, but it could just as easily have been on cable. Doesn't matter. It's a brilliant send-up of Charles Dickens' classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge and his ghostly pursuers, "A Christmas Carol." And it stars Bill Murray. So it's pretty much perfect. »

- Adam Rosenberg

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New On DVD This Week

2 December 2009 7:00 AM, PST | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

With Black Friday sales behind us but with Christmas right around the corner, there’s still time to get some great movies on DVD and Blu-ray this holiday season. To help, here’s a list of some of the new movie and TV shows coming to DVD and Blu-ray this week that we’re looking forward to seeing. Also, there’s some classic, and not-so-classic, movies hitting Blu-ray for the first time.

Of all the new releases, we’re particularly interested in the Blu-ray versions of movies and TV shows such as The Wizard of Oz, Gremlins, Snatch, Ben 10: Alien Swarm and the Blu-ray debut of McG’s Terminator: Salvation (shown above with Christian Bale and Sam Worthington).

Check them out:

A Christmas Tale (The Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)

Ben 10 Alien Swarm ~ Ryan Kelley, Nathan Keyes, Alyssa Diaz, and Galadriel Stineman (DVD and Blu-ray)

Better Off Ted: Season One ~ Jay Harrington, »

- Joe Gillis

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Keith Arem Goes From Call of Duty to Frost Road

1 December 2009 11:51 PM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »

There has been very little immigration between the worlds of videogames and films, but that doesn’t stop Keith Arem, director of the game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, from trying to direct a large motion picture.  According to Variety, this film is called Frost Road, which is the story about a young man who is immune to a contagion that is sweeping through a small east coast town. Arem is also collaborating on a graphic novel version with c-creator Brandon Humphreys and illustrator Christopher Shy. Variety discusses some of Arem’s credentials: As talent director on the game, Arem was responsible for directing, casting and engineering all of the actors for the game, which included 50 Cent, Barry Pepper, Kevin McKidd, Keith David, Billy Murray and Lance Henriksen. Through Pcb, Arem has also done game development for the “Lord of the Rings,” “Spider-Man,” “Rainbow Six,” “Silent Hill,” “Prince of Persia, »

- Jacob

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