Movie Reviews

Tribeca Film Festival ’12: On the Mat Review

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Narrated by actor and former Lake Stevens wrestler Chris Pratt (The Five-Year Engagement; Moneyball), On the Mat chronicles the Lake Stevens High wrestling team as they battle their way through the regular and post season facing a variety of...

Tribeca Film Festival ’12: ‘High Tech, Low Life’ Review - A Look at Chinese Anti-Censorship Activists

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Directed by Stephen Maing, High Tech, Low Life follows two anti-censorship bloggers, the young and tech-savvy Zhou Shuguang AKA Zola and the older biking nomad with a camcorder, Zhang Shihe AKA Tiger Temple. As China continues to strengthen its...

Tribeca Film Festival ’12: While We Were Here Review

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Although not shot in black and white, but converted in post, While We Were Here captures wonderful shades that are reminiscent of film noir. Rather than shy away from the beauty of the landscape of Italy, writer/director Kat Coiro...

Tribeca Film Festival ’12: ‘Cheerful Weather for the Wedding’ Review

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Cheerful Weather for the Wedding is a film that’s fully aware of all the cliches associated with wedding movies and movies about falling in love and utilizes them, yet it still works. It would have been easy to sap...

Tribeca Film Festival ’12: BAM150 Review

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Commissioned by BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) itself, BAM 150, directed by Michael Sládek, is not just a documentary about the Academy, but also the history of performing arts in New York. Using archival footage as well as passionate...

Tribeca Film Festival ’12: ‘Whole Lotta Sole’ Review

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Scene: Brendan Fraser’s mansion. Fraser is watching George of the Jungle on Blu-ray. Enter Alan, his agent. Alan: Hey Brendan, remember Airheads? Fraser: That movie where I take a radio station hostage and then...

Tribeca Film Festival ’12: Replicas Review

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Tragedy struck the Hughes family and as they attempt to reconnect with each other at their remote family cottage, another family mysteriously appears and invites themselves to dinner. From first-time director Jeremy Power Regimbal comes Replicas, a terrifyingly gripping...

Tribeca Film Festival ’12: Death of a Superhero Review

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Ian Fitzgibbon directs Death of a Superhero, based on the book of the same name, by Anthony McCarten. Donald (Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Love Actually) is a talented young artist who is facing his own mortality. As he goes through psychiatrist...

Tribeca Film Festival ’12: ‘Downeast’ Review

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Politicians debate about who is “responsible” for the state of the economy and all the jobs the United States has lost since the recession began in 2008, but as Downeast, a documentary by directors David Redmon and Ashley Sabin...

Tribeca Film Festival ’12: Revenge For Jolly! Review

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Brian Pestos writes and stars in Revenge For Jolly! by first-time director, Chadd Harbold, a story of two friends on a crazy adventure, out to avenge Harry’s dog, Jolly. Harry is having a bad day, and it’s not entirely...

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