Film News: Movies Sell ‘Like Crazy’ at Sundance 2011
CHICAGO– An overarching feeling of optimism seemed to permeate throughout the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Studios purchased the distribution rights to roughly 30 movies, nearly double the number of...
View ArticleFilm News: Lineup Announced For 2011 Toronto International Film Festival
CHICAGO– With a tremendously promising awards season in the very near future, it’s only natural that the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival would feature an embarrassment of riches. A whopping...
View ArticlePreview: 47th Chicago International Film Festival, Part One
CHICAGO– This year’s line-up for the 47th Annual Chicago International Film Festival is an eclectic mix of major Oscar contenders (“My Week With Marilyn,” “The Artist,” “The Descendants”) along with a...
View ArticleInterview: Felicity Jones, Drake Doremus Aim For Authenticity in Festival Hit...
CHICAGO– From the moment filmmaker Drake Doremus and actress Felicity Jones won big at the Sundance Film Festival, their film “Like Crazy” has been garnering a good deal of award season buzz. Jones’...
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘Like Crazy’ Exposes Sweet Sorrow of Young Love
CHICAGO– The young love affair, that first one that breaks through the heart, mind and biological objectives, is the memory that never really goes away. Sometimes it works out for a lifetime, sometimes...
View ArticleFilm Feature: The 10 Best Overlooked Films of 2011
CHICAGO– Some films never get a fair shot with audiences. They open in a handful of art house theaters scattered throughout the country before inconspicuously landing on DVD. Passionate movie lovers...
View ArticleDVD Review: Felicity Jones, Anton Yelchin Prove Young Love is ‘Like Crazy’
CHICAGO– Young love isn’t just crazy, it’s also often pretty stupid. How else to explain a decision to break the law just to spend more time with the man you love? Such is the decision made by Anna...
View ArticleFilm News: Anton Yelchin, Chekov from ‘Star Trek’ Reboot, Dies at 27
LOSANGELES– The loss of a up-and-coming actor at an early age is always a tragic event, and Anton Yelchin has been added to that roster. In a freak automobile accident at his home, Yelchin died on June...
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