Link roundup for the last couple weeks
Excuse me, waiter, you brought out the February too early. I wasn’t finished with my January yet! No, it’s OK, not a big deal. I’m just saying. Anyway, here’s everything that’s happened in the last couple weeks, linkwise.
SUNDANCE:
At Film School Rejects, my pint-sized platonic lady friend Allison Loring did a Q-and-A with me about my Sundance experiences. Click for the article; stay for the picture of me, which is probably the best picture of me ever taken. [Film School Rejects]
I also showed up for part of the Operation Kino podcast to talk about Sundance with fellow festival-goers Katey Rich and Matt “Patches” Patches. [Cinema Blend]
A dispatch about my first day at Sundance 2012, with movies about sad artists. [Movies.com]
How to be a thoughtless jerk at a film festival screening. [Movies.com]
And here are the Sundance reviews I excreted for Film.com, listed in order from best to least-best:
“Beasts of the Southern Wild” (A-)
“The Raid” (B+)
“Oslo, August 31st” (B+)
“Wrong” (B)
“V/H/S” (B)
“I Am Not a Hipster” (B)
“Red Hook Summer” (B-)
“This Must Be the Place” (D)
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NEW MOVIE REVIEWS:
“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” (C+)
“Red Tails” (C)
“Haywire” (A-)
“Man on a Ledge” (C+)
“The Grey” (B+)
“The Artist” (B+)
“Chronicle” (B-)
“The Woman in Black” (C+)
“The Innkeepers” (B)
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MOVIE COLUMNS:
Eric’s Bad Movies: “Hard Target” (1993), starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, who stars in most of the movies we talk about at Eric’s Bad Movies. [Film.com]
Re-Views: “Anatomy of Hell” (2004), an excruciating movie that is still kind of excruciating. [Film.com]
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MY OTHER STUFF:
Snide Remarks: “The Hood Life” (discovering the benefits of hoodies) and “A Game of Quarters” (those sad, weird vending machines).
Movie B.S. with Bayer and Snider: Episode 95, postponed by technical difficulties, was extremely loopy and incredibly dumb. Episode 96 was more normal, although that’s relative. [MovieBS] or [iTunes]
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