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Filmmaker Interview: Matt Johnson OPERATION AVALANCHE
I was really impressed with this movie, it's clever to imagine two hot shot CIA neophytes pulling off the caper of all capers. Then there's the camera work. Yes, "Found Footage" tends to now be denigrated a bit, and there are a couple times you don't feel the camera would've been rolling, but for the most part, it creates a fantastic storytelling device, and...
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Holiday Movie: LOVE THE COOPERS & Interview w Director JESSIE NELSON
Ah, the holiday season. That magical time when everyone comes together. And is reminded of one thing… YOU CAN’T REGIFT FAMILY! By Tinsel & Tine Editor, Le Anne Lindsay The holidays are upon us again and the pressure is on to be in good cheer, take part in as many holiday gatherings as possible, feel festive and shop, shop, shop. I’m quite certain, I would enjoy the holiday season if it didn’t feel thrust upon you and mandatory. For me, over the years, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years all have begun to feel like doing your taxes, getting your car inspected or a dental check up – obligations, not of your…
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A Revlock Review: SICARIO
Director Denis Villenueve’s American Crime Thriller By Tinsel & Tine Blog Contributor, Mikhail Revlock In the opening minutes of SICARIO, a team of FBI agents plow their armored truck through the front wall of a suburban home, find a legion of plastic-covered corpses behind the drywall, and trigger a massive explosion. Though none of the subsequent set pieces pack as big a punch as the introduction, the ensuing film is a masterwork in sustained tension. This will come as no surprise to followers of Canadian director Denis Villenueve, who rose to international distinction on the strength of Incendies—scoring a nomination for Best Foreign Film at the 2010 Academy Awards—and proceeded…
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AMERICAN ULTRA
If I Were A Sleeper Agent AMERICAN ULTRA By Tinsel & Tine Editor, Le Anne Lindsay If I were a sleeper agent, God forbid they station me in some podunk town working in a mini-mart, until I’m possibly activated. I’d need to be enjoying a glam existence of chic couture, world travel, good food and a semi-high profile cover, like a celebrated artist or clothing designer. When activated, kicking ass as a killing machine, would never do, I’d like to become a master manipulator, gaining access to people in places of power and bending their will to mine. In AMERICAN ULTRA, Mike Howell (Jesse Eisenberg) has no such luck, he’s…
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A Revlock Review: BEYOND THE REACH
“Beyond the Reach” Exists Within the Realm of Ridiculous By Tinsel & Tine Contributor – Mikhail Revlock We meet Ben (Jeremy Irvine), a stolid young tracker with side-swept hair and squinty eyes, in the thick of a tentative breakup. His girlfriend has grown weary of their staid life in the Mojave Desert. It appears that there are only so many times you can skinny-dip in a cave pool before you start to long for more intellectual pleasures. The same day she sets sail for a distant college, Ben receives word of a potential client looking to bag a longhorn sheep. Madec (Michael Douglas) is a silver-haired businessman in a cowboy…
