Month: March 2011

[SXSW Review] The Beaver

The idea of a guy talking through a puppet is inherently funny. Like many of you, I watched a lot of Full House and especially loved when Joey Gladstone broug...

[SXSW Review] Detention

Detention, the newest film by Torque director Joseph Kahn, is going to turn a lot of people off. While there is an overall story that does eventually pay off an...

[SXSW Review] Hobo with a Shotgun

Hobo with a Shotgun is an exploitation movie done right; along with its hyperviolence and sadistic sense of humor, it's also dark and gritty, a dirty movie th...

[SXSW Review] How to Die in Oregon

How To Die in Oregon is an alarmingly personal documentary examining the ethics and politics of killing oneself through what some call “physician-assisted suici...