Reviews

[SXSW Review] Sound of My Voice

From the first moment to the last, Sound of My Voice grabs hold and doesn't let go. In an age of smart phones, a compliment like that goes a long way. As the st...

[SXSW Review] Turkey Bowl

Turkey Bowl is a comedy shot in real-time, about ten college friends and their annual get together where they play touch football. As they compete against one a...

[SXSW Review] A Bag of Hammers

A Bag of Hammers has a good heart, containing funny and sweet moments, but when I walked out, I found myself disliking it. A lot. It's one of those quirky indie...

[Review] Win Win

  Before Tom McCarthy became an acclaimed writer/director in the independent film community, he was an actor with a long list of film, television, a...

[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...

[SXSW Review] Dragonslayer

The scariest thing about Dragonslayer is that in most places in this country you need a permit to get a dog or cat, but any idiot can have a child. Dragonslay...