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[SXSW Review] Pilgrim Song

Martha Stephens’ Pilgrim Song takes place, as many a SXSW 2012 film did, in the woods. James (Timothy Motton) is a music teacher recently let go due to budget c...

[SXSW Review] The Do-Deca-Pentahlon

Families have weird quirks all their own. The Do-Deca-Pentathlon contains small victories and strange rituals – directed by two brothers who instead of compete,...

[Review] The Raid: Redemption

If you are a fan of action movies, you will love The Raid: Redemption. In many ways, Welsh born director Gareth Evans' Indonesian martial arts thriller is a del...

[Review] The Trouble with Bliss

Think of Michael C. Hall's character in The Trouble with Bliss as similar to Jason Segel's creation in the recent Jeff, Who Lives at Home. Minus the stoner part...

[SXSW Review] Frankie Go Boom

Jordan Roberts’ Frankie Go Boom is, above all, a good time. There’s many ways a comedy like this can fail, most run out of steam after promising first act, but ...

[Review] The Deep Blue Sea

It takes only a moment to drop a bomb, but it can take years to clean up the devastation it leaves in its wake. Such is the case for post-Blitz London, with its...

[Review] The Hunger Games

An amalgamation of post-apocalyptic science-fiction and primal survival story, with a touch of romance, it is no surprise that The Hunger Games is being present...

[SXSW Review] The Cabin in the Woods

The Cabin in the Woods is already going down as the one film this year you'll urge all your friends to see, but won't tell them anything about it. While the tra...

[SXSW Review] Nature Calls

Once upon a time there was an comedian named Chris Farley and a movie named Tommy Boy. Farley, coming from a hardworking middle class Midwestern family, often m...

[SXSW Review] Daylight Savings

I had missed Surrogate Valentine at SXSW 2011. However, I learn that Daylight Savings is a continuation of the story of Goh Nakamura (playing himself), an Asian...