A CHARMING BUT FORGETTABLE DRAMA Following a World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival back in January, Noble Jones’ directorial debut: “The Tomorrow Man” has now been released in select theaters across North America in the hopes of finding an older audience who may not be interested in checking out the latest summer blockbuster. Is it worth the price of
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A GRIPPING COMING OF AGE DRAMA By this point in the year, the majority of the films that made a splash at Sundance have already been purchased and released to the public in one way or another. However, there are still a few big titles left to twinkle out and one of those titles is this year’s Grand Jury
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SWEET, CHARMING, AND SURE PUTS SMILE ON YOUR FACE “Hearts Beat Loud” is the latest feature film from indie writer-director: Brett Haley of “I’ll See You in My Dreams” and “The Hero” fame. Ahead of a well-received Sundance debut back in January – this film was picked up by the folks at Gunpowder & Sky who after touring the
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DARKLY FUNNY, WIDELY ENTERTAINING, AND COMPLETELY UNPREDICTABLE Cory Finley’s “Thoroughbreds” was on my watch-list since it first premiered to great reactions/reviews out of the Sundance Film Festival last January. Shortly after the premiere, the film was acquired by the folks at Focus Features who continued to play the film at a variety of festivals across the US and UK throughout
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SOME THINGS ARE BETTER LEFT UNTOUCHED As someone who has never really been into theater arts or plays in general, I’ll admit that I had no idea what to expect from “The Seagull” when I finally decided to sit down and watch the film Thursday night. To be completely honest; as I hadn’t heard much about this one ahead
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A MUST-SEE FOR FILM FANS, BUT IT LEFT ME COLD As many of you have probably noticed, I have been absent on Jason’s site for quite a few months now. My reason behind this isn’t the best excuse but basically I’ve been very busy at work and haven’t been unable to keep up with my writing as of late. I’ve
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NOT YET FINISHED Intro: Over the past few days; a strong contender in the 2017 Best Animated Feature race has emerged in “The Breadwinner” – the latest film from the folks at GKIDS. This title has been stealing top prize from Disney Pixar’s “Coco” in several of the smaller critics groups and it’s been gaining huge momentum along the way.
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A LIGHT-HEARTED AND REALLY SWEET DRAMA Our Souls at Night” had its World Premiere at the Venice Film Festival back on September 1 – Now, mere weeks later, the folks at Netflix have released the film on select NY/LA screens for an Oscar Qualifying Run and on its streaming service for at home viewing for all of their subscribers.
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A QUIET YET EFFECTIVE COMING OF AGE DRAMA Intro: Well, it’s hard to believe, but in just over one week I’ll be back in Halifax, NS for the 37th edition of the Atlantic International Film Festival… I will be seeing 20+ films during my time at the festival this year and I simply can’t wait to be back in
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A DARK SATIRE ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA AGE Intro: Matt Spicer’s “Ingrid Goes West” left a big splash at the Sundance Film Festival back in January where it won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award and generated a lot of positive buzz for itself. All of these months later, the film is finally being released in North American cinemas from the folks
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