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SIFF 2008 with Sara Michelle Fetters: REVIEW - "The Bluetooth Virgin"
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SIFF 2008 with Sara Michelle Fetters. Friday, June 6, 2008. REVIEW - "The Bluetooth Virgin". Note: I don't normally do full reviews in the Blog but I'm making an exception this time out. The film has its World Premier next Thursday, June 12 at the Harvard Exit. I suggest intelligent viewers go to one of the SIFF ticket offices and buy themselves a seat right now.). To write for living) are more than a bit egotistical, maybe even narcissistic. We like to be the stars of our own story, the ones with al...
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SIFF 2008 with Sara Michelle Fetters: "Panda" - monium
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SIFF 2008 with Sara Michelle Fetters. Tuesday, June 3, 2008. The new DreamWorks family film. Had its local premier Sunday morning at SIFF, but I actually didn't get around to seeing it until last night and let me be one of the first to say (at least here in Seattle) that - move over great big lovably angry green ogre - but this tale about a karate-chopping overweight bear might just be the best animated feature the studio has ever produced. One of which I loved while the other I found to be nothing more ...
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SIFF 2008 with Sara Michelle Fetters: Visual (Effects) Musings
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SIFF 2008 with Sara Michelle Fetters. Tuesday, June 10, 2008. Unsurprisingly, it is filled to the brim with special effects. Lots of them. Just about every second of the film. In all honesty, I don't think there is a single frame that doesn't showase them. What's funny is that one of the chief complaints of the Ang Lee's. This all relates back to SIFF far more clearly than you'd probably imagine. Tonight I saw the delightful (if a bit too thin). The Island of Lost Souls. Comes to mind, as do 2007's.
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SIFF 2008 with Sara Michelle Fetters: In the "Bag"
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SIFF 2008 with Sara Michelle Fetters. Monday, June 9, 2008. Filmmaking siblings Jay and Mark Duplass are the kind of guys you can't help but like. Direct, charming, self-effacing and absolutely as sharp as tacs, these two directors know what they're doing and aren't afraid to talk about it. No two ways about it, I like them, and after spending 30 minutes (give or take) with the pair earlier this afternoon I can't imagine anyone else feeling any different. The Children of Huang Shi. There are those moment...
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SIFF 2008 with Sara Michelle Fetters: The Great Colin Hanks
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SIFF 2008 with Sara Michelle Fetters. Sunday, June 8, 2008. The Great Colin Hanks. After recieving raves at Sundance, the highly pleasing star-struck comedy. The Great Buck Howard. Had a gala screening on Friday night. In attendance were both writer/director Sean McGinly and up-and-coming star Colin Hanks. It reminded me quite a bit of the slightly similar 1982 Richard Benjamin minor classic. One of his few decent theatrical roles. And, yeah, I can sort of see it. Same sort of vibe. No disrespect...But, ...
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SIFF 2009 with Sara Michelle Fetters: Spoofing Around
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SIFF 2009 with Sara Michelle Fetters. Sunday, June 7, 2009. I need to be up in a little less than five hours so this is going to be brief. I’ve just returned home from watching director Scott Sanders’ blaxploitation spoof. And I feel the need to relate a couple of immediate observations. 2 I can’t help but wonder why Michael Jai White, who stars as the title character and also co-wrote the screenplay, never became a star. I get that 1997’s. Ever since that superhero spectacular bombed at the box office.
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SIFF 2009 with Sara Michelle Fetters: ...And the Winners Are
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SIFF 2009 with Sara Michelle Fetters. Tuesday, June 16, 2009. And the Winners Are. I apologize for being a little behind this year, but the following is the list of all the winners as announced during the SIFF Awards Brunch at the Space Needle for the 35th Annual Seattle International Film Festival. Also, I’ll be back a little later today with my personal favorite ten pictures from this year’s event. With that – on with the award announcements! Best Film Golden Space Needle Award. This is just wrong.
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SIFF 2009 with Sara Michelle Fetters: A Tale Worth Following
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SIFF 2009 with Sara Michelle Fetters. Thursday, June 11, 2009. A Tale Worth Following. My guess is that this isn’t a coincidence, but Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1952 film. The Tales of Hoffman. Was broadcast on Turner Classic Movies the other night. The reason I bring this up is that this film plays central significance in Frances Ford Coppola’s latest opus. And having never seen it (let alone heard of it) I can’t begin to tell you how excited I was to DVR the darn thing. After all, we can n...
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SIFF 2009 with Sara Michelle Fetters: Recollecting About the Hump
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SIFF 2009 with Sara Michelle Fetters. Saturday, June 6, 2009. Recollecting About the Hump. Just a quick post before I head out to see Guillermo Arriaga’s. But I feel a little remiss for not including Lynn Shelton’s. Yet, as much love and discussion as this movie has generated since its Sundance debut, I found the first half more than a little bit frustrating. It’s a talk-heavy film and that’s an understatement, and I kept getting a Kevin Smith. Like feeling from it all I had trouble embracing. SIFF 2009 ...