Mia Farrow and Selma Blair team up in new Todd Solondz film Dark HorseTodd Solondz is easily one of America’s most controversial and challenging auteurs. His first feature Welcome to the Dollhouse gained him the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 1995. Starring Heather Matarazzo the film told the story of Dawn Weiner and awkward teenager, bullied at school, ignored at home and struggling to get by. To say Solondz makes black comedies doesn’t quite ...
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10 Oct 2011 12:07 GMT
When I walk out my front door, it’s usually in pursuit of something delectable to put in my mouth-stomach. That is equally true when I travel. Sure, I want to see old friends and new places and have deep and meaningful cultural experiences blah blah blah. But I really want to eat.I spent yesterday eating and drinking my way through Seattle, walking through the misting rain with a clear focus: coffee-seafood-beer. Coffee-seafood-beer is all the reason you need to need to visit Seattle, ...
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07 Oct 2011 18:00 GMT
Upon first seeing commercials for 50/50, its aims seem pretty clear: to be that funny movie about cancer. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogan, the idea seems plausible. As the film’s premier moved closer, however, I caught a glimpse of another trailer whose mood was decidedly darker and, bluntly put, depressing. A movie about cancer that is also light hearted and funny is a very difficult feat indeed.
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07 Oct 2011 12:11 GMT
If BitchBuzz was a print magazine, we would have had Miranda July on our cover at least 3 times already. She’s an artist, filmmaker, writer...and she has great hair. Hello.July has a new film out called The Future, which she has written, directed, and stars in. (Maybe she should be the poster girl for “I don’t know how she does it!” rather than Sarah Jessica Parker. Just a thought.)
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05 Oct 2011 18:00 GMT
For fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the news of Sarah Michelle Gellar’s return to primetime television was a long awaited one. Finally, the beloved SMG would be back on our television screens, this time as twin sisters Siobhan Martin and Bridget Kelly in Ringer.
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04 Oct 2011 17:00 GMT
Ever fantasised about killing your boss? Don’t worry, you’re not alone.Bosses. We all have them. If you’re lucky they’re nice, but it’s more likely that they’re not nice. Iin fact, they might be downright horrible. It’s a universal concept, brought to the screen by Seth Gordon, former documentary maker behind the amazing King of Kong and Freakonomics. What does a documentary maker know about making comedies? Well, Gordon has also worked on ...
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03 Oct 2011 08:58 GMT
I don’t have a television. I smugly offer that personal factoid at every available opportunity. I think this is one of my healthiest habits, and I wish more households followed my lead. The average American watches four hours of television a day, and 99 percent of American households have at least one TV. By those numbers, I figure I am in the top 1% of humanity.
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30 Sep 2011 12:13 GMT
Precariously riding that wave that is new fall television is ABC’s newest, Pan Am. As far as ideas go, it’s a great one. Taking place in the 1960s, Pan Am is rife with opportunities for juicy plot developments. Beautiful ladies in vintage garb, the women’s movement, radical politics, international locales, it’s hard to imagine a dull hour. Still, Pan Am’s pilot feels a bit lacking and stiff.
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29 Sep 2011 15:00 GMT
If the thought of dancing being banned makes you want to tear up your tutu with rage and throw your tap dancing shoes at someone, then you’ll probably remember Footloose – but will the remake have the charm of the original?The current Hollywood obsession for remakes appears to be continuing unabated. It was with a heavy heart that I sat down to watch the latest instalment in this worrying trend - a remake of the classic 1984 film Footloose.
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28 Sep 2011 11:32 GMT
The Woman is a horror film.The basics are that there’s a woman (her character is just named The Woman) who lives out in the woods. She is wild, a part of nature, it’s alluded to that she was raised by wolves, and upon our first meeting with her - she kills ones with her bare hands. She doesn’t speak English, she wears barely-there jungle clothing, she’s an animal - and yet she’s somehow managed to give herself Bettie Page style fringe. Maybe she used a sharp rock and he...
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27 Sep 2011 16:00 GMT