I’ve been poking around Hulu.com during my funemployment time and came upon CTRL , an original web series. (It’s also on iTunes.) Now, I hate watching TV online and I hate webisodes, so I’m almost ashamed to admit that this one has me hooked.

In the local band scene, first timers often go with “We don’t play well, so let’s just play loud!” The overlong title of “Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America” tells you are in for a lengthy, pretentious story.  The film does have some merit as the soundtrack (Judas Priest and Morbid Angel) and cinematography […]

    Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time for the Showkillers 2009 Edition! Below is a list of actors whose very presence insures that a show will die. Jason O’Mara: I’ve put him on my list before, but I just can’t say this enough. I adore the guy (huge crush), but he kills shows.  Namely, “The […]

Let’s say you are a Fed hot on the trail of a pair of killers and interviewing the only surviving witnesses.  The hitch is two of the witnesses are lying to you to cover their own crimes. That’s the premise of, “SURVEILLANCE;” a new fucked up thriller by Jennifer Lynch (daughter of David Lynch).

Cross posted at Film Radar FOOD, INC is a fascinating new op-doc that comes out in theaters on Friday June 12th. Unlike most films of this genre, it doesn’t try to gross you out and substitute fear mongering for facts. Stylized and thought provoking filmmaking FOOD, INC also offers solutions and is not strictly an […]

The Oscar Winner for best foreign film is a testament to life’s detours and finding the art in them. It is one of those rare films that is an uplifting despite its somewhat morbid subject matter.

So how much 70’s hairy, homemade porn do you take in your indie doc??

Steve McQueen’s “Hunger” is exceptional, innovative filmmaking. Its explosive,

Some little kids are about to get the Holy Jebebus scared out of them. Ten-year-olds will probably make it through “Coraline” but parents who don’t do their homework will have a crying five year-old on their hands in the middle of the night. Bummer, they have no one to blame but themselves.

Hedge your Oscar pool bets! “Slumdog Millionaire” will probably take the big prizes and everyone knows it. Winning your Oscar pool rests on correctly picking Documentary and the Shorts. Live action and animated shorts are coming to the following theaters: