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Apr 182012
 

This comment was posted regarding the documentary, THE AMBASSADOR with a different point of view on the veracity and ethical integrity of the film.

http://bruggertheambassador.blogspot.com/ explains why THE AMBASSADOR is not a documentary nor a mockumentary, and reveals the inconvenient truth behind the story about what was left out.

Jan 162012
 
1 Lay the Favorite Premiere True Story Funny, accessible
2 Nobody Walks US Dramatic smart, rigorously composed, sexual intensity
3 Wish You Were Here World Dramatic Flash forwards/backwards Polished, fast moving, thrilleresque
4 Bachelorette Premiere Outrageous comedy Insanity ensues, Ballsy performance by Kirsten Dunst
5 Arbitrage Premiere Financial thriller Great cast, I’ll see anything with Brit Marling
6 Red Lights Premiere Made “Buried” Intense ride. “One of the biggest in the festival”
7 Celeste and Jesse Forever Premiere Trevor top 4 Fresh Perspective on relationship comedy.  Rashida wrote, Adam Samberg good
8 For a Good Time Call Premiere Love story, buddy story Seth Rogen’s wife
9 Chasing Ice US Doc Visually Sumptuous Must bee seen on big screen, cold only be shown as a film
10 Safety Not Guaranteed US Dramatic TT4 Funny romcom, Aubrey Plaza hilarious.
11 The Ambassador World Doc In on the joke so not too heavy Hypocrisy of the world diplomatic core and the rape of Africa by the West.
12 GOATS Premiere Good Cast
13 Price Check Premiere Parker Posey – great role don’t miss
14 Filly Brown US Dramatic
15 Hello I Must Be Going US Dramatic Trevor top 4 Rediscovers he lust for life. Will launch Malanie Lynskey’s career, remarkable performance.
16 The Surrogate US Dramatic Trevor top 4 Humor-tinged romance
17 Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie Midnight Funny or Die’s first feature Same guys as The Terries?
18 House I Live in US Doc R’s Top 3 Blemish on the should of America, heart wrenching
19 Beasts in the Southern Wild US Dramatic Trevor top 4 Weird, original
20 Shadow Dancer Premiere Taught thriller
21 The Imposter World Doc Where is the truth? Keeps you guessing
22 Black Rock Midnight Stay up for it”
23 Searching for Sugar Man US Doc R’s Top 3 Predicted to win the audience award. Grab audiences
24 Queen of Versailles US Doc R’s Top 3 Cultural critique of USA, Delicious
25 5 Broken Cameras World Doc Moving, gorgeous, work of art, outrageous
26 Robot and Frank Premiere
27 2 Days in NY Premiere
28 Pursuit of Loneliness NEXT B&W No other film like it. Naturalistic, conceptual
29 Red Hook Summer Premiere Spike Lee Back to his roots – made with his NYU students. Shocking, big, dramatic turn
30 Declaration of War Spotlight Not the movie you have in your head
 
 
TITLE Lay the Favorite
LOGLINE A dramedy centered on a thirtysomething woman who becomes involved with a group of geeky fiftyish men who have found a way to work the sportsbook system in Las Vegas to their advantage.
PROGRAMMER QUOTES  A true story. “Funny, accessible”
GARDNER SAYS Number 1!

No, not because it has the highest Producer to Twitter ratio, because Frears is a f**ing amazing director in charge of a wonderful cast.

Plus Laura Prepon and Zeta-Jones are smoking hot and hanging with “geeky fiftyish men.”

DIRECTOR Stephen Frears
SCREENWRITERS D.V. DeVincentis, Beth Raymer (memoir)
PRODUCERS EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Agnes Mentre, Richard Jackson, Curtis Jackson, Brand Andersen, Brandon Grimes
PRODUCERS Anthony Bregman, Randall Emmett, George Furla, D.V. DeVincentis, Paul Trijbits
CAST  Rebecca Hall, Bruce Willis, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joshua Jackson, Laura Prepon
IMDB  
Lay the Favorite

Lay the Favorite (2012)

Cast: Bruce Willis, Laura Prepon, Catherine Zeta-Jones

Director: Stephen Frears

Genre: comedy

Jan 132012
 
 
TITLE  Nobody Walks
LOGLINE A family takes in a young artist into their home awakening suppressed impulses in everyone and forcing them to confront their own fears and desires.
PROGRAMMER QUOTES “Smart, rigorously composed, filled with sexual intensity.”
GARDNER SAYS Looks intense. I fear I will be expecting Krasinski to spout “That’s what she said.”
DIRECTOR Ry Russo-Young
SCREENWRITERS Lena Dunham, Ry Russo-Young
PRODUCERS EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Audrey Wilf, Zygi Wilf
PRODUCERS Jonathan Schwartz, Andrea Sperling, Alicia Van Couvering
COPRODUCER Warren Fisher
CAST  John Krasinski, Olivia Thirlby, Rosemarie DeWitt, Justin Kirk, India Ennenga, Dylan McDermott
IMDB  
Nobody Walks

Nobody Walks (2012)

Cast: Jane Levy, John Krasinski, Olivia Thirlby

Director: Ry Russo-Young

Genre: drama

Jan 122012
 

 

 
TITLE Wish You Were Here   [Twitter]
SYNOPSIS Four friends lose themselves in a carefree South-East Asian holiday. Only three come back. Dave and Alice return home to their young family desperate for answers about Jeremy’s mysterious disappearance. When Alice’s sister Steph returns not long after, a nasty secret is revealed about the night her boyfriend went missing. But it is only the first of many. Who amongst them knows what happened on that fateful night when they were dancing under a full moon in Cambodia?
PROGRAMMER QUOTES  ”Polished, fast moving, thriller-esque”
GARDNER SAYS  Lots of flash forwards and backwards, loved the trailer.
DIRECTOR  Kieran Darcy-Smith
SCREENWRITERS  Kieran Darcy-Smith, Felicity Price
PRODUCERS  Angie Fielder
CAST  Joel Edgerton, Teresa Palmer, Felicity Price, Antony Starr
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Wish You Were Here

Wish You Were Here (2012)

Cast: Felicity Price, Joel Edgerton, Teresa Palmer

Director: Kieran Darcy-Smith

Genre: mystery, drama

 

 

[04] Bachelorette

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Jan 122012
 
 
TITLE Bachelorette
LOGLINE Three friends are asked to be bridesmaids at a wedding of a woman they used to ridicule back in high school.
PROGRAMMER QUOTES “Outrageous comedy” “Insanity ensues.” “Ballsy performance by Kirsten Dunst.”
GARDNER SAYS  Doubt it will get an Oscar, but I like almost everyone involved in this one.
DIRECTOR Leslye Headland
SCREENWRITER Leslye Headland
PRODUCERS EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Chris Henchy, Paul Prokop
PRODUCERS Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Jessica Elbaum, Brice Dal Farra, Claude Dal Farra, Lauren Munsch
CAST Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, James Marsden, Adam Scott, Kyle Bornheimer
IMDB  [http://www.imdb.com/title/nm2853516/]
Jan 112012
 
TITLE Arbitrage
LOGLINE A troubled hedge fund magnate desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.
PROGRAMMER QUOTES “Financial thriller.”"Outstanding cast”HOT
GARDNER SAYS After ANOTHER EARTH(My #10 pick and eventual favorite film of Sundance 2010) I will see anything with Brit Marling.I will be going to this one.
DIRECTOR Nicholas Jarecki
SCREENWRITERS Nicholas Jarecki
PRODUCERS EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Brian Young, Mohammed Al Turki, Stanisław Tyczyński, Ron Curtis
PRODUCERS Laura Bickford, Kevin Turen, Justin Nappi, Robert Salerno
CAST Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth, Brit Marling, Nate Parker, Laetitia Casta
IMDB  
Arbitrage

Arbitrage (2012)

Cast: Richard Gere, Tim Roth, Brit Marling

Director: Nicholas Jarecki

Genre: thriller, drama

Jan 112012
 
TITLE Red Lights
SYNOPSIS Psychologist Margaret Matheson and her assistant study paranormal activity, which leads them to investigate a world-renowned psychic.
PROGRAMMER QUOTES “Intense ride.” “One of the biggest films in the festival”
GARDNER SAYS My love for paranormal films and fake psychics must be rooted in Scooby Doo.From the director of Sundance acclaimed “Buried”

I will be going to this one.

DIRECTOR Rodrigo Cortés
SCREENWRITERS Rodrigo Cortés
PRODUCERS EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Cindy Cowan, Lisa Wilson, Irving Cowan
PRODUCERS Adrián Guerra, Rodrigo Cortés
CAST Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro, Elizabeth Olsen, Toby Jones, Leonardo Sbaraglia.
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Red Lights

Red Lights (2012)

Cast: Robert De Niro, Elizabeth Olsen, Sigourney Weaver

Director: Rodrigo Cortés

Genre: thriller

 
TITLE Celeste and Jesse Forever     [Facebook]
SYNOPSIS A divorcing couple tries to maintain their friendship while they both pursue other people.
PROGRAMMER QUOTES “A fresh Perspective on relationship comedy.”   “Andy Samberg is very good”
GARDNER SAYS Rashida Jones co-wrote it and she’s always funny.
DIRECTOR Lee Toland Krieger
SCREENWRITERS Rashida Jones, Will McCormack
PRODUCERS EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Rashida Jones, Will McCormack
PRODUCERS Jennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd, Lee Nelson
CAST Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Chris Messina, Ari Graynor, Emma Roberts, Elijah Wood
IMDB  
Celeste and Jesse Forever

Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012)

Cast: Emma Roberts, Elijah Wood, Rashida Jones

Director: Lee Toland Krieger

Genre: drama, comedy

 
TITLE For a Good Time Call
SYNOPSIS The story of two women who start a phone sex line.
PROGRAMMER QUOTES’ “Love story / buddy story”
GARDNER SAYS This could be great, unless you aren’t a fan of Rogen humor. Lauren Miller (Seth Rogen’s wife) is one of the writers. Sundance veteran Ari Graynor (“ An American Crime,” ”Holy Rollers” and “Celeste and Jesse Forever”) is supposedly great in it too.I’m going Sunday!
DIRECTOR Jamie Travis
SCREENWRITER Katie Anne Naylon, Lauren Anne Miller
PRODUCERS EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Daniel M. Miller, Ari Graynor
PRODUCERS Lauren Anne Miller, Katie Anne Naylon, Jenny Hinkey, Josh Kesselman, Jennifer Weinbaum
CAST  Ari Graynor, Lauren Anne Miller, Justin Long, Mark Webber, James Wolk, Nia Vardalos
IMDB  
For a Good Time, Call...

For a Good Time, Call… (2012)

Cast: Seth Rogen, Justin Long, Ari Graynor

Director: Jamie Travis

Genre: comedy

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