Thursday, January 26, 2012 10:41AM - By Brendan Walsh
Spike Lee is back! He premiered his latest joint, Red Hook Summer this week at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival to a sold out crowd of 1300, and it has become one of the most talked about films of the festival. In a return to form (and Brooklyn), Lee brings back the colorful visual and storytelling style (and even a few characters!), that made him famous with Do The Right Thing. As usual, he doesn’t pull any punches, and left audiences with a lot to discuss. Check out the rest of the review after the jump…
Monday, January 23, 2012 4:37PM - By Brendan Walsh
The Sundance Film Festival is full of emotional relationship dramadies, but so many of them feel like writers and directors working out their emotional issues from their own relationships. By using their movies as a cathartic opportunity to whine about their breakups, they miss the chance to connect with audiences and speak to the human condition and shared experiences. But that is not the case with Lee Toland Krieger’s Celeste and Jesse Forever. The film, which stars The Office‘s Rashida Jones and SNL’s Andy Samberg, is not about the pain of ending a long, substantial relationship, but about the way we’re forced to move on and grow as a result. Check out the rest of the review, after the jump…
UPDATE: Watch Mali Elfman and Brendan Walsh review Celeste and Jesse Forever.
Sunday, January 22, 2012 1:42AM - By Brendan Walsh
With over a week remaining, it may be a bit early to say so, but it’s entirely possible that Gareth Huw Evans’ The Raid is the single coolest film screening at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. This high octane action flick packs a wallop that doesn’t let up, blow after blow. The international films at this festival always remind us that there is some amazing, innovative film making going on across the globe, and this terrific action thriller is proof positive. To find out more, check out the rest of the review after the jump…
UPDATE: Watch Brendan Walsh’s review of The Raid below.
Saturday, January 21, 2012 3:05PM - By Brendan Walsh
There are plenty of strange films shown at the Sundance Film Festival each year, but Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie has got to be one of the strangest. Often, when a TV show with a die hard cult following is given a shot at the big screen, the results can be disastrous. Sure, Borat is great, but Bruno was decidedly not, and Ali G: Indahouse is trite and insipid, and Mr. Show with Bob and David‘s film Run, Ronnie, Run is insufferable to the point of being unwatchable. So do the creators of Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job, which is already an acquired taste, even stand a chance to fill up the big screen and feature length runtime with the kind of movie that even their demented demographic will want to watch? Check out the rest of the review to find out…
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 2:05PM - By Brendan Walsh
Alright! It’s 2012, which means this could be the last Sundance Film Festival ever, so we’d better make the most of it! With over 100 feature narrative & documentary films being screened, as well as short film programs, panel discussions, art installations, music performances, and industry parties, it’s next to impossible to decide how to spend our time here! However, I’ve managed to whittle down the top 5 films I’m absolutely determined to see, so whatever happens beyond that will be pure gravy. Check out the rest of the article after the jump, to see what my top 5 anticipated films of this year’s fest are, and be sure to check out Mali’s Top Five Films To See At Sundance 2012 as well!
UPDATE: Watch Mali Elfman and Brendan Walsh go through their Top 5 Most Anticipated Sundance Films below:
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Thursday, December 15, 2011 11:00AM - By Travis Woods
Well, today’s the day–it is exactly 100 days until the premiere of The Hunger Games on March 23, 2012. The film, based on the futuristic young adult novel of the same name, finds several young teens participating in a televised game in which they must battle one another until only one person remains alive (as we’ve noted before, think Twilight meets The Running Man vs. Battle Royale). And, to celebrate our 100 day wait, ScreenCrave is taking part in the #HungerGames100 Poster Puzzle Hunt, a contest spanning 100 websites across the internet that will lead to the unveiling of the new Hunger Games poster! Check out the details below!
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011 5:06PM - By Laura Aguirre
New Year’s Eve is around the corner. 2011 is coming to an end and we have the ensemble movie New Year’s Eve to remind us of that. To celebrate the new year and release of the movie, we at ScreenCrave put together a competition where we asked you to name 20 actors, of you choice, that you would put in a film. We got everything from celebrities to serious actors. Unfortunately the competition has closed, and it is time to reveal our winner for the amazing New Year’s Eve Giveaway. This time, one lucky winner is is getting over $300 of New Year’s Eve goodies, including clothes and a Resolution kit. Check out if you won the jackpot.
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011 12:00PM - By Laura Aguirre
Christmas is upon us, a time to be jolly and holly… or a time to be completely stressed out about finding the perfect gift. Well, if you’ve got a film lover on your Holiday list, then you’re in luck! We’ve compiled a carefully selected list of gift choices for all kinds of cinefiles. Maybe you’ve got a close relative who is nuts about Stanley Kubrick; or a teenage daughter who can’t stop talking about the Twilight movies (we try not to judge). We’ve got you covered. And with enough time still left and online ordering, you won’t even have to stand in those long, annoying lines!
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011 8:50AM - By Travis Woods
Season Two of The Walking Dead aired its mid-season finale this week, bringing to a close the first half of its sophomore season (with the second half of Season Two set to begin dropping new episodes in February 2012). Now that we’re in a mid-season hiatus, we here at ScreenCrave decided to take advantage of the lull and look back at what’s happened so far in zombie apocalypse world of The Walking Dead to see what the program has done right, what it’s done wrong (honestly, this hasn’t been the most even or coherent of seasons), and where it is going.
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