The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Jonathan Jackson
Alone in the Dark
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
This ambitious, richly rendered look at an American legend and his demise is an overly mutated mixture of voice-over narration, striking imagery and fascinating performance. Based
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Super High Me
Jonathan Jackson
Alone in the Dark
Think Morgan Spurlock's popular Super Size Me, only this time, marajuana instead of McDonald's.
Premiering at Austin's vital SXSW Film Festival this week is Super High Me, part concert film and part investigative documentary. Featuring comedian Doug Benso
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Opening the Tribeca Film Festival this year is...
Jonathan Jackson
Alone in the Dark
...Baby Mama.
Okay, initially I was very excited for this new film, being that it is the big screen debut as a leading lady for Tina Fey, the phenomenal talent behind NBC's little seen comedy gem 30 Rock, but then I saw the preview. Now it is hard
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MUST SEE CINEMA - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward
Jonathan Jackson
Alone in the Dark
This week's MUST SEE CINEMA film comes to us on DVD, since the new offerings in cinema bring us very little to salivate over.
I have yet to see the critically lauded, yet little seen, second film from Andrew Dominik, whose debut film was the Australian, E
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Rest Easy, Jason Bourne will return
Jonathan Jackson
Alone in the Dark
Rest easy fellow Bourne Supremacy and Bourne Ultimatum lovers, according Variety star Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass have agreed to return for a fourth installment of the Bourne franchise, the greatest action film series of all time.
This week's
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Day 6 - Berlin Intl. Film Festival
Jonathan Jackson
Alone in the Dark
Berlin International Film Festival - Day 6
2/12/08
One of my favorite moments here happened at the beginning of Day 6. Everyday you must arrive in the morning to secure your tickets for the following day's screenings, or you risk not being able to see y
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Day 5 - Berlin Intl. Film Festival
Jonathan Jackson
Alone in the Dark
Berlin International Film Festival - Day 5
2/11/2008
In a banner day for the festival, featuring premieres of new work from several well known international filmmakers, the best film I saw was one that premiered elsewhere, Cannes in '07. German director
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Day 4 - Berlin Intl. Film Festival
Jonathan Jackson
Alone in the Dark
Berlin International Film Festival - Day 4
2/10/2008
Oddly, one of the biggest buzz films of the festival and its biggest seller so far at the European Film Market is not even screening here. "Che," directed by Steven Soderbergh and featurin
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Day 3 - Berlin Intl. Film Festival
Jonathan Jackson
Alone in the Dark
Berlin International Film Festival - Day 3
2/9/08
I can`t believe it has been only 3 days. I have already seen more solid fiction films then I saw at all of Sundance.
So far the consensus is that the Competition titles have disappointed, while, at leas
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Day 2 - Berlin Intl. Film Festival
Jonathan Jackson
Alone in the Dark
Berlin International Film Festival - Day 2
February 8, 2008
A few hours of sleep and five films later...
Two standouts amongst the offerings thus far, the Competition title "In Love We Trust" and the European Film Market title "Phoebe in Wonderland," a
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