Seven years after Sara Polley’s directorial debut, Away From Her, and only two in the wake of her follow-up, 2011’s Take This Waltz, the actress-filmmaker’s latest offering feels like something of a capstone at this juncture of her career. Limited as her body of work may be, Stories We Tell explains, or rather clarifies, her efforts as a narrator; it’s the film that elucidates her pursuits as an artist and even allows us to view them anew through a fresh lens. If her forays behind the camera raised any questions about the thematic drives and interests of her cinema, then Stories We Tell, both gracefully and bravely introspective at the…
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On Second Thought, Bill’s Take: G-S-T Review…Star Trek Into Darkness
There’s a vitality to director J.J. Abram’s latest foray into the Star Trek universe. While he may not be going where no man—or this series in particular—has gone before, it appears his goal is to give the series forward momentum that can be sustained even if he doesn’t return to the helm. Certainly, Abrams leaves the franchise in a much better place than where he found it. What you look for in a Trek film largely depends on what generation you belong to and outside of that, what series you most align yourself with. There’s a rich history through the various decades that Trek lived through on the boob tube.…
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G-S-T Review…Star Trek Into Darkness
There are two layers to Star Trek Into Darkness. One exists at the surface level and involves everything that we see, hear, and experience while watching it in a theater, and the other involves the efforts that occurred below the line, prior to the film’s arrival at the multiplex. Just like its 2009 predecessor, the former layer proves to be the sequel’s saving grace and the latter holds it back from being truly great; the marriage between star-making, charismatic, invested performances and ham-handed, hackish screenwriting ultimately yields the same results J.J. Abrams got with his last venture into Gene Roddenberry’s beloved sci-fi iconography, a movie that works in the moment as blockbusting…
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Sweet Trailer…'V/H/S/2'
Yesterday we posted a great trailer for Peter Strickland’s suspenseful thriller (a film that was pretty well received at Fantastic Fest last year). But if you need something with a little more punch, direct your eyes to this trailer for the sequel to the infamous horror anthology V/H/S, dubbed simply V/H/S/ 2 (or S-V/H/S if you prefer its cute techno-themed chronological moniker). As the first film was a scattered but highly effective fright fest, this sequel holds nothing back and really, really goes for the throat…and every major organ while they’re at it. So if you favored V/H/S even in the least then this trailer to the improved upon sequel (check out Andrew’s review…
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Sweet Trailer…'Berberian Sound Studio'
How do you make a movie about sound engineering creepy? Brian De Palma, Francis Ford Coppola, and Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck have each succeeded in making aural surveillance and the act of listening suspenseful and exciting, and Peter Strickland looks to be following in their footsteps with Berberian Sound Studio, his second feature film. Regrettably, I missed the screening held at IFFBoston this year, but IFC has me- and everyone else- covered, as they’re going to release the Toby Jones horror vehicle next month. In the meantime, they’ve offered a trailer (the second one cut thus far) for our viewing consumption- have a look below. If Berberian Sound Studio spent…
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FourScore Match-Up #15: “The Great Space Race”
At warp speed, J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness is set to scream into theaters this week. So with that in mind it seemed like the perfect opportunity to dust off our FourScore series to help kick off new and upcoming entries to our running feature (which has been long overdue for another installment). Today, we look to the future and also to the past to champion some of the best soundtracks to some influential and seminal space-themed films that boldly go where no one has gone before… With that said, today we’ll examine one of the funnest space operas of all time, a suffering franchise’s adrenaline fueled reboot that brought together (probably for the first time) fans…
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Interview…’The Angel’s Share’ Screenwriter Paul Laverty
(Note: this is late. Way, way late. This is the downside to not having deadlines- sometimes you just don’t get things done, and sometimes life is just really busy, and sometimes a slacker movie critic will fire off any number of excuses to avoid responsibility for failing to finish something when he should have. In any event, tardiness aside, this is the most fun I’ve had interviewing the talent- Paul’s about the nicest guy you could hope to talk to and he had a lot of insightful things to say about the film and the elements that inspired it. Read on.) Last month I had the chance to talk over…
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ALL PASSES CLAIMED – FREE Advance Screening Passes to 'FAST & FURIOUS 6' In AUSTIN, TX
Attention: CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED – All passes have been claimed. Winners have been notified. Thanks for your interest in Universal Pictures’ FAST & FURIOUS 6. ————————————————————————————————————————————- SPECIAL ADVANCE SCREENING Passes to FAST & FURIOUS 6 in AUSTIN, TX Go,See,Talk is partnering with Universal Pictures to award 40 pairs of passes (admits 2) to a special advance screening of Justin Lin’s FAST & FURIOUS 6 starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson. The screening will take place in AUSTIN, TX on Tuesday, May 21 at 7:30 PM. Winners will be notified no later than Monday, May 20. For your chance to win, simply send an email to contest@goseetalk.com with FAST6_AUSTIN as the subject. In the email, tell us your Top 3 car chase or Top 3 heist movies of…
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ALL PASSES CLAIMED – FREE Advance Screening Passes to 'FAST & FURIOUS 6' In DALLAS, TX
Attention: CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED – All passes have been claimed. Winners have been notified. Thanks for your interest in Universal Pictures’ FAST & FURIOUS 6. ————————————————————————————————————————————- SPECIAL ADVANCE SCREENING Passes to FAST & FURIOUS 6 in DALLAS, TX Go,See,Talk is partnering with Universal Pictures to award 40 pairs of passes (admits 2) to a special advance screening of Justin Lin’s FAST & FURIOUS 6 starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson. The screening will take place in DALLAS, TX on Tuesday, May 21 at 7:30 PM. Winners will be notified no later than Monday, May 20. For your chance to win, simply send an email to contest@goseetalk.com with FAST6_DALLAS as the subject. In the email, tell us your Top 3 car chase or Top 3 heist movies of all time…
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“What’s New on Blu?” – Week of 05/13/13
Whether you rent or buy movies, Blu-ray offers the ultimate in sight and sound. Streaming is convenient, but if you plan on watching the movie more than once, you need Blu. So, What’s New On Blu? you ask. Well, good, bad or indifferent, Go,See,Talk offers up a trio of titles that are being released each week. Check out what’s hitting the shelves this Tuesday… ——————————————————————————————————————————— An epic story of humankind in which the actions and consequences of our lives impact one another throughout the past, present and future as one soul is shaped from a murderer into a savior and a single act of kindness ripples out for centuries to…
