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Nights and Weekends (2008)
Oct 11th
A realistic look into a modern relationship
Rated: n/a (Contains nudity and strong language) | Review date: 11-Oct-2009
Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig’s Nights and Weekends follows a long distance relationship between two twenty-somethings over the period of roughly a year. The film goes back and forth between Chicago and New York, but only a few scenes take place outside of an apartment. The couple, played by co-directors/writers Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig, try to make the best out of the little time they have together. However, they still always dread saying goodbye each time.
The film starts off fairly strong, but slowly More >
Assassination of a High School President (2008)
Oct 10th
Who said there’s nothing left to do with high school comedies?
Rated R | Review date: 10-Oct-2009
Up and coming director Brett Simon’s Assassination of a High School President takes the high school comedy to a whole new level. It provides a take on neo-noir detective films mixed with classic high school situations and humor. The story is partially narrated by Sophomore school newspaper reporter and all-around nobody Bobby Funke (Reece Thompson; Rocket Science) as he attempts to write a groundbreaking story to rock the Catholic high school as well as to earn a summer scholarship at Northwestern University. His story begins More >
Girlfriend Experience, The (2009)
Oct 9th
Soderburgh’s version of mumblecore…sort of.
Rated R | Review date: 9-Oct-2009
Steven Soderburgh, well known for his dabbling in the indie world between big budget Hollywood pieces, delivers a slice of life that is The Girlfriend Experience. The film stars Sasha Grey, award-winning adult film starlet, as Chelsea, an upscale New York City escort. Right away, upon hearing that the film’s star is of the adult industry, it is to be expected that many will stray away from this film. This however, is a big mistake in the case of The Girlfriend Experience. Though it is often the case that adult More >
American Virgin (2009)
Oct 6th
Review date: 5-Oct-2009
Clare Kilner (The Wedding Date; How to Deal) treads away from typical rom-com territory into the realm of the trendy raunchiness train with American Virgin. Take some of the best elements from movies like American Pie and Road Trip and you get American Virgin. Needless to say, the film is hardly original. The film boasts overused cliché college humor, along with lots and lots of boobs.
The premise of the film is quite funny nonetheless. It takes a satirical approach to prissy abstinence practicing good girls and their exposure to the world of debauchery. Priscilla (Jenna Dewan, Step Up; Tamara) is More >
Freaky Farley (2007)
Oct 4th
Review date: 3-Oct-2009
Director Charles Roxburgh and producer/actor Matt Farley (“Monsters Marriage and Murder in Manchvegas“) team up for “Freaky Farley,” a horror/comedy with an 80′s B-movie slasher vibe. The story circles “Freaky” Farley Wilder, a loner who’s gradually become insane due to his father’s overbearing nature. Farley (Matt Farley) spends his days (when not being quizzed by his father) wandering the woods, riding his inner-tube in the creek, listening to his radio, and most of all being a Peeping Tom among the town’s hotties.
There’s hope for Farley when he meets Scarlett (Sharon Scalzo), a free spirited and curious girl writing More >
