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'In Search of a Midnight Kiss': 'Annie Hall' for Coldplay Fansnew

The relationship dynamics in Holdridge's script feel true to now, when online come-ons have largely replaced the bar scene, hardcore pornography is a casual conversation topic, and "internet infidelity" is a potential relationship killer.

San Antonio Current | Jeremy Martin | 09-03-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Alex Holdridge, In Search of a Midnight Kiss

Director Deb Hagan Jumps Head First into 'College'new

If Hagan knew her binge-drinking freshman year at the University of Delaware would actually be used as research for her first feature film 15 years later, she might've stayed around an extra couple of semesters just to make sure she understood the full meaning of the term "riding the porcelain bus."

San Antonio Current | Kiko Martinez | 09-03-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: College, binge drinking, Deb Hagan

Discovering the Bbest of Pica's 2008 TBA Fest.new

Here are our top TBA picks, organized thematically.

Willamette Week | Staff | 09-03-2008 | Movies

Tags: film festivals

The Daily Show Stars Samantha Bee and Jason Jones Click in 'Coopers' Camera'new

The transplanted Canadian couple, who've established themselves recently as two of Jon Stewart's more fearless correspondents, will be coming home next week for the world premiere of their new movie, Coopers' Camera, at the Toronto International Film Festival.

NOW Magazine | Norman Wilner | 09-02-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: The Daily Show, Coopers' Camera, Jason Jones, Samantha Bee, Warren P. Sonoda

Darby Crash Gets a Biopic as Ragged as He Wasnew

What We Do is Secret is told in a combination of narrative and faux-doc pieces, which becomes something of a patchwork, with the talking-head segments a jarring shift from the gritty punk milieu.

Philadelphia City Paper | Shaun Brady | 09-02-2008 | Reviews

Tags: biopic, Darby Crash, Rodger Grossman, The Germs, What We Do is Secret

Old Spirits--New Decade: Czech New Wave Crests Again

Writer Jiri Menzel's ambitious filmic adaptation of Bohumil Hrabal's picaresque novel about a diminutive Czech waiter with dreams of becoming a millionaire and of owning his own extravagant hotel, is a rich black comedy steeped in wartime experience and sexual exploration in WWII Czechoslovakia.

Maui Time | Cole Smithey | 09-02-2008 | Reviews

Tags: I Served the King of England, Jiri Menzel

Superlame: Slow Motion Frat Comedy Hazes its Audience

Compared to last year's "Superbad," sophomore director Deb Hagan's coming-of-age teen sex comedy should be called "Superlame."

Maui Time | Cole Smithey | 09-01-2008 | Reviews

Tags: College, Deb Hagen

Nicolas Cage Stars in the Pang Brothers' 'Bangkok Dangerous'

Sure, he's had a few flops recently, but Nicolas Cage is still a bona fide movie star. At such a critical point in the aging actor's career though, was starring in an obscure action flick a good choice?

Metro Spirit | Mariah Gardner | 09-01-2008 | Movies

Tags: Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang, Movie Buzz: Cage's Downward Spiral, Bangkok Dangerous

Ways of Dealingnew

As far as indie films go, The Wackness is competent entertainment--but nothing special.

Tucson Weekly | Bob Grimm | 08-29-2008 | Reviews

Tags: The Wackness, Jonathan Levine

True Religionnew

Traitor fails as a politically conscious film, but works well as a suspenseful thriller.

Tucson Weekly | James DiGiovanna | 08-29-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Traitor

'Goal II''s Kuno Becker Bends It with Beckhamnew

Kuno Becker calls himself a nomad, and this is no actorly overstatement. The star of Goal II: Living the Dream admits he hasn’t had a home in quite some time.

The Georgia Straight | Ken Eisner | 08-29-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Soccer, Jaume Collet-Serra, Goal II: Living the Dream