MCN Originals Archive for February, 2011
DP/30 – 43 Oscar Nominees
30 minutes, charring with an Oscar nominee. Either you can sneak into the Nominees Lunch on Monday or you can watch them hanging out on DP/30…
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Being released just in time for Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday, political documentarian Eugene Jarecki (The Trials Of Henry Kissinger/Why We Fight) delivers a powerful film covering the life, politics, and ideas of Ronald Reagan. We talked about the work at Sundance.
Read the full article » 5 Comments »24 Days To Oscar: Racers, Stop Your Engines
It’s an interesting moment in the Oscar race. There is a lot of activity… and not much at all that anyone can do to change their fate. This is not to say that one should not be out there shaking hands and kissing babies (or just reminding people that you are in the race and…
Read the full article » 5 Comments »The DVD Wrap: Welcome to the Rileys, Conviction, No Tomorrow, A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop, Let Me In and more …
Welcome to the Rileys: Blu-ray As yet another Sundance festival sails slowly into the sunset, swag bags stowed safely below deck, it’s worth recalling the large number of films that seemed destined for greatness in the rarified air of Park City, but lost traction at sea level. Can’t count that high, you say? For indie…
Read the full article » 1 Comment »MW on DVDs: Let Me In, Alice in Wonderland, Conviction, and Never Let Me Go
CO-PICK OF THE WEEK: NEW Let Me In (Three Stars) U. S.; Matt Reeves, 2010 (Anchor Bay) Matt Reeves’ American remake of the widely praised Swedish kid-vampire movie Let the Right One In — its title now shortened to Let Me In — is not a bad movie, as modern vampire movies go. It’s not…
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