Hey, its Shala from Life Between Films with more festival info for you. Sundance 2014 is set to take over Park City, Utah this week, this year with 121 feature films representing 37 countries with 54 first-time filmmakers. While you may not be able to attend in person, there are a number of ways that you can experience the festival from wherever you are:…
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If it seems as though we just keep getting more and more ambitious with these lookbacks/retrospectives…well, that’s pretty much true. That said, we’re not insane. The Coen Brothers had 15 films in their filmography prior to Inside Llewyn Davis; as much as we might have liked to watch all 15, that would make for at least a four-hour podcast, to say nothing of the time involved in watching/rewatching all of them...
This week we have a pair of very different comedies for you. First up we have the melancholy of the Coen brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis. On the other side, we have the highly anticipated sequel Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. Find out what the lammies thought of these films and be sure to check out the forums as well.
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Robert from Sketchy Details here to kick off the a new year of Foreign Chops with a look back at the best films of the century so far. What do you think are the best foreign films released since January 2000? We’re looking for your reviews, editorials, retrospectives, interviews, commentaries, and more focusing on what you think are the best of the best films from around the world.
You can send up to five links per site (not per...
The sequel was years overdue, so why shouldn’t the podcast about the sequel be a few days late as well?
Justin hosts this svelte episode (co-starring Lindsay and Dan Clark) on the long-awaited comedy. Was the wait worth it? What bits hits and which bombed? Can lightning be caught in a bottle of Sex Panther once again? These questions and many more will be answered by our hard-hitting team.
After that came Rants...
We’ve got a trio of major releases this week and they’re sure to result in some interesting reviews. First, David O. Russell teams up with some old friends for his latest ensemble dramedy American Hustle. Next, Disney/Mary Poppins gets the biopic treatment with Saving Mr. Banks. To top it off, we also have the 2nd installment in the prolonged...
Robert from Sketchy Details back with another edition of Foreign Chops. To kick off the New Year, we took a look at German cinema. There is no overlap again for two months running, meaning a diverse array of films to read about.
Asphalt
Martin Teller’s Movie Reviews
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Movies Silently
The Death of Maria Malibran
Martin...
Christian Bale stars in a pair of holiday releases and this week we feature the first of them on the LAMBScores – Out of the Furnace. This moody drama follows his character in the search for his missing brother in Rust Belt Americana. Find out what your fellow lammies thought of this film below and don’t forget to head on over to the forums.
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“This….is…LAMBpardy!”
Now entering the studio are today’s contestants…
First up is our NEW returning champion, Robert of To The Escape Hatch, who won impressively over our prior champ, Nick Powell. Was that a fluke or is he the real deal? We’ll find out this week, as he takes on first-time player Matt of Simplistic Reviews, as well as returning player Nick Rehak of French Toast...
Once again, the MOTM feature proves that all good things come to those who wait. Of course, your definition of “good things” may differ from someone else’s. Namely, Dan Heaton’s, whose championing of Timecop has now finally paid off with its selection as the MOTM, beating out Joel’s selection of Runaway Train. (Apparently, Joel is persona non grata when it comes to MOTM film selections,...
This week’s LAMBScores features a pair of female-driven films. The first is the Disney musical Frozen, featuring the voice talents of Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel. The other is the drama Philomena, starring Dame Judi Dench. They were both well-received by the major critics, but how well did they fare with the lammies? Find out below and...
I don’t know if it’s a slight against the film or not, but this is the entirety of the IMDb summary of our most recent Movie of the Month, Cocktail:
“A talented New York bartender takes a job at a bar in Jamaica and falls in love.“
If you’re a normal movie blogger at all, you’re probably wondering why and how this film came to be the Movie of the Month. For the...
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