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February 21, 2015

“Birdman” Wins At The Film Independent Spirit Awards

Comedy ruled the best film category at the Film Independent Spirit Awards. "Birdman" took home the top honor of Best Feature at the tented awards show. Alejandro G. Iñárritu's dark comedy beat out fellow independent feature nominees, "Boyhood", "Selma", "Whiplash" and "Love Is Strange". Iñárritu was also nominated for Best Director, however that Spirit Award went to the director of "Boyhood", Richard Linklater. Emmanuel Lubezki also took home a bird trophy for "Birdman" when he won the award for Best Cinematography.
February 19, 2015

Coming Soon: Simon Pegg’s Kill Me Three Times

In theaters April 10, and available on Demand on March 26th. Directed by Kriv Stenders, written by James McFarland and starring Sullivan Stapleton, Alice Braga, Teresa Palmer, Callan Mulvey, Luke Hemsworth, Bryan Brown and Simon Pegg.
February 19, 2015

The Comedic Performances That The Academy Overlooked

Reese Witherspoon knows. So does Steve Carell. It's an open secret that being funny on film will not bring you Oscar gold. If it did, Steve would have been billed as Academy Award Nominee Steve Carell for the last 10 years. His performance in The 40 Year-Old Virgin was a revelation. The guy you saw on The Daily Show every so often suddenly turned in this nuanced performance that was both hilarious and sweet. The entire movie hinged on the believability of his character Andy, and Carell very subtly had us in the palm of his hand the entire time. If Andy was dyslexic or had a harelip instead of being a virgin, Carell would have been making the rounds on the awards circuit in 2005, the way he is this year for Foxcatcher.