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Danielle Bartz

Red Carpet: 21 Jump Street: SXSW Film Festival

Sony Pictures' remake of 21 Jump Street screened at the recent SXSW Film Festival.  We were fortunate to get a spot on the interview line to welcome the film's stars, including Dave Franco, Rob Riggle, and Channing Tatum, as they reveal what drew them to the project and what it was like working with frontman Jonah Hill.

 

See Girl Run

score: 
B
Director: 
Nate Meyer
Cast: 
Robin Tunney, Adam Scott, Jeremy Strong, William Sadler
Running Time: 
89
Rated: 
NR
Author(s): 
Danielle Bartz

Los Chidos

score: 
D+
Director: 
Omar Rodriguez Lopez
Cast: 
Kim Stodel, Maria de Jesus Canales Ramirez, Manual Ramos, Cecillia Gutierrez, Erasmo Rodriguez
Running Time: 
94
Rated: 
NR
Author(s): 
Danielle Bartz

Conan O'Brien Won't Stop

score: 
C
Director: 
Rodman Flender
Cast: 
Conan O’Brien
Running Time: 
89
Rated: 
NR
Author(s): 
Danielle Bartz

Super

score: 
A-
Director: 
James Gunn
Cast: 
Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon
Running Time: 
96
Rated: 
R
Author(s): 
Danielle Bartz

Bunraku

score: 
B-
Director: 
Guy Moshe
Cast: 
Josh Hartnett, Kevin McKidd, Demi Moore, Woody Harrleson, Gackt
Running Time: 
108
Rated: 
NR
Author(s): 
Danielle Bartz

After premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival, Guy Moshe’s super stylistic Bunraku made it to Austin’s Fantastic Fest. Expecting something of a typical slasher flick, I was not looking forward to this film about a dystopian world where swords are used in place of guns. However, I left the theater a Guy Moshe fan interested in the style he brought to life over years of imagination.

Easy A

score: 
A-
Director: 
Will Gluck
Cast: 
Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Patricia Clarkson, Stanley Tucci
Running Time: 
93
Rated: 
PG-13
Author(s): 
Danielle Bartz
Olive Pendergast is a normal, nothing-special-about-her high school student…until she tells one small lie. To get her nagging friend off her back, Olive tells her a story about losing her virginity, unknowingly changing her life and social status for good. She suddenly realizes that everyone in high school is in the business of fitting in, and Olive becomes the enabler. As she begins to reap the financial benefits of helping others lie to their peers, she also begins to reap the consequences of her new reputation –an ostracism paralleling only that of Hester Prynne in ‘The Scarlet Letter’.

Grease Sing-A-Long

score: 
B
Director: 
Randal Kleiser
Cast: 
: John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing
Running Time: 
110
Rated: 
PG
Author(s): 
Danielle Bartz
After a sweet summer romance, Sandy unexpectedly ends up at Rydell High- Danny’s school. Unbeknownst to her, Danny is the “cool guy” amongst the popular T-Bird clique, and he must balance his bad boy image with his admiration for his summer love. In between new friends, ex-girlfriends and nationally televised school dances, can the two make their romance work?

Just Wright

score: 
D
Director: 
Sanaa Hamri
Cast: 
Queen Latifah, Common, Paula Patton, Phylicia Rashad, Pam Grier
Running Time: 
111
Rated: 
PG
Author(s): 
Danielle Bartz
Leslie Wright (Queen Latifah) is happy. She is a successful physical therapist, and she is fixing up the old house she just bought. So why doesn’t she have a man? That’s simple. Leslie has always been seen “one of the guys.” She loves Nets’ basketball and just hanging out, and unfortunately for her, her childhood friend Morgan (Paula Patton) is gorgeous. As Morgan goes gold-diggin,’ Leslie lands the chance of a lifetime to be a physical therapist for the handsome and talented NBA All-star Scott McKnight.

Google Baby

score: 
C
Director: 
Zippi Brand Frank
Cast: 
Various
Running Time: 
71
Rated: 
NR
Author(s): 
Danielle Bartz
Doron and his partner are an Israeli couple who paid around $140,000 to have a baby together using a surrogate in the United States. After welcoming their daughter home and introducing her to many of their friends, Doron realized that many gay couples would like to have a child, but can not afford those prices. Using his technological background, he decides to start his own business helping people have the babies they have always wanted by cutting the cost of surrogacy through outsourcing.
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