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Transfer

score: 
B-
Director: 
Damir Lukacevic
Cast: 
B.J. Britt, Regine Nehy, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Ingrid Andree
Running Time: 
93
Rated: 
NR
Author(s): 
Micael Mirza

Interview: Stev-o: Jackass 3-D

Jackass 3-D has been setting records at the box office since its release last week.  While critics had been giving Paramount Pictures much skepticism about the reception the film would receive once it hit theaters, the studio has become the last one laughing…all the way to the bank in fact.  Shortly before its release we caught up with Stev-o at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas where he spilled a little bit about his film, the differences in filming the stunts sober and just how the guys took advantage of the new 3-D wave!

Never Let Me Go

score: 
A-
Director: 
Mark Romanek
Cast: 
Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, Kiera Knightley, Sally Hawkins
Running Time: 
103
Rated: 
R
Author(s): 
Shawn Chapman

Kathy H.’s life isn’t completely unlike yours. She’s a young woman with a career in health care, a car, a flat and friends she’s known her whole life.  Generally speaking though, her life isn’t a common one in the dystopian England where she lives. Kathy (Carey Mulligan) is one of a trio of friends, including Tommy (Andrew Garfield) and Ruth (Kiera Knightley), all of which were raised at Hailsham Boarding School in the English countryside. 

Sound of Noise

score: 
B-
Director: 
Johannes Stärne Nilsson, Ola Simonsson
Cast: 
Bengt Nilsson, Sanna Persson, Magnus Börjeson, Marcus Boij
Running Time: 
102
Rated: 
NR
Author(s): 
Shawn Chapman

The musical mayhem -makers in the Sound of Noise use anything and everything as instruments to wreak havoc on their city – roadways, power lines, unconscious men, bank notes and bulldozers. Their drive-by drumming and beguiling beats are the centerpiece of a story about a hypersensitive police detective engaged in his own battle with music and musicians.  

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.

Red vs. Blue: Revelation

score: 
D-
Director: 
Burnie Burns
Cast: 
Burnie Burns, Geoff Fink, Joel Heyman, Matt Hullum
Running Time: 
90
Rated: 
NR
Author(s): 
Micael Mirza

To be quite honest, I really didn’t know what to expect from this film. Yes, I am a fan and avid player of Halo, the video game on which this film is based, but we all know what can happen when something is translated across media lines.  Unfortunately, when it was all said and done, Red vs. Blue: Revelation was the latest adaptation casualty, rocking me slowly to sleep as it drug its feet and cautiously made its way to the end.

A Somewhat Gentle Man

score: 
B+
Director: 
Hans Petter Moland
Cast: 
Stellan Skarsgärd, Bjorn Floberg, Jorunn Kjellsby, Bjorn Sundquist
Running Time: 
105
Rated: 
NR
Author(s): 
Shawn Chapman

A Somewhat Gentle Man is a great black comedy that supplies ample wit as it tells the story of Ulrik (Skarsgärd), a man rebooting his life after a 12-year prison term. 

Red Hill

score: 
B+
Director: 
Patrick Hughes
Cast: 
Ryan Kwanten, Steve Bisley, Tommy Lewis
Running Time: 
95
Rated: 
R
Author(s): 
Shawn Chapman

Red Hill is not your dad’s western. Well, maybe it is if your dad is into dark drama and lot’s of action.  Hughes’ debut film isn’t exactly earth-shatteringly new but because it’s tight and well shot it is impressive.  The film is centered around Shane Cooper (Kwanten), a young, insecure cop with an eight-months pregnant wife who’s starting his first day on the job as a constable in a dying, remote Australian town 

The Man From Nowhere

score: 
B
Director: 
Lee Jung-beom
Cast: 
Bin Won, Sae-Ron Kim
Running Time: 
114
Rated: 
R
Author(s): 
Micael Mirza

If you are looking for some drop kicking action, The Man From Nowhere is the movie for you.  Starring Bin Won, Korea’s equivalent to America’s Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Lee Jung-beom, this film is full of action, adrenaline and non-stop fun.  I expected little and can honestly say that I was blown away with what I saw.

Sharktopus

score: 
C
Director: 
Declan O'Brien
Cast: 
Eric Roberts, Sara Malakul Lane, Kerem Bursin
Running Time: 
90
Rated: 
NR
Author(s): 
Katie Scott

Because I understood from the onset that this film was meant to be humorous I enjoyed it more than if had I not known. Sharktopus, produced by Roger Corman, is a nod to the genre of exploitation films. Still, funny as it was, it wasn’t without its flaws.

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