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20 Minute Lincoln Documentary Should Help With Box Office And Oscars

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

More credible than many online featurettes.

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Interview: Directing Searching For Sugar Man – Behind The Year’s Most Feted Documentary

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

An incredible true story.

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New Trailer For Drew Struzan Documentary, The Man Behind The Poster

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Drew Struzan is one of the most famous and beloved of movie poster artists and an exemplar of the painted style that seems to have been quite thoroughly quelled in studio marketing campaigns of recent years. Frank Darabont created a …

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Teaser Trailer For Turtle Power, The Mutant Ninja Documentary

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Self financed fan documentaries have grown in both number and stature over the last few years, and the Kickstarter era is only going to throw fuel on the fire. However, some are quite decent indeed, and I would tend to …

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Review: Indie Game – The Movie Is Both An Invaluable Document And Really Very Exciting

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Neill Milton writes for Bleeding Cool. This documentary film takes us into the world of independent video game development, and allows us to share the time chasing up crucial deadlines in the process of creating a video game either, solo …

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Two Minutes From Kevin MacDonald’s Marley – Spliffs, Soccer And Songwriting

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Now playing in cinemas across the UK, Marley is Kevin MacDonald‘s documentary profile of the Jamaican singer songwriter. Once upon a time Martin Scorsese was in charge of the film, then Jonathan Demme, but it was MacDonald who got it …

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Despite The Gods Trailer – Into Jennifer Lynch’s Own Remarkable Heart Of Darkness

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Very often the most memorable, and certainly the most dramatic, documentaries about filmmaking are the ones where everything seems to be going very wrong, the pressure seems to be getting very intense, and people seem to be on the verge …

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Trailer: The Comic-Con Documentary From Morgan Spurlock – Are You In It?

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

You tell me if this trailer for Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope is just trading on standard Comic-Con tropes or indulging in cliches, from a surfeit of cosplay to quasi-Lichtenstein comic book panel freeze frames. The trailer says that …

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Warts-And-All Documentary To Show Behind The Scenes Wars On Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

While Julie Taymor‘s Spider-Man musical, Turn Off The Dark, was still some months from opening, way back when there still seemed to be some hope of a relatively easy landing for the show, filmmaker Jacob Cohl started filming all manner …

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The Documentary That Makes Harry Potter Exciting Again – I Loved It

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

I don’t believe in that ol’ Harry Potter magic, of course, but I do love illusions, particularly when I’ve fallen for them hook, line and sinker. I love feeling like I’ve just seen something magical. I don’t mean, necessarily, a …

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The Powerful First Trailer For Kirby Dick’s Sundance Selection, The Invisible War

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

I can’t imagine Kirby Dick‘s new film is going to be an easy watch, but judging from his previous pictures, like This Film Is Not Yet Rated, Sick and Chain Camera, it’s certainly going to provoke some useful debate. Dick …

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Errol Morris’ Tabloid Is A See-It-To-Believe-It Study Of Lies And Lying

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

The official blurb for Errol Morris’ Tabloid says that the film is “equal parts love story, film noir, brainy B-movie and demented fairy tale.” I’d add comedy, mystery and thriller to that list too. And like Morris’ other films, it’s …

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Trailer: Potter Documentary When Harry Left Hogwarts Looks Candid And, Frankly, Unusual

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

Unfortunately, if American shoppers want to see the end-of-an-era Potter documentary, When Harry Left Hogwarts, they’ll have to stump up for the 4-disc Deathly Hallows Part 2 Blu-ray and DVD set from Target. Here in the UK, there’s no such …

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Warren Ellis Captured Ghosts To Screen During NYCC

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Last year at New York Comic Con, I went to see the premier of the Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods documentary. I ended up slightly in shock at seeing my ugly mush on the screen for about twenty seconds. This …

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