The road to cinematic hell is paved with good intentions, which means if you’re headed there, you’ll likely see Director Laura Newman's We Are the Hartmans along the way. Another independent comedy that reminds us that having heart isn’t enough to make a film worthwhile, We Are the Hartmans lacks in every conceivable way from second-rate acting (with the touted Richard Chamberlain sidelined for 70% of the film) to corny writing to awful direction. It plays like every other film you’ve ever seen about a ragtag group struggling to save a public arena from being bought out by a heartless corporate presence. Imagine if Empire Records had used really obvious clichés and lacked any genuine comedy and just aimed for the bare minimum of being a “feel-good” movie; that’s We Are the Hartmans.
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- 10/7/2012
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
A composer who appears to be having his breakout year on the big screen in 2011 is Alec Puro. Two of his recent projects that premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival have been picked up by major indie studios and will be released in theaters this summer. First up in a couple of weeks is the romantic comedy The Art of Getting By (formerly entitled Homework), which tells the coming-of-age story about a high school senior who makes his way through school without doing any homework. The film is written and directed by Gavin Wiesen who makes his feature directing/writing debut on the project. The movie’s cast includes Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts, Michael Angarano, Elizabeth Reaser, Alicia Silverstone, Blair Underwood and Rita Wilson. A soundtrack album for the film will be released on June 14, 2011 by Rhino Records and is now available to pre-order on Amazon. Check back...
- 5/28/2011
- by filmmusicreporter
- Film Music Reporter
[Editor's note: This was originally published during the 2008 edition of the Tribeca Film Festival ] Bill Plympton’s animated shorts were the first “adult” cartoons I’d ever seen as a kid and they were as shocking as they were funny. Idiots and Angels, the latest in the Plymp-toon family, is no exception. The cartoon-noir is about an “asshole guy” who wakes up one morning with angel wings growing out of his back. The wings subvert his routine bullying, turning him into a do-gooder against his will. It’s a quirky masterpiece, full of sexual longing and twisted fantasy, underscored by groaning Tom Waits music. Plympton is probably best known to this day for his very first short film, the wildly funny, Oscar nominated, Your Face. Since then, Plympton has become the Jim Jarmusch of animation; a long time indy filmmaker who has maintained a successful career, without ever working for the likes of Disney. Over 20 years into his career he still hand draws each cell.
- 10/5/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
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