Archive for January 21, 2008
Sundance 2008: What Just Happened?
On Line: I’m surrounded by olds. This fact — coupled with one-two punch from the dude who whispered under his breath, “I heard it’s not that good,” and my esteemed colleague Larry Carroll’s minimalist review (“It starts like ‘The Player’ but ends like ‘Simone’”) — does not bode well for the film. Sometimes, though, one’s…
Read MoreU2 Talk ‘U2 3D’ Movie, New Album At Sundance
PARK CITY, Utah – The hot ticket at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend wasn’t an edgy Hollywood indie. It was a slick, super-saturated 3-D concert flick from Dublin. Park City’s Eccles Center was pulsing with an arena-sized dose of anticipation Saturday night for the premiere of U2’s “U2 3D.” Fans whooped and hollered at…
Read MoreSundance 2008: Slammed
I made any important discovery about myself walking into town just now. I want to be on the guest list, I just don’t want to have to ask to be on the guest list. * * * I’m standing on the patio of Treasure Mountain Inn, home base of the anti-Sundance, Slamdance. The steps of…
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