Denver Film Festival Announces Additional Programming Selections
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Review: ‘The Birth Of A Nation’ Powerfully Reclaims Turner’s Rebellion
Arriving after its rapturous Sundance premiere, record breaking acquisition with Fox Searchlight, strong (though waning) Oscar buzz, and plenty of controversy with the director’s past actions and current statements, Nate Parker’s “The Birth of a Nation” FINALLY opens in theaters across the country this weekend! It takes place in a familiar antebellum South for this pre-Civil War era, “The Birth of a Nation” follows Nat Turner (Nate Parker), a literate slave and preacher, whose financially struggling owner, Samuel Turner (Armie Hammer), accepts an offer to use Nat’s preaching to subdue unruly slaves by reading pro-slavery scripture passages. As Mr. Turner confronts numerous act of torture (some even against himself and his loved one), Nat organizes a brutal uprising motivated to be a free people.
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Remember These 8 Worthy Pre-Oscar Season Contenders
With fall film festival season underway this month and ushering in the beginning the Oscar chatter, many high quality movies that opened during the first two-thirds of the year can be overlooked. Up until recently, the first half of the year is no longer an Oscar wasteland. Tings have changed thanks to multiple Academy Award wins for movies like “Mad Max: Fury Road” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” If any movies from the first half of the year will receive multiple technical nominations, it could be Jon Favreau’s “The Jungle Book.”
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Passengers Trailer: Promising Sci-Fi Thriller Stars Lawrence and Pratt
The one-two punch star power of Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt was inspired casting for “Passengers” and it immediately was on my “most anticipated of 2016” movie list. Audiences should flock to this one based on the casting alone. Lawrence is A+ in my book. A talented actress with movie star charisma who is equally effective in comedy, drama, adventure, etc. can do no wrong. Though I was initial skeptical of his career, Pratt is a funny actor who has showed leading man range beyond anything I ever expected as he sheds his scrappy sidekick, goofball persona. By the way, don’t call “Passengers” original science fiction. It is based on the 1970 Hugo award nominated science fiction short story by Robert Silverberg. Take a look at the trailer below to see why I am excited for “Passengers.”
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Fathom Events Offers Snowden Access Sneak Peak
Fathom Events is teaming up with Open Road to present an exclusive sneak peek at the latest Oliver Stone thriller “Snowden” followed by a Q&A with Edward Snowden this Wednesday, September 14th at 7:30pm ET/6:30PM CT. More information about the event and where to purchase tickets below:
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