Movie Reviews

Movie Reviews

Movie reviews for Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, I Origins, Land Ho!, Tammy and Under The Electric Sky. … read more

Desire Will Set You Free: Interview with Director Yony Leyser

Desire Will Set You Free: Interview with Director Yony Leyser
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Yony Leyser’s new film, a feature-length narrative that mixes autobiographic and docu-fictional elements, follows a cast of outsiders through a subcultural landscape that is uniquely outsider—Berlin. SLUG spoke with Leyser about writing, directing and acting in the film, and the Kickstarter campaign that he hopes will help bring the film to Utah’s film festival circuit. … read more

Fear No Film: Historical Boundaries

Fear No Film: Historical Boundaries
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These films explore the limits that we all share as humans, from “traditions” that we can’t quite shake, to hypothetical next steps as a species. … read more

Fear No Film: Societal Boundaries

Fear No Film: Societal Boundaries
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These films identify the boundaries of who we are as a nation, right now, at this moment, while comparing this to other countries. … read more

Fear No Film: The Way You See Others

Fear No Film: The Way You See Others
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To some degree, we each place judgement on others. These films are about how you see the people around you all day, every day. … read more

Fear No Film: Utah Short Film of the Year, Part 2

Fear No Film: Utah Short Film of the Year, Part...
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Film reviews for the Fear No Film: Utah Short Film of the Year competition, hosted by the 2014 Utah Arts Festival. … read more

Movie Reviews

Movie Reviews

Movie Reviews for Edge of Tomorrow, Every Everything: The Music, Life and Times of Grant Hart, How To Train Your Dragon 2, Life Itself and X-Men: Days of Future Past.  … read more

Film Review: Transformers: Age of Extinction

Film Review: Transformers: Age of Extinction
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The war between Michael Bay and film critics has been active since the release of his second chapter to the live-action toy franchise, 2009’s “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” where many individuals, myself included, deemed the project a failure as well as racist.
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Fear No Film: Global Boundaries

Fear No Film: Global Boundaries
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The selections for this year’s Fear No Film festival have been eye-opening, to say the least. It’s nice to know that we still live in a world where boundaries are constantly being challenged and redefined, and even nicer to know that we have a local presence who believes it’s important to share these messages with our community. … read more