Authors: Jimmy Martin
Room For One More: The Salt Lake City Film Festival
Forget freezing your ass off in Park City while hoping to snag a peek of Paris Hilton at some exclusive screening that you probably won’t be getting into. On August 14, 15 and 16 Chris Bradshaw, Matt Whittaker and the rest of their nine-person staff are bringing a brand new film fest to Salt Lake––the Salt Lake City Film Festival.
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Covering the Con
Thirty-nine years ago, the greatest gathering of sci-fi nerdary and fantastical dreams known as Comic Con International: San Diego only attracted 145 comic book enthusiasts. Fast-forward to present day, and the once humble congregation has exploded into the largest convention of its kind with over 125,000 attendees … read more
Movie Reviews – September 2009
Recent theatrical releases District 9, Inglourious Basterds, Funny People, Ponyo and more are reviewed, plus DVD reviews and “You Should’ve Worn a Condom!” … read more
Movie Reviews – October 2009
Reviews of recently released films, including 9, Big Fan, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Extract, The Informant and Jennifer’s Body, as well as DVD and Blu-Ray reviews. … read more
Video Game Reviews – November 2009
Video Game reviews this month include Halo 3: ODST, Need For Speed: Shift, Scribblenauts, Wet and Zombie Apocalypse. Nerd out. … read more
Movie Reviews – November 2009
Movie reviews this month include Adventures of Power, Paranormal Activity, Where the Wild Things Are, Whip It, Zombieland and more! … read more
Battling H8
It’s only been 14 months since Proposition 8 (a.k.a. the California Marriage Protection Act) sought and garnered enough voters to concur that “only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California” thereby abolishing same-sex marriage and voiding previously conducted nuptials. Director Reed Cowan’s new film, 8: The Mormon Proposition, chronicles the Mormon Church’s involvement and will premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. … read more
Movie Reviews – January 2010
This month we feature reviews of A Single Man, Avatar, Did You Hear About the Morgans?, Invictus, It’s Complicated, The Lovely Bones, Nine, The Road, Up In the Air and The Princess and The Frog. … read more
Movie Reviews – May 2010
This month SLUG features reviews of Date Night, Death at a Funeral, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Human Centipede, The Joneses, Kick-Ass, The Runaways and Babies. … read more