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Deadlines to Submit your Screenplay, Novel, Story, or Poem to the festival:http://www.wildsound.ca ANOMALISA (USA 2015) ***** TOP 10 Directed Charlie Kauffman, Duke Johnson Review by Gilbert Seah Charlie Kauffman outdid himself and almost everyone else for that matter with the script of FINDING JOHN MALKOVICH, made into a film so…

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TOP 10 FILMS OF 2015 The end of the year arrives with the best 10 lists of everything.  As for films, it is always the same each year.  For the first 11 months of the year – nada.  Almost nothing good is screened and come December, a host of excellent,…

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Deadlines to Submit your Screenplay, Novel, Story, or Poem to the festival: http://www.wildsound.ca THE BIG SHORT (US 2015) ***** TOP 10 Directed by Adam McKay Review by Gilbert Seah Based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Michael Lewis, THE BIG SHORT describes several of the key players…

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HE NEVER DIED (USA/Canada 2014) **1/2 Directed by Jason Krawczyk Review by Gilbert Seah HE NEVER DIED is an odd movie with a theme that counters the good cheer of the Christmas festivities. It is everything the festive season isn’t, so if one is fed up of friends and family…

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Deadlines to Submit your Screenplay, Novel, Story, or Poem to the festival: http://www.wildsound.ca THE REVENANT (USA 2015) ****Top10 Directed by Alejando G. Iñárritu Review by Gilbert Seah Mexican director Alejandro Iñárritu’s (AMORES PERROS, 21 GRAMS, BABEL and last year’s BIRDMAN) THE REVENANT is a no-holds barred almost 3-hour wilderness adventure…

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Deadlines to Submit your Screenplay, Novel, Story, or Poem to the festival: http://www.wildsound.ca TV SPEC – 2 BROKE GIRLS October 2013 ReadingWritten by Greg Wayne TV SPEC – NEW GIRL “Summer’s Over” February 2014 ReadingWritten by Micah Goldman & Griff Kohout TV PILOT – THE SHARE December 2013 ReadingWritten by…

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Today’s Instagram Posts: March of the Clowns painting. Best of the 2015 FEEDBACK Film Festival. Time to “Go Bananas” I https://www.instagram.com/p/_kE_lduOof II https://www.instagram.com/p/_cLRo-uOpZ III https://www.instagram.com/p/_VNwKpuOg7 Also, Free logline submissions. The Writing Festival network averages over 95,000 unique visitors a day. Great way to get your story out: http://www.wildsound.ca/logline.html Deadlines to…

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Deadlines to Submit your Screenplay, Novel, Story, or Poem to the festival: http://www.wildsound.ca SON OF SAUL (Hungary 2015) *** Directed by Laszlo Nemes Review by Gilbert Seah SON OF SAUL, this year’s Cannes Grand Jury Prize Winner might not be the film for everyone. Lazlo Neme’s film has no narrative, is…

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Deadlines to Submit your Screenplay, Novel, Story, or Poem to the festival: http://www.wildsound.ca CREED (USA 2015) ***1/2 Directed by Ryan Coogler Review by Gilbert Seah Though featuring Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa, CREED (alternative title – ROCKY VII), the 7th installment of the ROCKY franchise is an anomaly. It does not…

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Deadlines to Submit your Screenplay, Novel, Story, or Poem to the festival: http://www.wildsound.ca LA DAME DANS L’AUTO AVEC DES LUNETTES ET UN FUSIL (France 2015) *** (THE LADY IN THE CAR WITH GLASSES AND A GUN) Directed by Joann Sfar Review by Gilbert Seah This is a remake of the 1970…