In the face of mounting criticism for becoming too large and expensive in recent years, the Tribeca Film Festival announced a trimmed down line-up today for it’s 7th annual running and promised lower prices and a more streamlined organization.
Including the previously announced opener, Baby Mama, there are 122 feature films of which 55 are world premieres, [...]

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When I read in The Hollywood Reporter last night that the fools behind YouTube sensation Ask a Ninja were planning on remaking Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, I was going to make jokes about it, but really the joke speaks for itself.
The original was an intentional cult movie; an unfunny spoof of bad ’50s sci-fi that [...]

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Frances McDormand and Amy Adams in Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 
The Amy Adams cute factor is starting to wear out its welcome. She brings an overabundance of it to Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, but it’s not enough to jumpstart this uneven comedy that begins in a screwball vein and then loses its nerve, [...]

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