Forget about Twilight, here’s a trailer for a Swedish film about adolescent vampires called Let the Right One In that has been lighting up the Internet as it makes it way along the festival circuit. Word on this one has been very positive.
I missed it when it played at LAFF, but I’ll be seeing it [...]

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Martin Scorsese is set to direct Robert De Niro in an adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses about Frank Sheeran, the mob assassin who claimed to have murdered Jimmy Hoffa.
“Painting Houses” is slang for a mob hit referring to the blood and goo splattered on walls.
No word yet on where this fits [...]

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The wide releases are a mixed bag this week so let’s cut through the crap and lead off with a couple of movies that are only playing in limited release but have received the coveted LiC stamp of approval.

Ballast Stark, minimalist and naturalistic, Ballast may not be the feel-good movie of the fall, but it’s a [...]

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