Sundance Film Festival – Mohd Murtadha

'Eddie the Eagle' is a movie more '80s than the '80s themselves

by murtadha on February 28, 2016 with No Comments

LOS ANGELES — There is a moment in Eddie the Eagle that is the most ’80s moment that’s ever ’80s-ed. Actually, it’s the whole movie. It’s that ’80s. And that’s a good thing. See also: ‘The Witch’ is a film … Read More

Sundance review: 'Southside With You' transcends 'Obamas first-date movie'

by murtadha on January 25, 2016 with No Comments

PARK CITY, Utah – To call Southside With You the Obamas’ first-date movie is to sell it terribly short — though the entire film is a linear account of that day, now fixed in presidential mythology, it’s so very much … Read More

Look out, Sundance: Amazon and Netflix have made their grand entrance

by murtadha on January 24, 2016 with No Comments

Amazon and Netflix are off the Sundance schneid. The streaming networks — both shut out from acquiring movies at at Sundance last year, despite major efforts to do so — have each picked up and debuted big titles at the … Read More