Florida Film Festival
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It's CENFLO weekend - Central Florida Film Festival time
Frankly My Dear &bull YesterdayThe fifth Central Florida Film Festival is this weekend at the West Orange 5 in Ocoee, just west of Orlando at the intersection of SR 50 and Maguire Rd. A functional cinema-cafe, with beers and a burgers and hotdogs snackbar,… Full Story »
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Easy A - the latest trailer
Frankly My Dear... &bull Aug 18, 2010
I guess I have to stop my Emma Stone boycott. Her snooty personal publicist couldn't get her on the phone before her appearance at the Florida Film Festival, where her movie (not very good) "Paper Man" played. What the *BLEEP*!… Full Story »
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Enzian books "The Secret of Kells"
Frankly My Dear... &bull Aug 1, 2010
The folks at Central Florida's art theater, The Enzian, have alerted me that they're booking the animated wonder The Secret of Kells, late in its run, for the final week of August. The Dark Ages tale built around the writing… Full Story »
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Racing Dreams director "discovers" young NASCAR
Frankly My Dear... &bull May 20, 2010
Perhaps one on that particularly American faith, NASCAR, and its youngest acolytes. That's what Marshall Curry did for his follow-up to the Oscar-nominated political documentary, Street Fight. Racing Dreams is about kids aged 11 to 13 years of age who have put themselves on the path to stock car racing glory. At NASCAR-sanctioned races across the country, they're… Full Story »
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Film Slam Sunday-the results
Frankly My Dear... &bull May 17, 2010
Here are the winners at Sunday's Film Slam, locally made no-budget movies shown in competition one Sunday a month at The Enzian, competing for the chance to get into Brouhaha and from there into the Florida Film Festival. Comments are… Full Story »
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Former Fla. filmmaker working on a lady jockeys documentary
Frankly My Dear... &bull May 5, 2010
Local film fans will recognize the name Jason Neff from his time at the Florida Film Festival. More than a few folks have used the experience working with the fest, the networking and connections made, to get their own films… Full Story »
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Winter's Bone takes big prize at Florida Film Fest, and at Sarasota
Frankly My Dear... &bull Apr 19, 2010
Winter's Bone made it a Florida two-fer weekend, winning the top prizes at both the 19th Florida Film Festival and the Sarasota Film Festival. The terrific indie romance Homewrecker won the special jury prize at the Fla. Film Fest. Don't… Full Story »
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DVD Review: District B-13: Ultimatum
Frankly My Dear... &bull Apr 19, 2010
Only not so much. There are may three decent action sequences (it's more martial arts oriented), with Belle ripping through a couple of decent foot-chases through the ruins of a district that has gone from bad to worse. Don't be… Full Story »
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FFF: A Cassavetes Evening
Frankly My Dear... &bull Apr 17, 2010
The lively Cassel, a fixture of the Florida Film Festival, bounded onstage before the credits rolled, regaling viewers with memories of the "ten takes" he had to do of bounding off the Cassavetes family home (where the movie was mostly… Full Story »
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FFF 2010: The Art of Producing
Frankly My Dear... &bull Apr 16, 2010
Friday's first panel discussion at the Florida Film Festival was "The Art of Producing," basically a primer (with many, many definitions of terms, etc.) on what a producer does from several respected producers from greatly varied parts of the film… Full Story »
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One great day at the Florida Film Festival
Frankly My Dear... &bull Apr 14, 2010
Winter's Bone, one of the most buzzed indie films of 2010 (this year's Frozen River) and one of the best films at the Florida Film Festival, shows today. Tonight there's the locksmith love story comedy Homewrecker (9:30, Enzian), Girl with… Full Story »
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Fla Film Festival-Tuesday night's best bets
Frankly My Dear... &bull Apr 13, 2010
The magical Colombian road picture drama The Wind Journeys, about a famed accordionist who wants to return his possessed instrument to the maestro who taught him to play it plays at the Florida Film Festival tonight. So does the terrific… Full Story »
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FFF Movie Review: Space Town
Frankly My Dear... &bull Apr 13, 2010
Most of the time, Titusville is a sleepy little burg that wears its unfashionable part of Florida's East coast label with charm. Then a space shuttle lifts off and the town becomes, if not Daytona Beach spring break, at least… Full Story »
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Fla. Film Festival-the best night for movies may be tonight
Frankly My Dear... &bull Apr 12, 2010
If you've got one free night to catch movies at the Florida Film Festival, Monday night may be your dollrs-to-donuts best bet for seeing something great. The adorable Troll 2 documentary, Best Worst Movie is showing opposite the image-over-words Euro-drama… Full Story »
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FFF Movie Review: New Low
Frankly My Dear... &bull Apr 9, 2010
New Low, Adam Bowers' romantic comedy showing this week at the Florida Film Festival, began life the way such movies often begin - he met someone special. Bowers scripted the comedy after graduating from the University of Florida in late… Full Story »
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Florida Film Festival gets underway tonight
Frankly My Dear... &bull Apr 9, 2010
For the first time in my memory, the opening night film of the Florida Film Festival won't be shown at The Enzian. No, that's where the opening night PARTY will be. The movie will be shown at the Regal Winter… Full Story »
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Mandy Moore to star in Dermot M.'s directing debut
Frankly My Dear... &bull Apr 8, 2010
Lots of Mulroneys are directing movies these days. Kieran and Michele Mulroney have their dramedy Paper Man in the Florida Film Festival, as the opening night film no less. And Dermot, the famous actor member of the posse (Kieran's brother),… Full Story »
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FFF Movie Review: Music by Prudence
Frankly My Dear... &bull Apr 7, 2010
Music by Prudence (4 stars out of 4) provided the only jaw-dropping moment at this past Academy Awards, as its writer, producer and director, Roger Ross Williams, was elbowed aside by a producer who sought to steal his thunder for… Full Story »
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Get your Florida Film Festival reviews here
Frankly My Dear... &bull Apr 5, 2010
There are a few Florida Film Festival signature feature films that they haven't shown me in advance, but that list is tiny compared to the ones they've previewed. I'm publishing everything under this "Florida Film Festival 2010 subject header (the… Full Story »
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FFF Movie Review: Winter's Bone
Frankly My Dear... &bull Apr 2, 2010
Winter's Bone (4 stars ) is the best film at this year's Florida Film Festival. It's a Frozen River-style journey into rural Southern poverty, where kin and clan mean more than law and order, but also where "We take care… Full Story »
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