SXSW Film: War on Everyone Interviews

'War on Everyone' spins the buddy cop genre on its head in this wildly hilarious dark comedy. Two corrupt cops in New Mexico set out to blackmail and frame criminals, but things escalate and get crazily out of control. Lost in Reviews staffer Bethany caught the "War on Everyone" premiere at SXSW and had a...

Interview with Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij for ‘The East’ – Alex Lamb

I recently took part in a conference call interview with actress/co-writer Brit Marling and co-writer/director Zal Batmanglij about their new eco-terrorism thriller The East. Read the transcript below to find out about their real experience living on the road, what real corporate crimes inspired the film and how their time practicing freeganism influenced some of...

Movie Review: What Maisie Knew

There are plenty of films out there that deal with relationships breaking up and divorces, but there are not many that get told from a child’s perspective or at least what she witnesses.  What Maisie Knew is a film about the turmoil of not having one dependable person in a child’s life to take care...

Win Screening Passes to See DISCONNECT in Dallas, TX!

Win a screening pass for you and a guest to see an advanced screening of Disconnect in Dallas, TX. The screening is on Tuesday, April 9th, at 7:30 in Dallas. A hard-working lawyer, attached to his cell phone, can't find the time to communicate with his family. An estranged couple uses the internet as a means to escape...

Lost in Previews: The East

The East just had its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, and it is time to share the excellent trailer for it.  The East group portrayed in the trailer seems like a cross between Anonymous and the Earth Liberation Front (ELF).  They are looking to take down some corporations that are not doing great things...

Movie Review: Battleship

Yet another pointless entry in the massively stupid, totally bottom of the barrel idea generator that Hollywood is currently using, of basing movies off of old children's toys and games, comes Peter Berg's Battleship. This time based off of the popular Hasbo board game "Operation". JK! But seriously, when I was a kid I don't...

Win screening passes to see BATTLESHIP in Kansas City! *CLOSED*

Win a screening pass for you and a guest to see BATTLESHIP in Kansas City! Peter Berg (Hancock) produces and directs Battleship, an epic-scaled action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force.  Inspired by Hasbro’s classic naval combat game, Battleship stars...

Lost in Previews: Battleship Full Trailer

This does not look anything like the game I played as a kid.  Battleship has morphed from ships trying to take each other out to a full on alien attack movie that resembles Transformers too closely.  It is basically Transformers at sea.  The teaser for the film hinted at what the story was going to...

Movie Review: Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs is another version of the 1971 film starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George.  People are referring to the 2011 version as a remake, but both films are based on the novel The Siege of Trencher’s Farm by Gordon M. Williams.  I would not call the current film a remake as much as another...