sundance

They're both comedies about teenagers who don't quite fit into their schools, though Terri adopts a very low-budget naturalistic

There are still plenty of movies to see, and plenty of exhausted delirium to drive though, which is exactly what Matt Patches and I did when we got up this morning to see Resurrect Dead

OK, bear with me for a second while I tell you a confusing story. Morgan Spurlock, the documentarian behind Super Size Me, decided to make a documentary about product placement

The result is so, so much better than what you might expect from a collection of YouTube movies, both because they clearly sought out excellent photographers to capture their surroundings

Erin, who works for Popular Mechanics, was seeing it for the sci-fi elements, though she warned me ahead of time that the low-budget film was far more a character drama than space adventure

I talked to her about making the leap into film, dealing with the media attention on her sisters, what she learned from Catherine Keener, and how she decided to go nude in Martha Marcy May Marlene

Smith's writing is still sharp and distinct, and when he hits on a good point in those moments the film perks up to life. Unfortunately the scenes generally go on and on from there

Messy, overwritten, visually stylish, but kind of a bore. More like Kevin Smith than it looks because nobody ever stops talking. And it’s not a horror movie by any usual definition

Directors Chris Kentis and Laura Lau are deliberately playing with all the haunted house cliches, from jump scares-- there are plenty, and they never get less frightening