Safety Not Guaranteed (movie)

Jake Johnson of 'New Girl' looks to be the new boy at the movies

2013-05-07 09:56:00

As "New Girl" fans eye next week's season finale and its surprising Taylor Swift-ness, one of the show's stars is preparing to turn his attention elsewhere: to the movies. Jake Johnson, who plays the slacker-y Nick Miller opposite Zooey Deschanel's...

Indie Spirit Awards: Cooper, Lawrence, Wallis' last stop before the Oscars

2013-02-23 14:29:00

The Film Independent Spirit Awards are the penultimate stop before the Oscars -- but with just one day to go before the Academy Awards, 9-year-old Quvenzhane Wallis had reached her red carpet threshold. As her publicist told her she had a few more...

'Silver Linings Playbook' wins best feature at Indie Spirit Awards

2013-02-23 15:42:00

David O. Russell's dramatic comedy "Silver Linings Playbook" took home the best feature prize at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday afternoon at a raucous ceremony hosted by Andy Samberg on the beach in Santa Monica. It was a big afternoon for...

The independent film breakout stars of 2012

2013-01-03 16:48:00

Independent filmmaking often acts as a farm team of sorts for Hollywood, a showcase for performers and filmmakers who go on to bigger, if not always necessarily better, things. The following is a look at some of the people — and some of the...

Movie Projector: 'Madagascar 3' could edge out 'Prometheus'

2012-06-07 12:57:00

A pack of Central Park Zoo animals could tromp on the king of science fiction at the box office this weekend. The animated 3-D family film "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted"�is expected to debut with about $55 million, according to those who have...

'Safety Not Guaranteed' has decent debut, but 'Lola' struggles

2012-06-10 13:00:00

At the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, the quirky time travel dramedy�"Safety Not Guaranteed" debuted to an enthusiastic audience. The film got a more muted response in theaters five months later, as it opened this weekend with a good-but-not-...

'Silver Linings Playbook' snags Spirit awards

2013-02-24 05:12:00

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The persistent irony of the Film Independent Spirit Awards is that as much as they're positioned as the DIY antidote to the Academy Awards, the indie film with the most Oscars recognition almost invariably reaps the greatest...

J.J. Abrams shoots down directing Star Wars: Episode VII

2012-11-12 12:21:00

Just who will direct "Star Wars: Episode VII"? For now, we have more names against the project than we have for it. Everyone from Steven Spielberg to Quentin Tarantino to Guillermo del Toro has denied interest in directing the newest "Star Wars" film,...

Ira Glass and WBEZ Chicago venture into the movie biz

2012-08-31 00:00:00

One of the first things you notice during the opening credits of "Sleepwalk with Me" is a producing acknowledgment that reads simply: "In association with WBEZ Chicago's This American Life." Chicago's largest public radio station is in the movie...

Movie review: 'Safety Not Guaranteed'

2012-06-22 05:18:00

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'Safety Not Guaranteed': Departing cynicism for a trip taken on faith ✭✭✭

2012-06-14 08:04:00

Sardonic like its heroine but, at heart, a sweetie, the fetching new comedy "Safety Not Guaranteed"came through the Sundance Film Festival where it won the screenwriting award. The film's based on a classified ad that ran in Backwoods Home magazine in the...

A night to remember, forget for an odd couple in 'Your Sister's Sister' ✭✭ 1/2

2012-06-14 00:00:00

Truly, madly, deeply affable Mark Duplass has officially blown up real good. The filmmaker and increasingly busy actor has two new movies out, the mainstream-y festival successes "Safety Not Guaranteed" and writer-director Lynn Shelton's "Your Sister's...

R; 1:27 running time Sardonic like its heroine but, at heart, a sweetie, the fetching new comedy "Safety Not Guaranteed"came through the Sundance Film Festival where it won the screenwriting award.

2012-06-14 08:01:00