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While at the Tribeca Film Festival’s red carpet premiere of G.B.F. (Gay Best Friend), Pretentious Film Major Ben talks to Sasha Pieterse about her role in ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars, whether or not her character is still alive, how things are getting more personal, and what fans can expect on Season 4. She also reveals that PLL will be back for Season 5!

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Justin Long, Keir O’Donnell and Evan Rachel Wood stop and talk to Pretentious Film Majors’ Ben Silverio at the Tribeca Film Festival’s Red Carpet Premiere of A CASE OF YOU, a film co-written by O’Donnell, Long, and Justin’s brother Christian about online dating. The movie also stars Vince Vaughn, Peter Dinklage, Sam Rockwell, Brendan Fraser, Sienna Miller, and Busy Phillips.

Zach, Devin, Izzy and Ben talk Baz Luhrman’s visual orgy of an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s THE GREAT GATSBY. Starring Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fischer, and Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby, the film features modern music from Executive Producer Jay-Z, as well as dynamic 3D visuals and vibrant colors.

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Published on Apr 29, 2013

Seeing as Philadelphia is known as the “birthplace of extreme” in the eyes of professional wrestling fans around the world, it was only fitting that the new documentary ‘Barbed Wire City: The Unauthorized Story of Extreme Championship Wrestling’ held it’s world premiere in the South Philly bingo hall where it all began. Pretentious Film Major (and wrestling fan) Ben was in attendance to check out the festivities and managed to chat with ECW Original The Blue Meanie about the film and the legacy of the defunct wrestling promotion.

For more on ‘Barbed Wire City’, like where you can get a copy and where it’s playing next, head over to BarbedWireCity.com.

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Published on Apr 29, 2013

Pretentious Film Major Caitlin chats with Ellen Page and David Cage about the new Quantic Dream video game, BEYOND: TWO SOULS, before their Tribeca Talks panel, where they introduced lots of new footage. The game is set to be released in October and features innovative motion capture technology.

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Published on Apr 28, 2013

The Pretentious Film Majors visit the red carpet for Tribeca Film Festival’s Director Talks Series featuring Clint Eastwood. Above, Zach talks with Richard Schickel, the director of Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story and Billy Gerber, Eastwood’s producer most recently for Gran Torino. They discuss what makes the acclaimed American actor/director so iconic, and what is his legacy.

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Review: Arthur Newman “Up for a new start, Arthur Newman (Colin Firth) fakes his own death so he can be reborn as a whole new entity with a whole new name and documents. Newman (apparently no relation to Mad Magazine’s immortal Alfred E. Newman) attempts to abandon his old life as easily as he does his old car. Unfortunately, while he replaces the car with a shiny Mercedes convertible, his new life takes on a far duller tone.” Check out cinedork.com to read the rest of this film review by Don Malvasi.

Review: Arthur Newman

“Up for a new start, Arthur Newman (Colin Firth) fakes his own death so he can be reborn as a whole new entity with a whole new name and documents. Newman (apparently no relation to Mad Magazine’s immortal Alfred E. Newman) attempts to abandon his old life as easily as he does his old car. Unfortunately, while he replaces the car with a shiny Mercedes convertible, his new life takes on a far duller tone.”

Check out cinedork.com to read the rest of this film review by Don Malvasi.

Review: The Big Wedding “Robert DeNiro, ostensibly “back” as a frontline serious actor after Silver Linings Playbook, slides back into schlock comedy as quickly as you can say The Godfather. Yet, playing a horny, blunt and frisky wiseguy of a different sort, he is the least of Big Wedding’s considerable shortcomings. A climactic scene where the principle actors stand around in their wedding finery confessing hidden truths to each other feels like they’re aiming their lines over each other’s shoulders. Diane Keaton, wise and elegant, often seems to be in a different movie. Together, DeNiro and Keaton prepare for their adopted son, Alejandro’s wedding by pretending to still be married since Alejandro’s Colombian biological mother is both very Catholic and coming to the wedding. Robin Williams as a sneering priest adds to the Catholic nods and winks.” Go to cinedork.com to read the rest of this review by Don Malvasi.

Review: The Big Wedding

“Robert DeNiro, ostensibly “back” as a frontline serious actor after Silver Linings Playbook, slides back into schlock comedy as quickly as you can say The Godfather. Yet, playing a horny, blunt and frisky wiseguy of a different sort, he is the least of Big Wedding’s considerable shortcomings. A climactic scene where the principle actors stand around in their wedding finery confessing hidden truths to each other feels like they’re aiming their lines over each other’s shoulders. Diane Keaton, wise and elegant, often seems to be in a different movie. Together, DeNiro and Keaton prepare for their adopted son, Alejandro’s wedding by pretending to still be married since Alejandro’s Colombian biological mother is both very Catholic and coming to the wedding. Robin Williams as a sneering priest adds to the Catholic nods and winks.”

Go to cinedork.com to read the rest of this review by Don Malvasi.

Seven Characters We Want Back on Doctor Who’s 50th & More “With November 23rd drawing ever closer by the day, discussions are spreading far and wide about who should/is going to be returning to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Doctor who.  There have been some definite confirmations of who is coming back for this celebration, so if you care to know read on until the end, if not, stop.” To read the rest of this article by Matt Hepworth head on over to cinedork.com!

Seven Characters We Want Back on Doctor Who’s 50th & More

“With November 23rd drawing ever closer by the day, discussions are spreading far and wide about who should/is going to be returning to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Doctor who.  There have been some definite confirmations of who is coming back for this celebration, so if you care to know read on until the end, if not, stop.”

To read the rest of this article by Matt Hepworth head on over to cinedork.com!

Let’s talk Rob Zombie. This man has delivered so many fucked up films in his time that he deserves a medal. One made of solid black coal. House of 1000 Corpses and The Devils Rejects are two of my favorite horror films of all time. Sid Haig, the master of playing a deranged mad-men, helps to round out The Lords of Salem to be another of Rob Zombies master-horror-pieces.

Before you go see the movie (opening THIS Friday, April 19th) enter our Dorky contest to win the following

- A limited ediiton Poster (numbered, we ain’t joking about the rareness of this poster)
- T-shirt (for your special someone)
- Black lights (to set the mood)
- and Luggage tags (to help ship the body somewhere…. i mean…)

To win email “Info@cinedork.com” with your address, name, contact info, and the subject “Lords of Salem” to be entered to win.