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Natural Selection Movie Review
18 May 2012 5:57 PM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
Title: Natural Selection Director: Robbie Pickering Starring: Rachael Harris, Matt O’Leary, John Diehl, Jon Gries, Gayland Williams The darling of last year’s South By Southwest Film Festival, where it picked up seven awards, “Natural Selection” has an interesting central idea and a pair of fairly arresting lead turns, but it doesn’t convincingly dig down into its characters, and is further bogged down and hamstrung by its technical limitations. A cracked road trip in which a devoted Christian housewife jointly rescues and falls for a hedonistic, previously unknown family member, writer-director Robbie Pickering’s feature debut is an indie effort shot through with good intention, but lacking in either deft enough execution [ Read More ] »
- bsimon
In Theaters: 'The Dictator' Overruns The 'Polisse,' So That 'Battleship' And 'What To Expect' May Cause Angry 'Hysteria' Among 'The Samaritan's
18 May 2012 1:20 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Dictators, hitmen, and navy officers – oh my! It’s a big weekend for the dudes, the professional advantages mentioned above notwithstanding, and we can expect screens clogged with manly men doing male things. Even the invention of a sex toy (by a man, duh) and male grooming get sweet turns in the theaters. If only the powerful sight of pregnant women was enough to combat the male-dominated market. Ah well, perhaps another weekend. Let’s jump into the testosterone-fueled fray, shall we?
Political satire, social comedy, and gross-out humor each take their turn in the Larry Charles-directed “The Dictator,” which opened Wednesday. Sacha Baron Cohen is Admiral General Aladeen, the universal and undisputed leader of the fictional North African nation of Wadiya. Running (or perhaps “scaring” is a better word choice here) a nation with a sexist, racist, iron fist, threatening nuclear warfare while hoarding oil reserves, Aladeen is »
- Emma Bernstein
Review: 'Natural Selection' Surprises and Charms in More Ways Than One On Its Odd Couple Road Trip Journey
18 May 2012 10:15 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
"Natural Selection" swept the jury awards at SXSW 2011, and has been generally hailed especially for Rachael Harris' performance, a dramatic turn from a well-established comedienne. The feature debut from writer/director Robbie Pickering, the film stars Harris as mousey Texas housewife Lindy who has been denied sex by her husband Abe (John Diehl) for 25 years because their religion forbids copulation without the express purpose of procreation, and wouldn't you know it, Lindy can't have any "special babies." Abe fulfills his needs secretly, at the local sperm bank, which Lindy doesn't discover until he keels over from a stroke, mid-jerk. With her entire world hanging in the balance, Lindy sets off on a road trip to find one of Abe's offspring to bring him back at the behest of her husband's dying wish (or so she thinks... or imagines), armed with only a name (Raymond), city and her trusty hatchback. »
- Katie Walsh
Review: ‘Natural Selection’ Mixes Family, God and Morning Wood Into an Offbeat and Rewarding Comedy
29 April 2012 7:00 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Natural Selection opens with a birth, of sorts, and ends with another. Kind of. A landscaper is working the grounds outside a prison, but when he takes a break and walks away from his riding lawnmower the clippings bag begins to move. A seam rips open and out pours a scrawny, filthy, mulleted man clearly thrilled to have escaped from jail. A few states away Linda (Rachael Harris) and her husband Abe (John Diehl) are waking in bed. She makes moves of a seductive nature, but he shuts her down with a reminder that God would not approve. She’s barren and unable to conceive, and God only approves of fornication in the service of procreation. It’s a struggle that she accepts without complaint, but when Abe suffers an ironic stroke that puts him in a coma while “donating” at a sperm bank she discovers he’s been doing so since they were married over twenty »
- Rob Hunter
Natural Selection Review
3 April 2012 5:54 PM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
Natural Selection Written and Directed by: Robbie Pickering Starring: Rachael Harris, Matt O' Leary, Jon Gries and John Diehl When Natural Selection made the festival rounds last year, the film quickly became a darling of sorts, picking up various awards and accolades from discerning audiences and critics alike. Considering the fact that the film was made on a shoestring budget by a first-time director (Robbie Pickering), that’s no small feat. Now that the film is being rolled out in limited release, general audiences can discover what sets this little diamond in the rough apart from typical road-trip fare. Rachael Harris is terrific as Linda, a sexually and socially repressed woman who has been living a joyless life with her Christian Fundamentalist husband Abe (John Diehl). He’s so devout that the two of them haven’t had sex for over 20 years - she’s been rendered infertile, so clearly »
- Shannon
Natural Selection - Movie Review
28 March 2012 7:21 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
A commendable ultra-low budget indie road trip flick, .Natural Selection. fails to fire on all cylinders. Debut director Robbie Pickering brings you this one straight from the heart, Texas style. Filmed in and around Austin, it is the story of a woman finding herself, in a place where few women seem to get the chance. When her husband Abe (John Diehl) has a stroke secretly contributing to a sperm bank his dutiful wife Linda (Rachel Harris) sets off to grant him his last wish. His wish is that he might see his illegitimate son, living in Florida, before the stroke finishes him off. What follows is a rambling road trip through the rough and ready wilds of the cheap »
- Ron Wilkinson
Natural Selection
15 March 2012 7:17 AM, PDT | Pastemagazine.com | See recent PasteMagazine news »
Natural Selection starts with a boner. It’s an old boner, and it belongs to Abe (John Diehl), a Christian zealot who’s refused sex to his 40-year-old wife for nearly 25 years. So it’s an old, unused boner—one that sends Abe’s wife on the misadventure of her life, prods Abe’s illegitimate, cooked-out son to finally get his life in order, and nearly puts Abe in his grave. »
Natural Selection Movie Poster 2!
24 February 2012 7:39 AM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Second poster for Natural Selection, starring Rachael Harris, Matt O'Leary, John Diehl and Jon Gries. Winner of the Grand Jury and Audience Awards at SXSW and nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Actress, Natrural Selection is a wonderfully irreverent indie comedy directed by Robbie Pickering and featuring a breakthrough performance by Rachael Harris. Also in the cast of the Robbie Pickering-helmed-and-scripted comedy distributed by Cinema Guild which opens March 16th in New York, is Vanessa Vander Pluym. Linda White (Rachael Harris), a devoted Christian housewife, leads a sheltered existence in suburban Texas. Her world is turned upside-down when she discovers that her dying husband, Abe, has a 23-year old illegitimate son named Raymond (Matt O’Leary) living in Florida. Somewhere on the edge of guilt and loneliness, Linda grants Abe's »
Natural Selection Movie Poster 2!
24 February 2012 7:39 AM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Second poster for Natural Selection, starring Rachael Harris, Matt O'Leary, John Diehl and Jon Gries. Winner of the Grand Jury and Audience Awards at SXSW and nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Actress, Natrural Selection is a wonderfully irreverent indie comedy directed by Robbie Pickering and featuring a breakthrough performance by Rachael Harris. Also in the cast of the Robbie Pickering-helmed-and-scripted comedy distributed by Cinema Guild which opens March 16th in New York, is Vanessa Vander Pluym. Linda White (Rachael Harris), a devoted Christian housewife, leads a sheltered existence in suburban Texas. Her world is turned upside-down when she discovers that her dying husband, Abe, has a 23-year old illegitimate son named Raymond (Matt O’Leary) living in Florida. Somewhere on the edge of guilt and loneliness, Linda grants Abe's »
Natural Selection Theatrical Movie Trailer
13 February 2012 9:32 AM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Trailer for Robbie Pickering's Natural Selection, starring Rachael Harris, Matt O'Leary, Jon Gries and John Diehl Cinema Guild releases the critically-acclaimed comedy helmed and scripted by Robbie Pickering, which finds theaters on March 16th. The story tells of Linda White (Rachael Harris), a devoted Christian housewife who leads a sheltered existence in suburban Texas. Her world is turned upside-down when she discovers that her dying husband, Abe, has a 23-year old illegitimate son named Raymond (Matt O'Leary) living in Florida. Somewhere on the edge of guilt and loneliness, Linda grants Abe's final wish »
Natural Selection Theatrical Movie Trailer
13 February 2012 9:32 AM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Trailer for Robbie Pickering's Natural Selection, starring Rachael Harris, Matt O'Leary, Jon Gries and John Diehl Cinema Guild releases the critically-acclaimed comedy helmed and scripted by Robbie Pickering, which finds theaters on March 16th. The story tells of Linda White (Rachael Harris), a devoted Christian housewife who leads a sheltered existence in suburban Texas. Her world is turned upside-down when she discovers that her dying husband, Abe, has a 23-year old illegitimate son named Raymond (Matt O'Leary) living in Florida. Somewhere on the edge of guilt and loneliness, Linda grants Abe's final wish »
Apartment 1303 3D Brings a Curse from Japan to North America: Preview
28 January 2012 4:00 AM, PST | 28 Days Later Analysis | See recent 28 Days Later Analysis news »
The latest poster for Apartment 1303 3D has been available for awhile now, but this is the first time info' on this horror title has passed along the newswire. Apartment 1303 is a remake of a 2007 film from director Ataru Oikawa. Both versions of the film deal with a cursed apartment that leads many occupants to suicide over and over again. The curse cannot be broken. In the North American version, filmed in Montréal, Québec, the cast is made up of Mischa Barton (Homecoming) and Rebecca De Mornay (Mother's Day). Expect De Mornay to play the mother and Barton will play the older sister who has just lost her sibling to suicide. This film is in post-production and fans of the Japanese style of filmmaking might find something that draws them nearer in this latest title. More cast and crew details for Apartment 1303 3D are inside.
Writers: Jim Steele (screenplay), and Michele Taverna. »
- noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
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12 items from 2012
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