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2009 Sundance Film Festival Preview
Latino Review — ... . Why does this one interest me? Because we're bombarded with ads all day long, every day at almost every hour. Now that I think about it, maybe I'll go see the tear jerker instead... U.S. Dramatic Competition Cold Souls , starring Paul Giamatti, takes place in a world where souls are traded as commodities. It looks like a great little mix of fantasy and reality and pretty much anything with Paul Giamatti in it means I'm gonna go see it. World Cinema Documentary Competition A lot of these world documentaries seem depressing as hell. Most have to deal with torture or people ...

The Bagger and Sundance: The Carnival Moves On
Carpetbagger — ... were still cooking as well. The gig for “We Live in Public” was live as well. And here’s the thing. With many of the people who had no reason to be here like, say, Paris Hilton, pulling out, the conversation among folks who remained focused on movies of all things. In no particular order, here’s a partial list of the movies that the Bagger heard chatter about: “Amreeka,” “Sin Nombre,” “In the Loop,” “Adventureland,” “An Education,” “Cold Souls,” “Humpday,” “September Issue,” “Brooklyn’s Finest,” “500 Days ...

Metaphysical 'Cold Souls' Gets An Apporiately Surrealist Poster, Hits Theaters August 7
:: The Playlist :: — ... because we were going to recently note that the film finally and quietly received a released date a few weeks back of August 7 via Samuel Goldwyn. It's basically about Giamatti, who in the midst of an existential crisis, stumbles upon a private Soul Storage lab in New York offering a relief from the burden of their souls - he becomes the first celeb to sign up for the process, says IonCinema who seemed to enjoy the picture. Here's the longer-form synopsis from Sundance: In response to shiny, bigger, ...