Huffington Magazine Issue 33 | Page 91

Exit FILM AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS Casey Affleck plays a husband who takes the blame for the shooting of a police officer to cover up for his wife (Rooney Mara). Four years into his sentence, he escapes and attempts to find his wife and daughter he’s never met. This movie takes its sweet old time, but there's something haunting about it that sticks. CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: DAVID LOWERY; MYLES ARONOWITZ; JESS HALL. THE SPECTACULAR NOW Sundance is kind of like watching a large group of minor league baseball players vie for a shot at the major leagues.” The Spectacular Now is the follow-up movie for screenwriters Michael Weber and Scott Neustadter, who once wrote a movie you most likely saw called (500) Days of Summer. The Spectacular Now is about a high school senior (Miles Teller) who seems to be the king of the world, but who has no real plans for the future and may be turning into an alcoholic — until he meets a sci-fi nerd played, improbably enough, by Shailene Woodley. HUFFINGTON 01.27.13 THE EAST The late Tony Scott (that is still strange to type) produced this film about a group of anarchists who target bigbusiness leaders, forcing them to ingest whatever dangerous products they happen to be in charge of manufacturing. Zal Batmanglij (The Sound of My Voice) directs this story of a former FBI agent (Brit Marling) who infiltrates this group (called “The East”), only to wind up questioning her own motivations.