This amazingly accomplished first feature by Ronald Bronstein, made with a crew of four for seemingly little more than the cost of film stock, throbs with energy and vision.

NEWYORKER: Frownland

This amazingly accomplished first feature by Ronald Bronstein, made with a crew of four for seemingly little more than the cost of film stock, throbs with the energy and vision that independent filmmaking is all about.

NEWYORKER: Frownland

If the technology successfully drives costs lower, it could be a welcome boost for Hollywood, which, despite selling the world tales of futuristic sophistication, is as an industry often behind the curve in technology--images are stored on bulky, perishable film stock and large crews of technicians take orders from essentially paper-based offices.

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But so do film directors Steven Spielberg and Guy Ritchie (whose film credits include Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels).

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Americans in general still have trouble thinking of a gypsy as a member of an ethnic group, rather than a stock character in a film set in Transylvania.

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"It's a film made in the same vein as Lock, Stock and hopefully, those people who enjoyed the first will enjoy this one too, " Ritchie said when the film was released.

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The record labels, film companies and games firms that supply it with stock were persuaded to take a small stake in HMV as the chain found it increasingly difficult to pay them for the merchandise.

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The third film in the X-Men franchise would have seen Vaughn reunite with his Lock, Stock co-star Vinnie Jones, who has been cast as "900-pound battering ram" Juggernaut.

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Dreamworks Animation shares are trading higher this morning after Janney Capital analyst Tony Wible upped his rating on the stock to Neutral from Sell, asserting that the company could have a big hit with the upcoming film Rise of the Guardians, which will be released November 21.

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