Movie Preview: The Assassination of a High School President


Updated 04/16/10 5:57 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 8 comments

Movie Preview: The Assassination of a High School President

Not long ago I watched Rocket Science for a second time and was struck all over again by how superbly Reece Thompson (pictured, right) captures the whole Awkward Teen thing. In Assassination of a High School President, he's at it again — though this time his character is ever so slightly cooler and more self-assured than Rocket Science's Hal. In Assassination he plays a sophomore high school Read more

Rocket Science: Charming, But Not Quite Enough


Updated 08/12/07 5:26 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 5 comments

Rocket Science: Charming, But Not Quite Enough

Rocket Science is the kind of movie that people, including me, will describe as charming or endearing. The problem with the film — the first narrative feature from Oscar-nominated director Jeffrey Blitz, who directed Spellbound — is that it's not quite as charming as it thinks it is. Rocket Science centers on Hal Hefner (Reece Thompson), a meek high schooler with a serious stutter and a Read more

3 Reasons to See Indie Comedy Ceremony


Updated 04/22/11 12:35 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Ceremony Movie Review

The indie film Ceremony, starring Michael Angarano as a lovelorn writer who tricks his best friend (Reece Thompson) into helping him crash the wedding of the woman he's in love with (Uma Thurman), expands its limited release today. While the film, the first feature from writer/director Max Winkler, has flown under the radar, I have a few reasons why it might deserve to be on your must-see Read more