What might look like another film about the world of an autistic individual struggling with the everyday norms of life, is actually a love letter to Star Trek fans. Please Stand By (the title is explained within the film) offers Dakota Fanning (American Pastoral) a role reversal from I Am Sam, the film that introduced […]
Not to be confused with Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind, although both brilliant mathematicians do have similar social problems. Previously titled X+Y, A Brilliant Young Mind is based on the story of Daniel Lightwing, who worked with the production and attended the prestigious Olympiad as Butterfield’s character does in the film. “I have a
Probably the most common theme at SXSW is that of the young teenage boy trying to find himself. With a new filmmaker trying to cut his teeth on a first feature, it isn’t surprising that writer/director Michael Johnson uses the stereotypical drugs, alcohol abuse, and depression to wade through self discovery. “Each man’s wilderness is