Month: August 2023

Hollyshorts Film Festival Reviews: Filmmaker Mo Abudu’s Short Films Feature Mental Health Theme

Nigerian filmmaker Mo Abudu has two short films she wrote and directed that I viewed as part of this month’s 19th Annual Hollyshorts Film Festival. Her directorial debut is with Her Perfect Life and Iyawo Mi (My Wife) films. Each one is about two distinctly different families regarding their socioeconomic status, and the matriarch in… Continue reading Hollyshorts Film Festival Reviews: Filmmaker Mo Abudu’s Short Films Feature Mental Health Theme

BLUE BEETLE Has Much Love for the Mexican-American Culture

Maybe I am biased, but the new superhero movie from Warner Bros/DC is a prominent love letter to the Mexican-American experience. That main element made me enjoy this movie as much as I did. I am unfamiliar with the character’s comic origins, but what struck me most about this character adaptation is how similar it… Continue reading BLUE BEETLE Has Much Love for the Mexican-American Culture

STRAYS: If You Have Seen the Trailers, You’ve Seen the Best Parts

Everyone knows that trailers are supposed to pique people’s interest in movies. However, if a trailer reveals too much, there is little else to enjoy or appreciate once one has spent money on a movie ticket. Sadly, such is the case with Strays, a movie that attempts to deliver a comedic take on “talking animal”… Continue reading STRAYS: If You Have Seen the Trailers, You’ve Seen the Best Parts

DARK WINDOWS in Select Theaters and On Demand on August 18

Dark Windows is directed by Alex Herron (Leave) based on the script by Ulvrik Kraft (also credited as Wolf Kraft). This horror/thriller has a synopsis about a group of teenagers going off for the weekend to a cabin and then being terrorized. If someone reads this, there is plenty of reason to think there is… Continue reading DARK WINDOWS in Select Theaters and On Demand on August 18

DARK WINDOWS en cines selectos y On Demand el 18 de agosto

Dark Windows está dirigida por Alex Herron (Leave) basada en el guión de Ulvrik Kraft (también acreditado como Wolf Kraft). Este thriller de terror tiene una sinopsis sobre un grupo de adolescentes que se van el fin de semana a una cabaña y luego son aterrorizados. Si alguien lee esto, hay muchas razones para pensar… Continue reading DARK WINDOWS en cines selectos y On Demand el 18 de agosto

PSYCHOSIS World Premiere at Popcorn Frights Film Festival 2023

The feature-length film Psychosis is written, directed, produced, and edited by Australian filmmaker Pirie Martin (Andy’s Venture, the 2017 short). It had its world premiere at the Popcorn Frights Film Festival this month. For fans of grainy, high-contrast black-and-white photography, this will be appealing upon viewing the main character, Cliff Van Aarle (Derryn Amoroso), as… Continue reading PSYCHOSIS World Premiere at Popcorn Frights Film Festival 2023

PSYCHOSIS tuvo estreno mundial en el Popcorn Frights Film Festival 2023

El largometraje, Psychosis, está escrito, dirigido, producido y editado por el cineasta australiana Pirie Martin (Andy’s Venture, el corto de 2017) y tuvo el estreno mundial en el Festival de Cine Popcorn Frights este mes. Para los fanáticos de la fotografía granulada en blanco y negro de alto contraste, esto será atractivo al ver al… Continue reading PSYCHOSIS tuvo estreno mundial en el Popcorn Frights Film Festival 2023

Film News and Review: Match Me If You Can Receives Theatrical Release on August 11 after Festival

Vertical has acquired the North American, UK, and Ireland rights to director Marian Yeager’s film Match Me If You Can. The screenplay, penned by Betsy Morris, is a contemporary romantic comedy that follows a computer nerd who goes viral declaring war on an online dating service that dubbed her “unmatchable.” The film stars Georgina Reilly,… Continue reading Film News and Review: Match Me If You Can Receives Theatrical Release on August 11 after Festival

THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER Delivers Thrills, Suspense, and Bloody Kills

Based on “The Captain’s Log,” a chapter from the Dracula novel by Bram Stoker, The Last Voyage of the Demeter builds on this section of the iconic horror story and delivers a chilling and creepy feature film. With a solid screenplay by Bragi Schut Jr and Zak Olkewicz, director André Øvredal beautifully builds up the… Continue reading THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER Delivers Thrills, Suspense, and Bloody Kills