Day: April 14, 2025

The filmmakers behind New Jack Fury wanted to recreate the experience of watching late-night, trashy B-movies on ’80s/’90s cable television. Anyone who has ever watched USA Up All Night or any show by Joe Bob Briggs knows what I am talking about. New Jack Fury offers just that, complete with ridiculously hilarious commercials that are… Continue reading SXSW 2025 Movie Review: NEW JACK FURY

Musical artist Curtis Mayfield first hit my radar when I finally watched the film Superfly, and ever since, I have relished his incredible soundtrack for the movie. Besides that contribution, I didn’t know much about his other contributions to music or his life and background. I made it a point to watch this documentary because… Continue reading SXSW 2025 Movie Review: THE MAKINGS OF CURTIS MAYFIELD

This wonderful midnighter entry asks, Have you ever wondered why your dog has fixated on something that doesn’t appear to the human eyes? Director Ben Leonberg painstakingly offers a possible answer to this question with a horror-thriller that follows a dog’s experiences as he notices a malevolent force threatens his beloved owner. The director’s dog,… Continue reading SXSW 2025 Movie Review: GOOD BOY Delivers A Horror Film With A Canine Protagonist

We first find Bunny (Mo Stark) running down a shabby New York street, barely making it to his apartment. We won’t find out for a while what he was running from. He and his wife argue; it’s mild, but police are called for a noise complaint and hassle them a bit. These cops tend to… Continue reading SXSW 2025 Movie Review: Bunny – A lot of laughs, a dash of danger

While awaiting the return of her husband from his work retreat in Tasmania, Ava (Daisy Ridley) hears the terrible news of a military experiment gone wrong that has killed half a million people. He was at the center of the disaster and is most likely dead. It was an EMP that shut down people’s brains.… Continue reading SXSW 2025 Movie Review:  We Bury the Dead

British Airways flight 149 was headed for Kuala Lumpur when it stopped in Kuwait at 01:13 (GMT) on August 2, 1990. It had left London late and, on landing, dropped off a few passengers who found the terminal empty, all other arrivals and departures having been canceled. At the Kuwaiti British Embassy, the MI6 officer… Continue reading SXSW 2025 Movie Review: Flight 149: Hostage of War-Documentary  Why Were We Not Warned?

Cass (they/them) is a young non-binary person trying to get by with a service job in a restaurant, as a nanny for a well-off family, and occasionally drug dealing at parties. Every month is a struggle, partly due to living in the expensive city of San Francisco. One evening, they run into a new girl… Continue reading SXSW 2025 Movie Review: Outerlands Adrift in San Francisco

Exodus made its World Premiere at the 2025 SXSW Film & Television Festival, where it was nominated for the SXSW Grand Jury Award, Documentary Short Competition category. Nimco Sheikhaden (“I Dream a Dream That Dreams Back at Me” TV movie) is the director and stars Trinity Copeland and Assia Serrano. The short documentary explores two… Continue reading SXSW Movie Review: Exodus – A Documentary Short on Life Post Incarceration

Did you ever wish they would remake the movie Misery with a teen “biggest fan” and a rock star victim? That was the feeling I had after seeing the very entertaining movie Sweetness. Young teen Rylee Hill has been a devoted fan of moody rock star Payton has been a member of the group Floor… Continue reading SXSW 2025 Movie Review: Sweetness -Things aren’t what they seem to be