Author: Jan Hamilton

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

When law enforcement knocks on the door of the middle-class Ohio family Mark and Gail Ritchey in 2019, it seems to come out of nowhere, but Gail has been fearing this day since 1993. The dead body of a newborn, found locally all those years ago, hasbeen linked to Gail through DNA testing of a… Continue reading SXSW 2025 Movie Review: BABY DOE – A Cold Case Documentary

The scene: present day. Three college students are beingdriven home by an old high school friend, Travis, played by Michell Cole, an ex-soldier with a soft southern accent. Day, the sole woman, played by Akira Jackson, is a whip-smart African American. Phinehas Yoon plays James the somewhat nihilistic Asian, and Noah Toth plays Fish (Fisher)… Continue reading SXSW 2025 Movie Review:   It Ends – An Engrossing Horror/Thriller

In this Danish/Swedish/Japanese co-production, we are told that 40% of adults in modern-day Japan say they are lonely. Increasingly, a large percentage of people live alone. We meet two such people in our film: one, a 45-year-old man we’ll call M, and a 43-year-old woman we’ll call F. M works for a business and feels… Continue reading SXSW 2025 Movie Review: Dear Tomorrow – A Sympathetic Documentary

Director Benjamin Flaherty is himself a recovering alcoholic. He got help after many years from a sponsor and from working in the program. When the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, it covered addiction treatment. Since that time, many bogus treatment centers have sprung up. They are simply patient mills whose object is to… Continue reading SXSW 2025 Movie Review: SHUFFLE – How Good Intensions Can Go Bad

Kristi was raised by her older brother in Baton Rouge, La., and was definitely a tomboy. In adolescence, she decides she is a lesbian, and in college, she needs gynecological surgery. When she asks to see her medical records, Kristi learns she was born with “indeterminate sexual organs”, actually born a boy (XY) chromosomes, with… Continue reading SXSW 2025 Movie Review: THE SECRET OF ME – Secrets Are Eventually Exposed