Among the films I am reviewing for the Hollyshorts Film Festival, I found this gem, My Week with Maisy, and truly feel its power. I fell in love with it and do not doubt that other film fans will, too. The film won ‘Best Women’s Short’ and the Audience Choice Award (Best Short Film) at… Continue reading Hollyshorts FF – Movie Review: My Week with Maisy – So Powerful It Became an Instant Favorite
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Movie Review: DIDI Reflects The Trials And Tribulations Of Teens Of All Generations
Regardless of one’s age, everyone has experienced stress and insecurity during their teen years. Though some of us had it more difficult than others, most people remember making bad decisions, saying the wrong things, or taking family for granted during our younger years. Filmmaker Sean Wang gives us a personal glimpse into his personal experience… Continue reading Movie Review: DIDI Reflects The Trials And Tribulations Of Teens Of All Generations
Movie Review: KNEECAP Is A Mostly Compelling Rebel Yell.
Like most colonized nations, Ireland has struggled to maintain a culture that is their own. For the Northern Irish, the key to their culture is their language. This issue is the primary goal of Kneecap–to raise global awareness of the challenge imposed on the Irish people by the British government. The film depicts a fictionalized… Continue reading Movie Review: KNEECAP Is A Mostly Compelling Rebel Yell.
Movie Review: Detained – Is She or Is She Not Being Held Against Her Will?
Detained is a psychological thriller directed by Felipe Mucci from a script he co-wrote with Jeremy Palmer. The filmmakers provide the audience with the story of a woman, Rebecca (Abbie Cornish, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” TV series), who starts an evening by changing plans at the last minute. She stops… Continue reading Movie Review: Detained – Is She or Is She Not Being Held Against Her Will?
Trap – a decent effort that doesn’t quite hit its mark
Trap is M. Night Shyamalan’s latest dive into the world of psychological thrillers, offering a mix of suspense, dark humor, and the kind of twisty narrative that has become his trademark. It’s a film that teeters on the edge of brilliance, held aloft by a stellar villainous turn from Josh Hartnett, but ultimately falls just… Continue reading Trap – a decent effort that doesn’t quite hit its mark
Movie Review: The Abandon – Now On Demand and Digital – Watch as the Walls Close In
Directed by Jason Satterlund from a script written by Dwain Worrell, this Sci-Fi/Thriller/Horror story is not for the faint of heart or for anyone who fears small or enclosed spaces. The film begins in wide open spaces in Iraq, but it is not soon after that Miles Willis (Jonathan Rosenthal) is shot that things change… Continue reading Movie Review: The Abandon – Now On Demand and Digital – Watch as the Walls Close In
Hollyshorts FF Movie Review: Shouting at the Sea – Remembering the Past and Moving Forward
When you reunite with a friend, especially after years of not seeing each other, everyone does not always remember things the same way. Such is the case when Joe (Harry Michell, “Hijack” TV series, “Life After Life” TV series, Yesterday) and Katherine (Maddie Rice, Fleabag, The Other One) agree to meet when they are in… Continue reading Hollyshorts FF Movie Review: Shouting at the Sea – Remembering the Past and Moving Forward
Movie Review: DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Finds A Place For Wade and Logan In The MCU
Wade Wilson, aka Deadpool, is known for his profane, R-rated adventures in Marvel Comics. And that always seemed fine for 20th Century Fox studios who headed his first cinematic outings. Well, the question that has remained on every Deadpool fan’s mind is, can the MCU handle Deadpool’s irreverence and blue humor for which he is… Continue reading Movie Review: DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Finds A Place For Wade and Logan In The MCU
Movie Review: ALL THAT IS SACRED, A Fascinating Time Capsule
I enjoyed attending a special documentary screening that reveals a particular time and place where acclaimed artists and kindred spirits came together to pursue their work, party like beasts, and share a passion for Tarpon fishing. Directed by Scott Balew, All That Is Sacred is a film that is too long to be a short… Continue reading Movie Review: ALL THAT IS SACRED, A Fascinating Time Capsule
Movie Review: TWISTERS Is Pure Junk Food Cinema
Lee Isaac Chung’s sequel to 1996’s Twister is precisely what you’d expect from a second installment. With a few tweaks, this movie delivers more of the same popcorn cinema that either thrilled or disappointed audiences. I enjoyed Jan De Bont’s first installment because of what it is- pure spectacle with little depth and no foothold… Continue reading Movie Review: TWISTERS Is Pure Junk Food Cinema