Award-winning director Marcel Walz (for his previous films, Blind and Pretty Boy) takes the helm for That’s a Wrap based on the script written by Joe Knetter (Blind, Pretty Boy) and Robert L. Lucas (One for the Fire: The Legacy of ‘Night of the Living Dead). The synopsis provided sounds interesting and reads: “The cast… Continue reading Frightfest Film Review: That’s a Wrap at Frightfest Film Festival has Digital Release in North America
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KITE ZO A: Leave the Bones has a NY Premiere after the SXSW Film & Television Festival
KITE ZO A (Leave the Bones) by Director/cinematographer/editor Kaveh Nabatian (Sin La Habana, The Seven Last Words), world premiered at Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, where it bowed in the International Panorama section and won Best Feature Film, held its international premiere at the SXSW Film & Television Festival, and went on to play the… Continue reading KITE ZO A: Leave the Bones has a NY Premiere after the SXSW Film & Television Festival
Shudder to host BAD THINGS after Tribeca Film Festival World Premiere
Director-writer Stewart Thorndike’s second feature after Lyle (2014) is a horror-psychodrama set in a hotel that has seen better days and needs some upgrades – badly. Yet four people are en route in the winter to this hotel. Challenge number one is a fallen tree limb. One of the characters seems to know where a… Continue reading Shudder to host BAD THINGS after Tribeca Film Festival World Premiere
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
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
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
JULES Charms Audiences With A Very Sweet Disposition
There have been lots of movies about humanity’s contact with extraterrestrial life. Still, most of these films have either very young protagonists or those who fall under the demographic range of adult to middle-aged. Now, before anyone can yell “Cocoon,” you should know I am well aware of this movie and its sequel. I am… Continue reading JULES Charms Audiences With A Very Sweet Disposition