There is no cause for confusion in the rather strange matters of film financing; a movie say, “5lbs of Pressure” takes place in Manhattan while it is produced in Manchester, England for some reasons. While the reasoning seems to hold well on the face of it, perhaps the industrial city in the UK is less […]
The Clean Up Crew: Let’s say you’re on a murder scene clean up and you apprehensively check a suitcase stuffed with cash. What would an average person do in these circumstances? Probably, one has watched several action movies and thinks there are implicit consequences of fleeing with the money. That, however, has not deterred Siobhan
High Tide: Writer-director Marco Calvani’s debut feature “High Tide” is an earnest and tenderhearted story of a young undocumented gay Brazilian Lourenço (played by Marco Pigossi) who is counting his remaining hours in town before living in an uncertain future. While the film possesses pictorial narrative patterns reminiscent of a homoerotic world that Claire Denis’s
WARNING: Any information that may give away a key part of the film ‘Milk & Serial’ is fueled in this text and will reveal any spoilers present in the film. Until now, one would never have imagined that Curry Barker would someday have the biggest box office success of the year. Barker’s work ‘Milk &
New film, Tyler Perry’s Divorce in the Black is available for streaming on Prime Video. Divorce in the Black revolves around Ana, played by Meagan Good, an image of a young banker who is married to a violent alcoholic husband, Dallas played by Cori Hardrict, who ultimately decides to end the marriage. The film does
It could be that horror is his thing, but Chris Stuckmann went through with making his film “Shelby Oaks” with no fear. Busy counting the days to its Fantasia Festival World Premiere, many would be concerned about what audiences think. Stuckmann chuckles as he admits that it is probably something he has been thinking about
Wineville is about sexual abuse, a serial killer who operates from a California winery, and other horrifying things that cannot be disclosed for fear of giving away too many twists in the plot. The word disgusting is also applicable here, because many would appreciate a warning against sitting through this mess. The filmmakers have not
Amidst the vastness of the woods, three people stagger in a cabin for their dinner. The first thing they do before eating is to fold their hands as in prayer. However, it is not to God that they are appealing, but rather the cabin itself, which bears ‘the name of Lazareth.’ Their home, Lee (Ashley
The Thundermans Return was directed by Trevor Kirschner who co-wrote the film with Jed Spingarn. The film was produced with the intent of bringing back the actors and the sense of affection that the audience used to associate with the original series that aired between 2013 and 2018; The Thundermans. Despite managing to get back
Phil Volken’s Dead Sea tries to combine the crime horror aspect but unfortunately becomes lost in a thick murky storyline that is unsupported. It had the right potential but it’s ruined by cliché plot twists, flat characters, and a dull setting which never manages to create the horror it aims for. Although it has a
