The annual Valley Film Festival is running August 3-7 in North Hollywood, California. I was lucky enough to score advance screenings and interviews for two of the featured flicks. Two Dash One One Mackenzie Breeden and Allie Leonard stun in ...
COMING HOME IN THE DARK Review Synopsis A teacher is forced to confront a secret from his past when a pair of ruthless drifters take his family on a nightmare road-trip. John Smistad’s Review Good vs. Evil. Okay, not so ...
Synopsis A young Norwegian woman, and her last memories of the five people who loved her most, recalled while experiencing a catastrophic event. John Smistad’s Review Was the beginning her end? Was this ending her beginning? Was everything in between ...
Synopsis In this haunting drama, a night of reckless drinking compels a car mechanic to forcibly detox his best friend — consequences be damned. John Smistad’s Review Two men. One a pathetic drunk. The other doesn’t want him to ...
Synopsis Director: Randall Okita Starring: Skyler Davenport, Kim Coates and Jessica Parker Kennedy From: IFC Films A group of thieves break into the luxurious, secluded mansion. Inside, Sophie is house-sitting. The visually impaired former skier soon must rely completely upon ...
Synopsis A man breaks into a tech billionaire’s empty vacation home, but things go sideways when the arrogant mogul and his wife arrive for a last-minute getaway. “Windfall” is modern dramatic thriller done with decided Hitchcockian homage running throughout. John ...
Synopsis An engaging coming-of-the-space-age story, the way only Richard Linklater could tell it. Inspired by Linklater’s own life, “Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood” takes you to the moon and back. This story is about growing up in ...
Synopsis Emma, a graduate student living alone in NYC, is being watched constantly by a stalker who hacks into the technology that surrounds her – laptop, cell phone, and other web connected devices. This demented obsession continues to grow as ...
Running April 5th through the 10th, “ASPEN SHORTSFEST” is one of only four Oscar-qualifying festivals in America to feature short films exclusively. I was honored with previewing ten of the productions to be shown at the prestigious event held annually in this Colorado snow skiing mecca. Here are ...
Synopsis Nils ploughs snow in the wild winter mountains of Norway, and is recently awarded “Citizen of the Year” by the people of his small town. When his son is murdered for something he did not do, Nils wants revenge. ...
Synopsis Directed by three-time Oscar®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson (“The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, “They Shall Not Grow Old”), “The Beatles: Get Back” takes us back in time to the band’s January 1969 recording sessions, a seismic-shift moment in music ...
Synopsis “The Worst Person in The World” is a modern dramedy about the quest for love and meaning in contemporary Oslo, Norway. It chronicles four years in the life of Julie (Renate Reinsve), a young woman who navigates the troubled ...
