“Something” is a low budget, minimalist domestic mystery drama with hints of the supernatural. Or is it otherworldly? This is the question looming throughout this strange and unnerving chronicle of two regular people thrust into circumstances they appear helpless to ...
Los Angeles. Austin. The question is not whether these towns are strange. Only which one is stranger. Both bergs are featured in their full omnipresent oddness in the new romantic comedy Mr. Roosevelt. Noël Wells writes, directs and stars. Trailer: ...
The just-released “Walking Out” had me from the get-go. Having lived my entire life west of the Mississippi to varying degrees, I have a powerful appreciation and respect for the independent spirit of the region’s people together with the indigenous ...
Cold Harbour Directed by Carey McKenzie and produced by Tendeka Matatu Cast: Tony Kgoroge, Fana Mokoena, Yu Nan, Deon Lotz, Thomas Gumede and Zolani Mahola. The mutilated body of a Chinese man washes up on a Cape Town beach. For ...
https://youtu.be/SYwFc2Vto1I You’re likely familiar with the phrase “slow as molasses”. But I’m willing to bet you’re not as hip to the one that goes “slow as ‘The Holly Kane Experiment'”. Well, friends, consider yourself formally initiated. Good grief this British ...
https://youtu.be/7id_QSv8qYY There are certainly things to be said about the independent horror mockumentary “Savageland”. Both good things and not so much. Being as I am a steadfast “glass half full” guy and, by extension, critic, let us begin with the ...
There is a palpable sense you get while watching the quirked-out indy dramedy “Donald Cried”. It is the distinct impression that this maturation-blunted misfit stoner is based on a guy, or perhaps an amalgamation of them, that Writer, Director and ...
The freshly wide-released and most unconventionally presented docudrama “Desert Cathedral” seemed to offer some of my very favorite facets of film. These are in no particular order of preference: suspense, drama, a darkish theme, an enigmatic and sparingly speaking main ...
THE GENERAL IDEA Is the terribly troubled Wyatt (MacLeod Andrews) a complete nut job or are there really diabolically disguised monsters all about us intending to take over our planet? This is the unusually intriguing and engagingly executed premise driving ...
THE GENERAL IDEA Shane Carruth is a distinctively imaginative voice who is never gonna tell you precisely what’s going on in, nor cue you how he wants you to feel about, the unusually compelling films he makes. And when we ...
I already have a built-in affinity for the independent production “Krisha”, having grown up in the land of Texas suburbia which serves as the setting for this domestic drama. My own experience does not reflect the manner of familial blood ...
Director: Lee Kirk Written by: Lee Kirk Starring: Jenna Fischer, Chris Messina, Topher Grace, Malin Akerman Genre: Romantic Comedy MPAA: PG-13 Synopsis: A man dresses as a silver painted robot and inspires a woman to look at her life from ...
