Tag: review
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The Tent
Next up, from Gravitas Ventures, it’s The Tent From film-maker Kyle Couch, The Tent is a look at survival in an… unusual… situation. The Tent stars Tim Kaiser as David, a man alone after a global crisis, and Lulu Dahl as Mary, who upsets the delicate balance David has created for himself in this post-crisis…
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Amulet
Wow. Here’s an unusual little film that played at Sundance this year: Amulet This is the first feature length film for director Romola Garai, and stars Alec Secareanu as Tomas, an ex-soldier, now living homeless in London. After a fire tears through his squat, he is taken by Sister Claire (played by Imenda Staunton) to…
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The Rental
A recent release to the all-too-few theaters currently open (as well as VOD), here’s the story of a celebratory weekend gone wrong: The Rental The Rental was written and directed by Dave Franco, and stars Dan Stevens, Alison Brie, Sheila Vand, and Jeremy Allen White as two couples who rent an airbnb-type home on the…
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The Last Five Days
Next up, from Wild Eye Releasing, it’s The Last Five Days Written by Clay Moffatt and Joe Pacini, directed by Moffatt and starring Moffatt and Pacini, The Last Five Days is a found-footage horror of supernatural origin. After investigating two purported haunted sites looking for a film school project, Brian and Greg find themselves haunted…
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Relic (2020)
Another new/recent release, now screening at various drive-in theaters or on Amazon, it’s Relic Starring Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote, and Robyn Nevin as three generations of women with strained relations between them, Relic is unlike most American horror movies. As Natalie Erika James’ first feature film in THE director’s chair (she has done a few…
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Deany Bean is Dead
Next up, from Global Digital Releasing, is a quirky little rom-com(esque) film for you: Deany Bean is Dead Synopsis: A down-on-her-luck woman (Allison Marie Volk, “The Lone Ranger”, “Anya”) tries to win back her ex-boyfriend at his engagement party without revealing that her recently strangled boss is in the trunk of her car. Starring Allison…