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Movie Review – Rust Creek (2018)

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Rust Creek, 2018. Directed by Jen McGowan. Starring Hermione Corfield, Jay Paulson, Sean O’Bryan, Jake Kidwell, Jeremy Glazer, and Daniel R. Hill. SYNOPSIS: A college graduate on her way to a prestigious job interview gets stranded in the remote Kentucky forest. She must use all her wits to survive both the harsh outdoor elements and […]

Movie Review – The Rainbow Experiment (2018)

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The Rainbow Experiment, 2018. Directed and Written by Christina Kallas. Starring Christian Coulson, Vandit Bhatt, Kevin Kane, and Connor Seimer. SYNOPSIS: A New York High School responds to a tragic science class accident. Tracing the aftermath of a tragic schoolroom accident, The Rainbow Experiment plays out as an artful expressionistic why-dunnit. A post-modern detective story […]

Movie Review – Silencio (2018)

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Silencio, 2018. Directed by Lorena Villarreal. Starring Melina Matthews, Rupert Graves, John Noble, Michel Chauvet SYNOPSIS: Ana has to find a mythic stone to save her son’s life. During the search through space and time, she encounters family secrets and enemies who will stop at nothing to utilize the stone’s power. In Mexico’s ‘Zone of […]

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Plan That Came from the Bottom Up

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The Plan That Came from the Bottom Up, 2018. Directed by Steve Sprung. SYNOPSIS : A visual essay/documentary film about a 1970’s arms company going bust where threatened workers came up with dynamic new products, including heat pumps, wind turbines and an energy saving house. The Plan That Came from the Bottom Up is an […]

Movie Review – What Keeps You Alive (2018)

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What Keeps You Alive, 2018. Directed by Colin Minihan. Starring Hannah Emily Anderson, Brittany Allen, and Martha MacIsaac. SYNOPSIS : Jackie and Jules attempt to celebrate their one year anniversary in the wild woods and mountainous countryside of Jackie’s family holiday home. Jackie (Hannah Emily Anderson) and Jules (Brittany Allen) are a happily married couple keen to […]

Movie Review – The Basement (2018)

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The Basement, 2018. Directed by Brian M. Conley and Nathan Ives. Starring Mischa Barton, Jackson Davis, Cayleb Long, Bailey Anne Borders, Tracie Thoms, and Sarah Nicklin. SYNOPSIS : A man is abducted and wakes up in a basement. His captor is a psychopathic serial killer who forces his victims to take part in a deranged therapy […]

Movie Review – What Still Remains (2018)

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What Still Remains, 2018. Directed by Josh Mendoza. Starring Lulu Antariksa, Colin O’Donaghue, Mimi Rogers, Jeff Kober, Dohn Norwood, Roshon Fegan SYNOPSIS : Against a post-apocalyptic backdrop, a young woman must decide who to trust in order to survive. Oh, the apocalypse. Edging ever closer it seems, and in the thriller What Still Remains it’s there in […]

Movie Review – Eaten by Lions (2018)

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Eaten by Lions, 2017. Directed  by Jason Wingard. Starring Jack Carroll, Antonio Aakeel, Asim Chaudhry, Johnny Vegas. SYNOPSIS: Omar and Pete are half-brothers raised by their grandmother after their mother and Pete’s father die in the freak accident of the film’s title. After finding a letter talking about his blood father, Omar decides to take […]

Movie Review – The Ciambra (2017)

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The Ciambra, 2017. Written and Directed  by Jonas Carpignano. Starring Pio Amato, Koudous Seihon, and Damiano Amato. SYNOPSIS: In a small Romani community in Calabria, Italy, Pio Amato is desperate to grow up fast. Amidst a backdrop of tensions between the local Italians, recent arrivals from African countries and his fellow Romani, Pio must decide […]

Movie Review – Dead List (2018)

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Dead List, 2018. Directed by Victor Mathieu, Ivan Asen and Holden Andrews.   Starring Matt Fowler, Nick Bandera, Holden Andrews, Rob Healy, Josh Eichenbaum, Eric Pierce, and Susan Stangl. SYNOPSIS: A group of actors all vying for the same role start to go missing in mysterious ways. An occult book detailing their names acts as check list for the […]