Candy Land, 2022. Written and Directed by John Swab. Starring Olivia Luccardi, Sam Quartin, Eden Brolin, Owen Campbell, William Baldwin, Virginia Rand, Brad Carter, Billy Blair, Bruce Davis, Mark Ward, and Guinevere Turner. SYNOPSIS: A seemingly naïve and devout young woman finds her way in the underground world of truck stop sex workers. Set during […]
Movie Review – Giving Birth to a Butterfly (2021)
Giving Birth to a Butterfly, 2021. Directed by Theodore Schaefer. Starring Annie Parisse, Gus Birney, Rachel Resheff, Constance Shulman, Owen Campbell, Paul Sparks. SYNOPSIS: A woman who has had her identity stolen goes on a road trip with her son’s pregnant girlfriend to find those responsible. Theodore Schaefer’s surreal debut places a flickering light on […]
Meet the lot lizards in trailer for horror-thriller Candy Land
Ahead of its release this January, a poster and trailer have arrived online for writer-director John Swab’s upcoming horror-thriller Candy Land. The film follows Remy (Olivia Luccardi), a naive young woman who finds her way in the underground world of truck stop sex workers after she is cast out of a religious cult. Watch the […]
Movie Review – X (2022)
X, 2022. Written and Directed by Ti West. Starring Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow, Scott Mescudi, Martin Henderson, Owen Campbell, Stephen Ure, James Gaylyn, Simon Prast, and Matthew Saville. SYNOPSIS: In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch […]
UK trailer for horror My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To
Ahead of its release this June, Lightbulb Film Distribution has released a UK trailer for writer-director Jonathan Cuartas’ upcoming horror My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To which stars Patrick Fugit and Ingrid Sophie Schram as siblings who will stop at nothing to keep their sick younger brother (Owen Campbell) alive when he […]
Movie Review – Body Brokers (2021)
Body Brokers, 2021. Written and Directed by John Swab. Starring Jack Kilmer, Michael Kenneth Williams, Jessica Rothe, Alice Englert, Peter Greene, Owen Campbell, Thomas Dekker, Sam Quartin, Frank Grillo, and Melissa Leo. SYNOPSIS: Brought to Los Angeles for treatment, a recovering junkie soon learns that the rehab center is not about helping people, but a […]
Trailer for Body Brokers starring Jack Kilmer, Michael K. Williams, Jessica Rothe, Frank Grillo and Melissa Leo
Vertical Entertainment has released a trailer, poster and images for the upcoming crime thriller Body Brokers. Written and directed by John Swab, the film follows Utah, a young junkie living on the streets of Ohio who is approached by an enigmatic man offering to bring him to L.A. for drug treatment which he soon discovers […]
Movie Review – The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)
The Miseducation of Cameron Post, 2018. Directed by Desiree Akhavan. Starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Sasha Lane, Forrest Goodluck, John Gallagher Jr., Owen Campbell and Jennifer Ehle. SYNOPSIS: A lesbian teenager is sent by her family to a Christian camp where similar youngsters are taught to conquer their sexuality before being allowed back into the world. […]
Movie Review – Blame (2017)
Blame, 2017. Directed by Quinn Shephard. Starring Quinn Shephard, Chris Messina, Nadia Alexander, Sarah Mezzanotte, Tessa Albertson, Luke Slattery, Owen Campbell, Geneva Carr, and Tate Donovan. SYNOPSIS: A drama teacher’s taboo relationship with an unstable student strikes a nerve in her jealous classmate, sparking a vengeful chain of events within their suburban high school that […]
Movie Review – The Strange Ones (2017)
The Strange Ones, 2017. Written and Directed by Christopher Radcliff and Lauren Wolkstein. Starring Alex Pettyfer, James Freedson-Jackson, Tobias Campbell, Gene Jones, Owen Campbell, Marin Ireland, Will Blomker, and Olivia Wang. SYNOPSIS: Mysterious events surround two travelers as they make their way across a remote American landscape. On the surface, all seems normal, but what […]