Hold Your Breath
With an impressively involving story using multiple methods to scare the viewer, Hold Your Breath is just the ticket for this year’s Halloween season.
2024
You Gotta Believe
You Gotta Believe is a sports movie that’s as hokey as you could, well, believe. Based around the true story of Little Leaguers who made an impression on sports fans when the team earned a ranking in 2002’s Little League Baseball World Series championship, You Gotta Believe pulls out all the stops to grab families by their heartstrings. However, the film doesn’t feel manipulative. As he exhibited in his heavier sports drama 12 Mighty Orphans, director Ty Roberts…
The Becomers
By: Trevor Chartrand The Becomers is a highly entertaining sci-fi/comedy that does body-swappin’ on a budget. Written and directed by Zach Clark (Little Sister), the film is a testament to the advantages of a well-told simple story.
The Invisibles
From writer/director Andrew Currie (Fido), The Invisibles is an ethereal parable about disassociating from trauma and grief.
The Pee Pee Poo Poo Man
I can picture filmmaker Braden Sitter Sr. watching the news and becoming sidetracked by the ticker scrolling across the bottom of the screen. I can also picture the filmmaker getting lost down a rabbit hole of ridiculous clickbait articles on social media. This isn’t a knock against Braden because a movie as off-the-wall as his unauthorized comedy The Pee Pee Poo Poo Man needs sheer mischievous curiousity to make it work, and there’s no shortage of…
The Critic
Known for his unapologetic reviews in London’s Daily Chronicle, theatre critic Jimmy Erskine (Mr. Holmes’ Ian McKellen) finds himself in hot water when the publication gains new ownership, the newspaper’s heir David Brooke (Mark Strong of the Kingsmen franchise). Brooke requests that Erskine should find a lighter attitude when criticizing productions. Jimmy is particularly tough on actress Nina Land (Gemma Arterton of Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters) to such a degree that triggers her to…
My First Film
Using meta-mind-bending maneuvers to confront open wounds and find closure, with My First Film, director Zia Anger revisits her experience making her feature debut. While this latest project may have personally assisted Anger, it’s not as graceful for audiences who are along for the ride.
The Front Room
While a filmmaker who commits to their premise is usually worth commending, The Front Room repels the viewer towards condemning it.