REVIEW: 'AVA: A Twist in the Road' (2021), a drama feature by Catherane Skillen
Ava has lived a charmed life with the love of her life for over 25 years. In one instant the unthinkable happens and she loses it all,...
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- May 26, 2022
- 7 min
INTERVIEW: Dana Ziyasheva On New Podcast, Movies and Career
Dana Ziyasheva, photo by Kirill Varshavskiy The whacky world of Dana Ziyasheva’s GREATLAND is expanding, this time in podcast form. How I...
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- Mar 6, 2022
- 5 min
REVIEW: 'The Batman' (2022), directed by Matt Reeves
I normally wouldn't post "mainstream" movie reviews here but I'm making an exception on this occasion. “I am the shadows” Batman says...
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- Jan 9, 2022
- 4 min
REVIEW: 'Spirit Quest' (2021), a comedy feature by Brent Lydic
Old friends go on a hallucinogenic mushroom trip through the desert to face their fears, doubts, and failures in hopes of coming to...
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- Oct 15, 2021
- 5 min
REVIEW: 'Greatland' (2020), a sci-fi feature by Dana Ziyasheva
In a pleasure-filled dystopia lorded over by a computer called Mother, a teenage boy escapes to save his childhood sweetheart from a...
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- Sep 29, 2021
- 4 min
REVIEW: 'Nicole' (2020), a dark comedy-drama feature by James Schroeder
Nicole is the story of a mysterious woman who is desperate to find love. She meets a gentleman named John on-line. They go on a first...
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- Sep 20, 2021
- 5 min
REVIEW: 'Kin Dread', a thriller feature by Adrian León
An anti-social sound designer with retrograde amnesia discovers a string of murders in his building but when the carnage triggers...
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- Sep 6, 2021
- 6 min
REVIEW: 'The Misadventures of Mistress Maneater', a comedy-drama feature by Binary Star Pictures
With only 30 days to repay a massive loan, a disgraced art historian is forced into a scandalous scheme: win the heart of, and then...
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- Aug 27, 2021
- 5 min
REVIEW: 'The Hunter's Anthology' (2021), a mystery thriller series by Smithline Films
Six strangers find themselves trapped in a New York City subway by Mac, a mysterious man who claims to be a demon hunter. Insisting one...
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- Jun 30, 2021
- 3 min
REVIEW: 'Felices Para Siempre' (2021), a short film by Anabel Estrella
Chloe is leaving and needs money before she loses her ride. Diego, her best friend, wants to help her. So the two of them kidnap someone...
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- Jun 9, 2021
- 3 min
REVIEW: 'Forgotten Trash', a sci-fi horror by Retro Video Pictures
"It was in the last few days of college when one of my friends brought his DV Camera into class. That sparked the original idea of...
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- May 19, 2021
- 3 min
REVIEW: 'Introspectum Motel' (2021), a thriller feature by Flying Mobula Films Ltd.
Introspectum Motel is a psychological thriller taking you straight to the heart of love and lust, holding up a mirror to our most...
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- Mar 3, 2021
- 4 min
REVIEW: 'The Lost Shoes' (2021), a documentary feature by Tomaso Aramini and Rafiqfuad Yarahmadi
We wanted to tell a submerged part of Italian history from the perspective of the toiling masses and the working class using historical...
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- Dec 28, 2020
- 2 min
WATCH & REVIEW: 'Renegade' (2020), a short experimental film by Gabby Lee
Renegade is an experimental short film that explores the exchange of matter in the universe. Everything on earth, alive or not alive, is...
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- Dec 21, 2020
- 2 min
REVIEW: 'Undercover Bike Cop' (2019), a short film by Retro Video Pictures
Set in a future where crime is the law, a former cop and his supernaturally possessed bike partner go undercover to preserve justice....
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- Oct 5, 2020
- 3 min
REVIEW: 'Remy's Demons', a horror feature by Bressler Productions
If there’s any genre that can benefit from having a low-micro budget, it’s the horror genre. Horror often looks to portray itself in a...
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- Sep 15, 2020
- 2 min
WATCH: 'Eighth Wonder' (2020), a short action film by JKK Films
A woman suffering from cancer faces her ultimate chance at regaining back her life. Outside the Spotlight says: Taking the "nothing to...
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- Aug 31, 2020
- 2 min
WATCH: 'Honour' (2020), a short action film by Under The Lens
When mercenaries are hired to kill his wife, our hero must reach into his dark past and take his revenge - though there is more to her...
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- Jul 30, 2020
- 4 min
REVIEW: 'The Mentor', (2020) a dark comedy feature by Wind in a City Films
Official poster for THE MENTOR, A Wind In A City Films release. Photo courtesy of Wind In A City Films) The Mentor by Wind in a City...
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- Jun 26, 2020
- 2 min
REVIEW: 'Hush Money' (2017), a thriller feature by gritHouse Films.
By gritHouse Films and director Terrell Lamont comes a no-nonsense thriller that grabs you by the throat immediately from the opening...
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