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Sep 6, 20216 min read
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, 20215 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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 26, 20203 min read
REVIEW: 'Hit Record' (2020), a mockumentary feature by Ethan Cvitanic
Hit Record is certainly not the first documentary style movie that deals with the rise of a star nor is it the first mockumentary to do...
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Oct 5, 20203 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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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