Fear Street lovers rejoice! The 4th installment of the intensely scary Fear Street is confirmed. So, before diving right into this one, here’s all you need to remember about the first three movies. The Fear Street trilogy is the adaptation of a series of teen horror novels, written by R.L. … [Read More]
When an explosion in the Norwegian mountains awakens an ancient troll, national officials appoint a fearless paleontologist to put an end to its devastating and deadly havoc. “TROLL” (2022): Norse legend leaps to life Film Review by John Smistad Norwegians, including we of familial descent, are big on trolls. Big trolls. … [Read More]
Lodo – Short Film Synopsis Lodo is a short film about Eru, a ten-year-old boy who accompanies his grandmother to the cemetery on the anniversary of his mother’s passing. Later, he returns near the cemetery to play soccer with his friend although the cemetery caretaker warns them not to out … [Read More]
Synopsis A young Norwegian woman, and her last memories of the five people who loved her most, recalled while experiencing a catastrophic event. John Smistad’s Review Was the beginning her end? Was this ending her beginning? Was everything in between her life? Or the here that flashes before the hereafter? … [Read More]
Synopsis In this haunting drama, a night of reckless drinking compels a car mechanic to forcibly detox his best friend — consequences be damned. John Smistad’s Review Two men. One a pathetic drunk. The other doesn’t want him to be. What takes place to and between them over the … [Read More]
Synopsis An actor/director is assigned a young woman to drive his Saab 900 Turbo around and about during a film festival. We shall come to find that this luxury automobile is metamorphic. A device symbolizing the drive to shake the past and propel forward. Adapted from Haruki Murakami’s short story, … [Read More]
Synopsis “Have You Heard About Greg? puts a human face on the most terrifying disease of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. The film features amazing experts committed to the fight against Alzheimer’s who share their experience and wisdom about how to deal with an invisible enemy that is quietly killing missions of people … [Read More]
Synopsis Confined to her apartment during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, Paloma, a young Spanish woman, goes on a dating site designed for women seeking other women. Before long she meets a lookalike, who begins to impersonate her with diabolical persistence, driving Paloma to track down the doppelganger and end … [Read More]
In Jennifer Abbott’s cinematic journey, the Sundance award-winning Director (The Corporation) draws intimate parallels between the experiences of grief—both personal and planetary. Stories from the frontlines of climate change merge with recollections from the filmmaker’s childhood on Ontario’s Georgian Bay. What do these stories have in common? The answer, surprisingly, … [Read More]
Synopsis Set during World War II, this is the story of Jarah’s coming-of-age in a brutal and lawless land. She grows from a sweet child to become a strong, independent and ferocious woman. Pushed far beyond her limit, Jarah takes on Australia’s corrupt and bigoted system one bad guy at … [Read More]
Synopsis Daphne and Wilson are sister and brother. Each have had it tough in life. Really tough. Not the least of their issues manifests in the mystery of a relentlessly terrifying stalker who refuses to leave them be. Who is it? What is it? And what could possibly be driving … [Read More]
Synopsis Sean is a Texas truck driver whose mental illness overwhelms him during the outset of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in the new based-on-actual-events domestic drama “Incubated”. Alarming, and ill-informed, radio newscasts propel Sean into uncontrollable hysteria, and his meds don’t appear to be furnishing their usual and dependable steadying … [Read More]