HOPE ***** Norway 2017 Dir: Adam A. Losurdo. 12 mins “Karl is a winner. Passionate, hungry, tenacious… all for love” In a world where a zombie virus has infected half the population. Ghouls wander peacefully over the country, minding their own business and trying to avoid normal people that taunt,…
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DEAD DICKS **** Canada 2019 Dir: Chris Bavota, Lee Paula Springer. 83 mins A distinctive, surprisingly moving genre-defying oddity from writing-directing team Bavota and Springer. Jillian Harris is terrific as Becca, a young neuroscience student who gets a distress call from her mentally ill brother Richie (Heston Horwin) and discovers…
UTUKKU **** Canada 2018 Dir: Mathieu Laprise. 15 mins A bite size mini-series, unfolding here in three 5 minute chapters, this has an affecting performance by Leanne Desilets as a downtrodden high school student, frequently bullied by Principal’s daughter Zeneb Blanchet and initially seen forcibly shut in her own locker.…
LAKE ARTIFACT ** USA 2019 Dir: Bruce Wemple. 96 mins “The two most powerful warriors are patience and time” Leo Tolstoy. Unfortunately, both were missing from this film. Lake Artifact directed by Bruce Wemple (Altered Hours) takes us into a strange hybrid of sci-fi/slasher horror that never really manages to…
BABY FRANKENSTEIN ** USA 2018 Dir: Jon YonKondy. 83 mins Described as a cinematic experiment during the end credits this ” family friendly” fantasy/comedy follows single mother Kim (Eileen Rosen) and her son Lance (Ian Barling) who are moving into a new house with the help of Kim’s loud and…