ARTIK ** USA 2019 Dir: Tom Botchii Skowronski. 78 mins The Artik of the title, as essayed by Jerry G Angelo, is a midwestern husband and father who wants his young son Adam (Gavin White) to carry on his work: he prepares for this by taking the kid out on…
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CLICKBAIT ** USA 2019 Dir: Sophia Cacciola, Michael J Epstein. 80 mins Over-indulged running gags and heavy-handed attempts at satire mar this attempt to puncture an all-too easy target. The impressive opening deep focus shot sets up our central character, Bailey (Colby Stewart), a college student renowned for her “flashes”…
POWERBOMB is an indie horror thriller that was independently financed. Directed by B.J. Colangelo (Deathcember) and R. Zachary Shildwachter, the film focuses on an amateur wrestling circuit, in which one fan wants to be part of the action. But, this fan takes things too far when he kidnaps and tortures…
Title 013 on the 101 Films Black Label will be the UK Blu-ray debut for action-packed sci-fi thriller SCREAMERS (1995), starring Peter Weller (Robocop) and based on the Philip K. Dick short story Second Variety. Synopsis: The year is 2078. The man is rebel Alliance Commander Col. Joseph Hendricksson…
FIRSTBORN **** Latvia 2017 Dir: Aik Karapetian. 93 mins After a drunken game at an Oriental-themed dinner party gets uncomfortably personal for middle-class couple Francis (Kaspars Znotins) and Katrina (Maija Doveika), they leave and are assaulted by a motorcycle-riding bag snatcher on the way home. Francis, in a bid to…