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Chris Olson
- Nov 19, 2019
- 2 min
Inside You indie film review
★★★★ Directed by: #HeatherFink Written by: Heather Fink Starring: Heather Fink, #MarshallStratton Indie Film Review by: Chris Olson Freaky Friday meets The Five Year Engagement on Viagra, indie #filmmaker Heather Fink’s unabashed movie Inside You takes the body swap concept and slaps a brazen attitude on it. Full of gender role exploration and relationship quandaries, it’s an indie comedy with as much heart as horniness. Heather Fink and Marshall Stratton play Stephanie and R
Chris Olson
- Nov 8, 2019
- 2 min
Another Version of You indie film review
★★★★ Directed by: #MotkeDapp Written by: Motke Dapp Starring: #KristopherWente, #BrittanyBelland, #SaraAntonio, #CJPerry Indie Film Review by: Chris Olson If Woody Allen had directed The Adjustment Bureau it may have looked a little like this indie comedy from writer and director Motke Dapp. Another Version of You (formerly known as Other Versions of You) is a high concept piece that manages to navigate the intrepid paths of interdimensional travel using a classic girl next d
Chris Olson
- Oct 22, 2019
- 2 min
Thick As Thieves short film review
★★★★ Directed by: #SamFichtner Written by: Sam Fichtner Starring: #RevellCarpenter, #LukeLenza, #NicoleWolf, #StephenFriedrich, #ErinDinsmore Short Film Review by: Chris Olson Thick As Thieves Movie Review The Thief Who Came to Dinner meets Ocean’s 11 in this short film from #filmmaker Sam Fichtner, Thick As Thieves. Starring Revell Carpenter and Luke Lenza as Rose and Gary, a new couple who are about to go through the most formidable of relationship tests - a couples dinner.
Chris Olson
- Oct 8, 2019
- 2 min
Russian Whispers short film review
★★★ Directed by: #KeifGwinn Written by: #TobiasHussey Starring: #MerabNinidze, #NadaSharp, #CharlotteMoore, #JohnVernon, #RobHadden, #JahmaiMaasai Short Film Review by: Chris Olson Father of the Bride meets The Sopranos in this #comedy short film Russian Whispers. Directed by Keif Gwinn and written by Tobias Hussey, planning a wedding has not been this tense since Bride Wars. The parents of a Russian lad (Merab Ninidze and Nada Sharp) visit the home of their soon-to-be in-law
Chris Olson
- Sep 16, 2019
- 2 min
Dementia short film review
★★★★ Directed by: #BobbyChase Written by: Bobby Chase Starring: #DanielBMartin, #SarahWasserbach, #KenGoldfarb, #MorganDyer Short Film Review by: Chris Olson Finding humour in dementia is a tall order but #filmmaker Bobby Chase's short film about memory loss is certainly memorable. Daniel B. Martin plays Kevin, a man struggling to come to terms with the deterioration of his father's (Ken Goldfarb) memory. He is due to visit along with his sister Erin (Sarah Wasserbach) and th
UK Film Review
- Aug 22, 2019
- 2 min
Stalker short film review
★ Directed by: Michael Keane Written by: Michael Keane Starring: #MichaelKeane Short Film Review by: #IeuanWalker From Steven Spielberg’s underrated classic Duel to the excruciatingly gripping Black Mirror episode ‘Shut Up and Dance’, the invisible antagonist trope has become an effectively suspenseful albeit somewhat cliché feature within the horror-thriller genre. Nevertheless, Michael Keane’s chaotically assembled Stalker generates an uncomfortable viewing experience for a
maddwolf95
- Aug 16, 2019
- 2 min
Where'd You Go, Bernadette film review
★★★ Directed by: Richard Linklater Written by: #RichardLinklater #HollyGent #VincentPalmoJr Starring: #CateBlanchett #BillyCrudup #EmmaNelson Film Review by #HopeMadden Low-key visionary director Richard Linklater, inexhaustible talent Cate Blanchett and wildly popular source material exploring creativity, motherhood and existential angst — Where’d You Go, Bernadette could work. The title suggests two things. Metaphorically, it refers to a disappeared genius. Bernadette Fox c
UK Film Review
- Jun 12, 2019
- 3 min
S.P.L.I.T mockumentary film review
★★★★ Directed by: Robbie Walsh Written by: Robbie Walsh Starring: #RobbieWalsh, #DavidAlexanderRoche, #DamienDempsey, #CathalPendred, #JennyDixon, #PatrickMurphy Indie Film Review by: #ChrisOlson It is often clear when a filmmaker truly loves cinema because their own movies become littered with references. Robbie Walsh is one such devotee to cinematic greats, and his indie #mockumentary, S.P.L.I.T certainly contains enough nods of the head to classic crime capers to make Joe
Darren Tilby
- Jun 1, 2019
- 2 min
We'll Test it on Humans indie film review
★★★★ Directed by: #BrianGianci, #ChrisShenkle Written by: #BrianGianci, #ChrisShenkle Starring: #BrianGianci, #ChrisShenkle, #CourtneyDesman Film Review by: #DarrenTilby This messy and tonally confused feature-length movie from the minds of Brian Gianci and Chris Shenkle struggles to find its niche as it toes-the-line between #comedy, #absurdity and obsession. But while messy it may be, what's left as the end credits roll is an unquestionably enjoyable and entertaining romp t
UK Film Review
- May 27, 2019
- 2 min
Cannibals and Carpet Fitters indie film review
★★★ Directed by: #JamesBushe Written by: #RichardLeeODonnell Starring: #DarrenSeanEnright #RichardLeeODonnell #ZaraPhythian #ChristopherWhitlow #DominicHolmes Indie Film Review by: #ChrisBuick Desperate for business and having landed a big job fitting carpets for an entire country manor, Cupid Carpets manager Nigel sends his best (and only) team out on the job in the middle of nowhere. But when the team arrive to get the job done, they unfortunately stumble into the domain of
UK Film Review
- May 12, 2019
- 3 min
Slapped! The Movie indie film review
★ Directed by: Alex Magaña Written by: Alex Magaña, Matt Lowe Starring: #AlexMagaña, #MattLowe Indie Film Review: by #NathanialEker At around the 58-minute mark of Slapped! The Movie, our protagonist asks himself ‘what the heck did I just watch?’ (albeit with a little more profanity). I found myself repeating this sentiment as I sat through an overlong film that manages to achieve the trifecta of gratuitous, offensive, and dreadfully unfunny. Slapped! The Movie desperately tr
UK Film Review
- Apr 7, 2019
- 3 min
Reina short film review
★★★★ Directed by: #PhilipVickery Written by: Philip Vickery Starring: #SergioCastillo, #KatPena, #RonOrlovsky, #TravisMitchell and #WoodrowProctor Short Film Review by: #RachelPullen You can’t see my dog right now but I can. He is small and gross and smells like the ocean, despite never going in it, he is old and shedding and likes to follow me everywhere, causing me to often trip over him and stumble into a dark void of probable death. Sometimes I’m holding soup, but this as
Darren Tilby
- Feb 22, 2019
- 2 min
Nothing Really Happens film review
★★★★ Directed by: #JustinPetty Written by: #JustinPetty Starring: #BobbyDornbos, #AdamEdwards, #JosephGraham, #LindsayGustin Film Review by: #DarrenTilby What can you say about a film that’s so bizarre, so fundamentally off balance and so messed up, that you’re still not entirely sure what has happened and what hasn’t after 100-minutes worth of film? Well, “can I watch it again?” obviously. And you will want to watch it again. And you absolutely should. Because if ever a film
Chris Olson
- Feb 16, 2019
- 3 min
Wally Got Wasted film review
★★★★ Directed by: Adam William Ward Written by: #SethHymes, Adam William Ward Starring: #PatrickCavanaugh, #AdamWilliamWard, #AaronGroben, #JamesBabson, #LissaLauria, #LaurenFrancesca, #RonaldQuigley, #AndrewRamaglia, Indie Film Review by: #ChrisOlson Weekend at Bernie’s meets Pineapple Express in this indie comedy movie from writers Seth Hymes and Adam William Ward. Wally Got Wasted is a gut-busting stoner flick that manages to put together a phenomenally impressive film on
Chris Olson
- Nov 15, 2018
- 2 min
Interview With Beeston Film Festival Director John Currie
Film Festivals interview by #ChrisOlson Who are you and what is the Beeston Film Festival? I am the Festival Director and creator. The Beeston Film Festival is the biggest international short film festival in the East Midlands. It aims to celebrate both film and filmmakers through providing a platform in the community for global cinema and offering a warm welcome to all filmmakers that attend in person. Who is your #filmfestival aimed at? It is aimed at the East Midlands regi
UK Film Review
- Oct 26, 2018
- 2 min
A Day in the Life of a Pint short film
★★★★★Directed by: #RobbieWalsh
Starring: #JohnnyElliot, #RobbieWalsh, #JennyDixon, #SeanFlanagan, #GillKeogh
Short Film Review by: #DarrenTilby Full-bodied, good head, sharp and refreshing and I’ve forgotten what I’m supposed to be reviewing… A simple premise: a man enjoys a pint at his local pub, whilst all around him little dramas, comedies, and love stories play out. At just over 3 minutes long, A Day in the Life in a Pint is the perfect length: any shorter and it would ha
Darren Tilby
- Oct 25, 2018
- 2 min
Re-Animator Review
★★★★★ Directed by: #StuartGordon Written by: #HPLovecraft, #DennisPaoli, #WilliamNorris, #StuartGordon Starring: #JeffreyCombs, #BruceAbbott, #BarbaraCrampton #ThrowbackThursday Film Review by: #DarrenTilby The perfect combination of #1980s camp #humour and gross-out #horror, Re-Animator has buckets of charm and still holds up incredibly well, even after thirty-three-years. What a pleasure it was to see this cult classic on the big screen again after so many years. After caus
Hannah Sayer
- Oct 17, 2018
- 2 min
S.P.L.I.T indie film review
★★ Directed by: #RobbieWalsh Written by: #RobbieWalsh #DavidAlexanderRoache Starring: #RobbieWalsh #DavidAlexanderRoache Indie Film Review by: #HannahSayer #RobbieWalsh and #DavidAlexanderRoache play two hitmen in S.P.L.I.T, an Irish #mockumentary set over a couple of days during the Autumn of 2013 in Dublin. A camera crew follows these two hitmen round to document their jobs and what they get up to along the way. The majority of the film takes place while they’re on the road
UK Film Review
- Oct 4, 2018
- 2 min
I'm Dead short film
★★★★
Directed by: Dan Sully
Written by: Dan Sully
Starring: Tom Padley, Khali Best, Frances Campbell, James Eeles, Jackson Milner
BFI London Film Festival Review by: Chris Olson The stag do movie done with a penchant for mischievousness, short film I’m Dead from writer and director Dan Sully is a playful and entertaining comedy that, thankfully, doesn’t know when to stop. Starring Tom Padley as Joe, a soon-to-be-wed young man who is about to embark on the notorious rite-of-
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