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Jack J. Bottomley
- Aug 21, 2020
- 2 min
That Abandoned Place film review
★★★ Directed and written by #GigiHozimah Starring #JennyHutton, #JamesParenti, #SindaLeeNichols, #DimitriFisun Film Review by #JackBottomley Tackling any kind of metal health issues is difficult and especially when you cast a light on the internal struggle and thought processes that occur. And with this constant battle sometimes comes the even more difficult issues of existentialism, and portraying this on the screen can be a hopeless or grey experience. Writer/director #Gigi
Jack J. Bottomley
- Jul 27, 2020
- 2 min
Raindrops short film review
★★★ Directed and Written By #PhilipBrocklehurst Starring #PMThomas Short Film Review by Jack Bottomley After building up quite a large body of work, work which has continued during this lockdown period in this most warped of years, writer/director #PhilipBrocklehurst is back with another short film. Like the filmmakers’ other work, his latest short Raindrops takes an idea and does some unusual things with it, being experimental to an extent but not indecipherably so, however
Jack J. Bottomley
- Jul 17, 2020
- 2 min
Haunter short film review
★★★★ Directed by #PhilipBrocklehurst Written By #MuhammadHolmatov Starring #PMThomas Short Film Review by Jack Bottomley In the COVID age filmmakers have both been challenged and restrained by the unsurmountable stresses placed upon them. They have been forced to make use of the resources at hand more than ever before and to maybe even reign in their vision to a degree. On the flip side though, this claustrophobic age of uncertainty, paranoia and indecisiveness has meant that
Jack J. Bottomley
- Jun 16, 2020
- 2 min
Last Words short film review
★★★★ Directed by #AcePatel Written by #AnthonyHall Starring #JonRobertKress, #SamuelSmith, #LeahMorgan, #MatthewStazzone, #FrankDanger Short Film Review by Jack Bottomley The detective procedural is a genre path well walked in film. Be it the harsh snowy climates hiding more than just roads and pathways in films like Wind River or true life murder mysteries brought to life with ferocious tension in films like Zodiac. However, in any good detective story, there comes a climax,
Jack J. Bottomley
- Jun 2, 2020
- 2 min
Rushes short film review
★★★★ Written and directed by #BenedictCohen Starring #KirstenFoster, #JedOHagan Short Film Review by Jack Bottomley In creating a film or another piece of work (like Television, radio or magazines), you are often swallowed up by the story you are helping to tell or relay. Being a part of such a story is exciting and often a remarkable experience. However, it is easy to forget that, among the cast, crews and creators themselves other untold stories exist. These tales may not b
Jack J. Bottomley
- May 25, 2020
- 3 min
AfterLife short film review
★★★★ Written and directed by #PaulWright Starring #LeahBaskaran Short Film Review by Jack Bottomley I continue to be impressed by the vision of independent film and filmmakers. These grounds really are fertile with imagination and cinematic power, and seeing so many films continually cast a spell on you, makes you excited for the big screen future to come, as these artists and creators move on to bigger work down the line. AfterLife is an incredibly difficult short to describ
Jack J. Bottomley
- May 20, 2020
- 2 min
Flight short film review
★★★★ Directed and written by #NataliePeracchio Starring #RobinLandis, #ThereseLloyd Short Film Review by Jack Bottomley Sometimes in presenting the most challenging of times and situations we can face, the simplest onscreen approaches can work best and give some much more honest insight. As life goes on, we can - and inevitably will - all confront some tough times, times that take a certain amount of understanding to live with and through, times that can see people we love fa
Jack J. Bottomley
- May 15, 2020
- 2 min
Shutter short film review
★★★ Directed: #AndresRamirez Written by: Andres Ramirez Starring #JTHarper, #JustinHernandez, #YhanaSibelle, #LouiseGomez Short Film Review by Jack Bottomley Shutter Movie Review It is rather ironic that the beauty or cosmetics industry is often so truly ugly. Be it documentaries about the real life troubles the passionate and dedicated models can face in chasing what is their dream (Ashley Sabin and David Redmon’s Girl Model) or whether it is psychological and horrific ficti
Jack J. Bottomley
- May 11, 2020
- 3 min
“Hey Google” short film review
★★★★★ Directed and Written by #LeonLopez Starring #SaeedFarhat, #LeonLopez, #TerryGeorge, #EllenPryce Short Film Review by Jack Bottomley As confusion and uncertainty are becoming a constant in many of our lives and the coronavirus pandemic continues to dominate the year and destroy so much we hold dear, a wave of filmmakers are using this time not just constructively but meaningfully. This is an issue that has affected us all in varied ways and so many voices are already eme
Jack J. Bottomley
- Apr 29, 2020
- 3 min
We All Just Want To Be Mad short film review
★★★ Directed and written by #FloraTennant Starring #IsobelLaidler, #AllyNiChiarain, #JackCooperStimpson Short Film Review by Jack Bottomley What is madness exactly? Some might say it is Joker-style anarchy, some might say it is filling your bedroom with Andrex in a time of crisis, and some might say it is something each of us encounter in our life’s pursuits...especially those of the heart. Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote, “There is always some madness in love. But
Jack J. Bottomley
- Apr 25, 2020
- 3 min
Workshop short film review
★★★★ Directed by #JosephArcher Written by #SamToller Starring #Ryaan Ali, Kainan Tenkorang, Dean Smith, Ben Jones, Sam Toller Short Film Review by Jack Bottomley It can be hard to review ruminatory work, as these stories often leave you to piece together the plot (if there even is a firmly established one) and some characters can be an absolute enigma. Contrary to that, they can be about a core subject but leave you to think on that subject with an interesting, often artistic
Jack J. Bottomley
- Apr 21, 2020
- 3 min
Traffic Opera short film review
★★★★ Directed by #AndrewPochan Written by #SueLange Starring #VickiHallerGraff, #TamaraBlack, #YasirisAlvarado, #MariaDamore, #NarciRegina, #OliviaDamore, #BradleyHawkins, #JimmyDamore Short Film Review by Jack Bottomley As movies continue to progress with what they can accomplish and the stories they can tell, originality can be hard to come by. Even bold ideas or fresh ideas have visible influences or their filmmakers have been encouraged by the work of another. A truly ori
Jack J. Bottomley
- Apr 15, 2020
- 3 min
The Blinded Ride short film review
★★★★ Directed and written by #MatthewSteggles Starring #NiamhWalter, #LiamJefford, #HelenWatson, #IainStuartRobertson, #HayleyMarieAxe, #VidalSancho Short Film Review by Jack Bottomley When we think of dystopia films, we think of empty streets, collapsed roads, nature reclaimed industrial structures, baron lands patrolled my the mad remnants of mankind or a grey smog-coated world. We think of high production value cinematography and we think of a worn down, dirty and desperat
Jack J. Bottomley
- Apr 9, 2020
- 3 min
A Helical short film review
★★★★ Written and directed by #MarcusMcMahon Starring #MarcusMcMahon, #SannaKelly, #KeithChanter, #RobAkin Short Film Review by Jack Bottomley It continues to impress me how independent filmmakers over the decades keep raising bars and keep producing works of such ambition. Be they clearly of a low budget background or of a higher (but still small in the grand scheme of things) one; the resilience, talent and care put to many films - long or short - is continually inspiring an
Jack J. Bottomley
- Apr 4, 2020
- 3 min
Subferatu indie film review
★★★ Written and Directed by #PatrickPenta Starring #MikeDooly, #MartynGKrouse, #ThomasNichols, #ClaireWebber Indie Film Review by Jack Bottomley I must admit to you readers that with Subferatu, for a good length of time I was debating my thoughts on it. Was it good or bad? The sheer insanity of the plot outline alone is worthy of admiration but I was sat there thinking is it intended to be as it is? A homage by way of parody to those kinds of questionable films we find in the
Jack J. Bottomley
- Apr 1, 2020
- 3 min
Furthest From short film review
★★★★ Directed by #KyungSokKim Written by #RexReyesII Starring #AmandaChristine, #TuckerChandler, #JasminJeanLouis, #MignonVon Short Film Review by Jack Bottomley A point of change is something we all have to go through in life. Sometimes it’s a little different to what we are used to, other times it is a monumental turn around and life will never really be the same again. And it feels especially meaningful to be thinking about such things, at a point in time where we all are
Jack J. Bottomley
- Mar 28, 2020
- 2 min
The Hearing short film review
★★★★ Directed by #WillLiney Written by #WillLiney, #RoddyDeLaRosa Starring #NeilHobbs, #RoddyDeLaRosa Short Film Review by Jack Bottomley The Hearing Movie Review A confined cast can work wonders for a film or TV show, be it short or long. Narrowing your story to a small number of characters can work to enrich those characters and if a filmmaker has a handle on their story, then you are well and truly off and away. Director/co-writer #WillLiney’s The Hearing is an example of
Jack J. Bottomley
- Mar 26, 2020
- 3 min
An English Haunting film review
★★★★ Directed and Written by #CharlieSteeds Starring #DavidLenik, #TessaWood, #BarringtonDeLaRoche Film Review by Jack Bottomley Horror is always striving for new places to spread its sinister wings but sometimes it really is the simplest of traditions that chill the most. Be it a bump in the night, a fear of the unknown, a mind bending foray into the strange or a toothy monster under the bed. Many modern horror films continue to proudly embrace the past, be it the German exp
Jack J. Bottomley
- Mar 24, 2020
- 3 min
Sea Fever film review
★★★★ Directed and Written by #NeasaHardiman Starring #HermioneCorfield, #DougrayScott, #ConnieNielsen Film Review by Jack Bottomley At the opening of the classic Star Trek television series, William Shatner’s James T. Kirk would say that space was the final frontier, however we need look no further than our very own seas to discover new worlds. In a year where the final 20th Century Fox production (before the mighty Disney claimed control) in William Eubank’s underrated Under
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