Independent filmmaking is an important part of American cinema. Films that aren’t tied to massive budgets or governed by large studios tend to be more free to take risks and explore new possibilities of stories and their telling.
NOTE: There will be no major spoilers in this review. Independent filmmaking is an important part of American cinema. Films that aren’t tied to massive budgets or governed by large studios tend to be more free to take risks and explore new possibilities of stories and their telling. However, sometimes this goes too far,…
It can be hard to be a viewer these days. The film and television industries obviously dictate what gets made and how it comes out. There are a lot of remakes, sequels, prequels and spinoffs and sometimes it turns out all right, but most of the time it doesn’t. Bigger budgets, less plot, bigger names…
I was hooked instantly. That’s probably the best way to begin talking about this trailer. It doesn’t start with some vague threat, or generic establishing shot. It starts on a metaphor, a literal fable, one about unchanging nature. But whose? Humanity’s, or something else? Mysteries are a powerful tool, and this trailer wields it with…
For those that do not remember, five months ago I wrote a review of the opening chapter to an upcoming science fiction novel by the name of A Timeless Abandon. I gave it a glowing review, and stated that the book was something to look out for, because it was going to be amazing. Having…
If this is the music that plays at the end of the world… …then I say… “LET IT BURN!” After the Lights Failed is a chaotic album, and I mean that in the best possible way. It kept me on my toes as I drifted through each song, losing track of time and where I…
In any movie/television series wherein the world has ended, the narrative is always the same: do what you can to survive in the post-apocalyptic world. But what happens when survivors are given a choice between staying alive and possibly saving the world? Cimmerian takes place three years after a virus created by a group called…
While normally something like this would be saved for a Sunday Surprise, Ms. Clingman’s review of The Frame was far too timely for me to hold onto it until later. And so, here it is, our first Guest Review by reader-turned-associate of the site, Marlo Clingman. –The Editor Jamin Winans, Double Edge Films, 127 minutes. Not only will my review…
So, the idea at the beginning of Zal Batmanglij’s Sound of My Voice (2012) is to expose a fraud. It follows substitute teacher/wannabe filmmaker Peter (Christopher Denham) and his girlfriend, wannabe writer, Lorna (Nicole Vicius). The two decide to film a documentary about a small cult in Los Angeles. As these things go, joining the…
For some comics you can read in paper or on your favorite handheld device, here are a few fairly new or continuing series. Nothing here is from the Big Two (Marvel or DC) and only one is vaguely about masked superheroes, but there sure are a lot space suits and detectives. All You Need Is…
The appeal of the video game Reset, as our Editor wrote in a previous article, stems from its lush visuals, cool time-jump related game play, and an intriguing lack of details on the game’s actual plot. The teaser and later game trailer showcase these to perfection, giving its audience shots of an abandoned city, realistic…
The utopian future was one of the most prevalent sci-fi concepts from the 1950s all the way until around the late 70s and early 80s. Notice I said “sci-fi,” not “future.” As we all know, apocalypse has pretty much been on most people’s minds since the atomic bombs dropped. However, science fiction gave us an…
