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Swamp Lion (2022)
Hidden GEM
Swamp Lion is a hidden gem of a movie, well acted and the last 30 minutes is a roller coaster.
A particularly stellar performance by actor Dominic Hoffman as Fred, "Is your coffee thin?" recalls the bone-chilling scenes from Breaking Bad.
This Indie treasure wins out over more publicized films-- Solid writing and acting throughout. The characters are well-developed and the film pulls you into the very personal story of a family at wit's end, who are doing what they need to do to save their son.
A parable about the nation's poor health system, super-imposed upon a drug lord chase thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat--Great combination between family drama and why people turn to crime for assistance when all other avenues are tapped.
Kate Berlant: Cinnamon in the Wind (2022)
Her act is NO ACT
Kate Berlant's act IS that she has no act? I am not sure if this is true but it seemed that way to me. As if she talked about whatever popped into her mind, or train of thought, like that one "kookie" friend everyone has. Kookie, Kookie lend me your comb. Hey, look I have an elbow. Hey look I am a psychic. Oh is that me in the mirror? Do I need a haircut. I am an only child I wish I had a brother. Water tastes good. That chick in the audience laughs just like my former best friend. Was anyone else here born in Los Angeles? LA has blocks and streets and an ocean. Look oceans are blue and have waves. Did my mom give me a perm when I was in 5th grade Why yes. Yes, she did. I like microphones. And apples. Yeah, her act was kind of like that.
Mystic Pizza (1988)
Portuguese!
As a Portuguese-American, I don't see that many movies that feature or are about Portuguese folks and, when I found Mystic Pizza, I was delighted. Nearly every character IN the movie is Portuguese, plus, it was filmed in Portuguese neighborhoods-- and yet? Not ONE mention of Portuguese . Not in the summary or trivia or even in the User Comments.
Dead to Me (2019)
Mad Women only not "mad" but angry
What a spectacular surprise. Such tight editing and camera work. Witty, dark comedy, well-acted and executed. Each episode is a mini-movie. No one is making tv like this, discussing problems real women have. You'd think this might have fallen into rich white ladies having wine at the backyard pool, but it is NOT THAT. You can tell this is a woman-owned and operated production: the creators, the writers, the actors, even the crew contains more women than a normal show-- I have been thrilled and surprised with Netflix in 2019: Russian Doll and Dead to Me are a new kind of TV and it is about time. Props also to Christina Applegate who bears her soul and manages to keep us laughing at the same time.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again (2016)
Was on board until Frank-n-Furter
LOVE the new opening (re-envisioned) LOVE the supporting cast (especially Riff-Raff), and I was diving into the pool. . . great great great . . enjoying it. Like showing the audience. Loving the new music and dance I was ALL IN. . .until. . . um
Dr. Frank-N-Furter. The character needs to be BOLD and shocking and BOTH masculine AND feminine at the same time. Needs to be playful, violent, and sexual or the premise does not work. FnF needs to take command of the stage AND seduce everyone. In leather and fishnet stockings. The seduction is what MAKES the show.
Where was the raw sex appeal? The boldness, the Master toying with a mouse? The line, "Don't be upset by the way I look" fell flat with a tentative FnF wearing a red sequined dress from Golden Girls.
The Irish Vampire Goes West (2007)
A wonderful trip thru the fantastic, the ghoulish and the eerie
Amazing, spell-binding. Mysterious.
Like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, this film brings you inside its strange world of reality and doesn't let go. It chokes your soul and twists you into its tangled web of a brand new kitchy phantasmagoric horror tale.
Take the ride.
You will be glad you did. Why don't others make movies like this? Because they can't. Back in the golden age of silent films, audiences were held captives as the stories unfolded before their eyes.
This fabulous film has the rich tradition of silent films in its grasp as well as the forward "indie" direction that movies should be taking. This film has twists and turns and flashbacks and fantasy. There are vampires and fairies and Ireland.
Take the time to see this wonderful romp of a movie.