As the highly anticipated coming of age story for the 2013 summer, The Kings of Summer was woefully underwhelming. Leaving me craving for more than mediocre acting and any definite direction, this film presented itself as a failure to mix the grit of October Boys with laughable quirkiness of Moonrise Kingdom. While it certainly does […]
In all honesty, I measured the success of this movie by the fact that I completely lost myself in it. I had so much fun with it that I felt I was an interactive player and I completely forgot to take notes! So what does that say about this movie? Well, as part of the […]
As another one of my personal favorites of the festival, In the Fog moved me from the moment I took a glimpse at the initial trailer. While many view silence as an awkward void that must be filled in order to reach a level of stable comfort, this particular film thrived on the essence of […]
Listed as a Special Presentation on the official NaFF (Nashville Film Festival) movie categorization, it was a treat to spend my first night of reviews in the packed attendance for upcoming Director, Jared Moshe’s, first anticipated Western. Released nationwide in select theaters on May 3rd, Dead Man’s Burden proved to be a solid first shot […]
