I am excited to be covering this year's Hollyshorts Film Festival. The festival is a virtual and in-person festival running from August 11 to August 20. I will be checking out as many shorts as possible and sharing my thoughts on each short I watch. Today begins my festival coverage with some of the shorts... Continue Reading →
Bodies Bodies Bodies Is Fun Fun Fun!
Bodies Bodies Bodies is the story of a wealthy group of friends that come together for a hurricane party at one of their mansions, only for it to take a deadly turn as tempers rise, lies are told, and secrets are exposed. The audience watches from the eyes of outsider Bee (Maria Bakalova), who is... Continue Reading →
‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ Review
Director(s): Halina Reijn Writer(s): Sarah DeLappe Cast: Maria Bakalova, Amandla Stenberg, Rachel Sennott, Lee Pace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMgLMaLlK9k&authuser=0 Over recent years, murder mysteries and whodunnits have found themselves in the middle of a cultural renaissance as they have risen back to prominence. Films like Knives Out and games like Among Us have helped revitalize this genre. Bodies... Continue Reading →
‘Day Shift’ review
Jamie Foxx, one of the hardest working talents in Hollywood, has a new movie out this week on Netflix. It's a film that expands the scope of what a pool boy can do. Do you think I am lying? Foxx plays Bud Jablonski, a man who ensures your pH never gets higher than 7.8, or... Continue Reading →
‘13 the Musical’ review: A sweet, if simple coming-of-age musical about a bar mitzvah in small-town Indiana [Grade: B-]
13 the Musical made a splash when it premiered on Broadway in 2008 as the only Broadway show to have a cast and band entirely made up of teenagers. With music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown and a book by Dan Elish and Robert Horn, the show follows a 12-year-old boy named Evan Goldman... Continue Reading →