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Film Review: Mute (short film) (2021)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Monette, a recently separated travelling book salesman tells his grim story to both a priest and a hitchhiker, looking for absolution. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have MUTE, written and directed by Kyle Dunbar, based on a short story by Stephen King. The short story was first published in Playboy Magazine in 2007 and …

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Film Review: 4OUR (short film) (2021)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Four witches…only one will be chosen. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have 4OUR, written and directed by Charles Chudabala. Four members of a witches’ coven are meeting for what appears to be the last time. This last ritual, honoring the Blood Moon, will end their association. One of them will “ascend” and the others…well, …

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Film Review: Electromagnetic (short film) (2021)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A director and actress pay a visit to an obsessed film editor whose hypnotic soundscapes shatter their perceptions of reality. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have ELECTROMAGNETIC, written and directed by Andrew Marks. Our story opens on Stanley (Bodhi Elfman) and his girlfriend,  Alexa (Kate Simmons) arriving after a film premiere to check in …

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Film Review: Hungry Joe (short film) (2020)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A single mother struggles to bond with her apathetic child, born with an insatiable and increasingly inhumane appetite. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have HUNGRY JOE, written and directed by Paul Holbrook & Sam Dawe. Laura and Craig (Laura Bayston, Joe Sims) are starting out on their life together. A new marriage, a new …

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Film Review: I am (short film) (2021)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: One day the withdrawn Noé finds a motionless android in the forest, takes it with her, and reactivates it. It’s the beginning of a strange relationship. However, Noé realizes far too late that the android is about to copy her personality REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have I AM, a film project from the …

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