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Will SCREAMBOAT audiences be shaking in their boots? Guffawing their heads off? Should parents let their kids see this? Is hideous slapstick horror bad for your health? Good? What does the Center for Disease Control say? What Do Donald Trump & Musk say? This reviewer lucked out to be scheduled for screening! – Gregg W. Morris, Editor, Reviewer, Marshal of Arms (When Necessary).
“My primary motivation,” says Director Madeleine Farley, for making “Fist Bump” was to give Marcus Knight a voice. And my greatest challenge as a filmmaker was to portray him with dignity and respect and give the world a chance to hear his voice. – Article-Review by Gregg W. Morris
John Henry Ramirez Deathbed Post Mortem Eulogy. All right, let’s see. Y’all can still hear me right? Y’all can still hear me? All right. If y’all are seeing this, then obviously the State of Texas has murdered me. I’m sorry that y’all had to go through that. Thank you for everything. It’s been rough, but it’s been good having y’all with me, all y’all that stuck with me. – Excerpts of John Henry Ramirez’s eulogy about his execution. Article, review by Gregg W. Morris
Timely beyond belief, Oscar® Nominee looks as if it is surrealistically ripped from rippling breaking news headlines. A LIEN by writer-director brothers Sam and David Cutler-Kreutz was recently named to Vimeo’s 2024 Best Breakout Video Creators of the Year. – Review by Gregg W. Morris
THE PEOPLE’S JOKER features a superhero-sized cast of celebrated comedic talent in both voice and live action roles behind the kaleidoscope of characters that lampoon the iconic heroes and villains of the DC comics’ world. It features cameos from comedy multi-hyphenate Tim Heidecker, award-winning actor Bob Odenkirk, Maria Bamford (Netflix’s Big Mouth, Adult Swim’s Teenage Euthanasia), and Scott Aukerman (Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis co-creator and host of the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast), with Vera Drew, Lynn Downey (Amazon Prime Video’s Daisy Jones & The Six), Nathan Faustyn (SADDLED), and Kane Distler, in his film debut as Mister J.
Nominations: The Gotham Awards 2024 – Breakthrough Director (Vera Drew); The Indie Awards 2024 – Best Narrative Feature; The Indie Awards 2024 – Outstanding Storytelling Craft; The Indie Awards 2024 – Outstanding Technical Achievement; Early Winner: Narrative Features Committee Renegade Award; Featured in mid-year Best of 2024 lists in Variety magazine. – Article, Review, Commentary by Gregg W. Morris.
Director Moin Hussain has said that his debut feature, science fiction as it is, was the right film genre for him to explore the concept of mixed-race identity, as well as for this reason too: “There was a lot about Adam, the main character’s life — like his mixed heritage identity — that is close to mine.” The story telling essence of of SKY PEALS is transcendent and can almost hypnotically cause audiences to experience more and feel more than they might expect for a science fiction tale. – Article, Review – By Gregg W. Morris
This film is about how a white family begins to fall apart after it adopts children of Romani descent from an orphanage. It’s a social drama set in Slovakia. The main character, Ingrid, a middle-aged woman, tries to escape a difficult financial situation by becoming a professional parent to a Romani girl.
the WORD: Can you tell me a little bit about the story (TADAMAIMA)? Director Robin Takao D’Oench: Of course. So that came about … like I mentioned before, my grandparents were incarcerated in the Japanese American internment camps. And coming…