A tour de force by a director who said he wanted to explore really scary things in his life that resulted from incredible bad luck, diabolical cruelty and the possibility of unfathomable terrible things happening in the future. Uh oh! – Article by Gregg W. Morris
Opening Night Feature Peas And Carrots WORLD Premiere I USA, 2024, 96 min. DIRECTOR: Evan Oppenheimer Joey Wethersby is a typical 16-year-old New York girl — if your typical New Yorker had parents who were in a one-hit wonder band…
Cited by Moviemaker Magazine as one of the 2024 “Coolest Film Festivals” in the world, Dances With Films’ rapid growth in New York City along with its current place as L.A.’s top film festival for platforming truly independent filmmaking, makes DWF the only film festival organization offering “discovery” titles in major film festival events in both of those cities.
Showcasing brand new work by filmmakers on both coasts, most of which have yet to be seen or picked up for distribution has become a hallmark for Dances With Films’ Founders and Directors Leslee Scallon and Michael Trent. – Article 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.
Acting? 4 stars over all. Special Effects? 4 stars, sometimes 4.5. Fight scenes (a lot of those)? As good as any in recent memory. Production values? Audiences will get their money’s worth. – By Gregg W. Morris
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…
His tour de force has been selected for consideration to compete in the 2024 Oscars. It’s a 12-minute short about incarcerated prison inmates who serve as firefighters in a special incarceration program and the film has garnered significant critical acclaim,…
Regardless of whatever first-responder, five-star action-adventure films, video and TV shows that audiences may have seen on big and small screens, FIRELINE will have them on the edge of their seats. Keep this in mind: FIRELINE is just 12 minutes long. – Reviews & Articles by Gregg W. Morris, Editor, Writer the WORD
Go See This Movie If one dares. This reviewer – speaking the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth – says LORE has to be scene several times to really get to the core of what the filmmakers did, didn’t do … and … so on and so forth. Nevertheless, authentic film aficionados are going to sign up early for the cult film status on the horizon. – Article Review by Gregg W. Morris.
