Category: Film/TV Reviews

OVERLOOK FILM FESTIVAL – PART 2 – Kitchen Sink and All the Rest in the First Wave

Taking place April 3 – April 6 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Prytania Theatres, the horror festival will welcome audiences back to America’s most haunted city with a terrifying selection of new and classic films as well as the extensive offs-screen offerings including interactive events, live performances, immersive programming and special guests that the annual horror staple has become known for. By Gregg W. Morris, Editor, Reviewer

Overlook Film Festival – Part 1

Taking place April 3 – April 6 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Prytania Theatres, the horror festival will welcome audiences back to America’s most haunted city with a terrifying selection of new and classic films as well as the extensive offscreen offerings including interactive events, live performances, immersive programming and special guests that the annual horror staple has become known for. – By Gregg W. Morris, Editor, Reviewer

THE BUILDOUT: An Otherworldly Back to Nature Tale With a Cosmic Sheen by Filmmakers Described As Thematically Blending Mysticism, the Paranormal and Horror, Propelling Audiences into Another Dimension of Transcendental Awareness

THE BUILDOUT has been selected by the Panic Fest, Popcorn Frights and Chattanooga film fests. It hit VOD streaming platforms via Ethos Releasing on Tuesday, February 25.  
It was filmed in Southern California’s Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, which is steeped in mystery and inexplicable phenomena in an area known as the Borrego Triangle. Real life paranormal researchers coined this description leading to intriguing interests for visitors. – Review by Gregg W. Morristhe WORD.

Audience Caveat: Magniloquent Grandiloquence in Play
KNOW MERCY Is A Multiple Award-Winning Genre Bending Sci-Fi Drama With a Black Perspective. This Film Reviewer Believes It’s Also a Metaphor for These Misanthropic Trumpian Times!

On the one hand, dazzling production values as well as razzle-dazzle scenes and kinetically charged fighting scenes; on the other, KNOW MERCY can be confounding. It is not rated by the MPAA, and, so, it’s not rated by this reviewer, who believes the cinematography and visuals result in arousing and captivating moments. – Review by Gregg W. Morris

A Whopping Poetic Slam Dunk:
I AM READY, WARDEN. By Smriti Mundhra, Director of This Oscar® Nominated Best Documentary Short Film (2025)

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

CLODAGH Film Short Review – 17 Visually Sumptuous Minutes by Director Portia A. Buckley

During this short film beaut, audiences may overlook or even forget the things they’ve come to expect in regular feature films but those missing ingredients enhance this superb short, things such as a small cast, minimalist dialogue for much of the film and the fact that the film short isn’t in the preferred widescreen format. – Review by Gregg W. Morris

Best Big Screeners (Movies, Films) of 2024 According to Film & Movie Pundits Recognized, Unrecognized, Self-Appointed … and So on!

The 97th Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, March 2, 2025 at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. Broadcast live on ABC and Hulu, and in more than 200 territories worldwide. A red carpet show will air live at 6:30 p.j. ET/3:30 p.m.,PT, and ceremony will begin at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. – Gregg W. Morris, Editor