One reason for the bravado moviemaking, this reviewer believes – besides its virtuoso directing, cinematography, acting and production elements – is the imaginative segueing of kaleidoscopic style flashbacks, surrealistic dreamlike scenarios and iconic scenes of contemporary heartland America circa 2013 that create a verisimilitude of astonishing transcendental proportions that you only experience from the best of the best movies. – By Gregg W. Morris
Indulging self-deluded visions of grandeur and trying to hold at bay the ennui and existential angst threatening to possess their souls, three yuppie, valley-girl types, white, circa 2021, meet up at a swank LA member’s only drinking hole ostensibly to harvest ideas to make a movie short that they imagine will boost their hotty toddy rankings on social media.
Poppy Gordon’s absurdist gem can take your mind off the doom and gloom of the surging COVID-19 Delta Variant – no matter yer race, creed, national origin, regardless if you wear a mask or not.– By Gregg W. Morris
Caveat Lector: This film oozes with seething decadence, depravity, debauchery in a style that makes this writer recall “PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE.” I kid you not. UNDER THE LANTERN LIT SKY is also subversive and repulsively addictive like the best of the best Zombie movies (though there are no undead walking in this movie). Beware of long lines queueing up at the door of your home or apartment to watch UNDER THE LANTERN LIT SKY on your home cinema.– By Gregg W. Morris
Mr. GAGA is a compelling account of the life of internationally famous Israeli choreographer and contemporary dancer, Ohad Naharin. Through vivid depiction of Naharin, we learn of the rigor and courage it can take for a human being to live an honorable life. His Gaga technique is a movement language intended to help dancers raise physical awareness by focusing on the rhythm of their bodies, letting them direct their movement and the pleasure that movement brings. – Review by WORD Entertainment Editor Anakeiry Cruz
The famous writer Femke Boot, struggling with agonizing writer’s block, is being assailed in cyber space by misogynistic Twitter trolls consumed with sadistic rape-fuck fantasies. Little do the trolls realized that they are signing themselves up on the endangered species list of a remorseless, trophy-collecting serial killer tracking them on Google as they stalk her on Twitter. For those of us who believe in righteous revenge, the kill scenes are Oh là là! But this Dutch-made movie about life in Holland is more than just a flick about revenge.
By Gregg W. Morris
Because human remains and “the pasquinade teeth of Vito Morelli” were somehow grounded into Tablioni’s famous meat sausage that everyone craves, residents in the California town, if not the state or the rest of the country, are at risk of becoming human shish kabobs and slop-sloppy Joes – and zombies.
By Gregg W. Morris
Inspired by three short stories written by Isaac Bashevis Singer – The Briefcase, Alone and Old One – Max Kohn, the main character and a riveting writer enthusiast, takes us on an adventure dictated not only by his wildest dreams but also his deepest desires.
This Reviewer Doesn’t Agree with the Raving Reviewers’ Descriptions & Opinions About Why They Are Raving … But He Absolutely Agrees with Their 5-Star Ooh-and-Ah Ratings.
By Gregg W. Morris
Eighten-plus-minutes of exquisite black and white imagery of the gruesome and the horrific rendered beautifully in a narrative using folklore about the ungodly desolation caused by Super Typhoon Yolanda AKA Super Typhoon Haiyan, a Category 5 mega-monster that started laying siege to the Philippines Visayas group of islands, the country’s central region, population 17 million people, November 26, 2013. It shook the Philippines to its roots.
This stunning film short is winning one award after another.
By Gregg W. Morris
This reviewer has no idea if Director Christina Yoon ever watched a ‘Twilight Zone,’ and could care less if she did or didn’t. It is only in this reviewer’s imagination that there are irresistible similarities between MIRROR and ‘Eye of the Beholder,’ a Twilight Zone episode. If challenged, I would give Sterling’s 5 stars out of 5 for its time. And Yoon’s? 5 stars, undeniably delicious.