2021, Reviews N - Z

Review: The Toll (2021)

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Review: The Toll (2021)

As the world advances in its technology, ridesharing services like Uber rise in popularity. While Uber feels safer as you can see the profile of who’s picking you up, you may never truly know your driver. Or, for that matter, you may never truly know your passenger. That is the starting point of the new psychological horror film from Michael Nader, The Toll, where Cami (Jordan Hayes, who also produces) is coming home from a trip and, instead of asking her father to come get her, decides to get in an Uber-adjacent for her hour-long trip home. That’s where the socially awkward Spencer (Max Topplin, who also produces) comes into play.

2021, Film Festival, Reviews N - Z

Cinequest Review: Non Western (2021)

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Cinequest Review: Non Western (2021)

Non Western is a documentary that follows Montana couple Thaddeus Red Bird and Nanci Red Bird as they prepare for their upcoming wedding and they have to adjust to each other's cultures as Nanci learns to become Northern Cheyenne. A film about gender roles and cultural differences, sometimes there's more context needed but as a character study, it shines.

2020, Other, Reviews N - Z

My Experience Drawing in an Animation Workshop for “Wolfwalkers”

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My Experience Drawing in an Animation Workshop for “Wolfwalkers”

For a different kind-of article, I was able to take part in an animation workshop for the film WOLFWALKERS. I've included some coverage of the event in the form of quotes and interesting tidbits, as well as my experience trying to follow along in the tutorial and how my own drawings turned out (like the one seen in the featured image).

Interviews

Interview: Writers, directors Saman Kesh, Jeff Desom and Dugan O’Neal for “Doors”

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Interview: Writers, directors Saman Kesh, Jeff Desom and Dugan O’Neal for “Doors”

I was able to join in on the press day for a new science fiction anthology film called Doors and I was able to chat with writer/director Saman Kesh, writer/director Jeff Desom, as well as writer/director Dugan O’Neal about their project.

The film is about mysterious Doors that appear all over the world and humans rush to figure out the purpose of them. In one segment, we see how the doors got there; in another we see what happens when characters go inside the doors; and in another we learn a bit more about their purpose here. Doors stars Wilson Bethel, Julianne Collins, Lina Esco, Kyp Malone and Josh Peck.

2021, Reviews # - M

Review: Cosmic Sin (2021)

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Review: Cosmic Sin (2021)

Set in the year 2524, where the galaxy is separated into three main colonies (Earth, Zafdie and Ellora), Cosmic Sins starts when a colonist makes first contact with a new alien civilization. Fearing the worst after the aliens make their way back to Earth as stowaways, a ragtag team of soldiers – including disgraced soldier James Ford (Bruce Willis) – go to the planet Ellora to stop an interstellar war before it starts.

2021, Interviews, Podcast

Interview: Director Edward Drake for “Cosmic Sin” (The Filmcraziest Show, Podcast/video)

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Interview: Director Edward Drake for “Cosmic Sin” (The Filmcraziest Show, Podcast/video)

On this episode of my interview podcast The Filmcraziest Show, I was joined by Edward Drake, the writer and director of his latest team-up with Bruce Willis, Cosmic Sin. The film is about seven rogue soldiers who launch a pre-emptive strike against a newly discovered alien civilization in the hopes of ending an interstellar war before it starts. We chat all about the weapons in the film, our favourite Stephen King novels, what it was like working with Bruce Willis and their continued collaboration, and much more. I’ve included the podcast and YouTube versions (as well as two bits of our conversation).

2020, 2021, Interviews, Podcast, Shudder

Interview: Michael Abbott Jr. for The Dark and the Wicked (The Filmcraziest Show – Podcast, video, written transcript)

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Interview: Michael Abbott Jr. for The Dark and the Wicked (The Filmcraziest Show – Podcast, video, written transcript)

Here's a written interview transcript of a conversation I had with Michael Abbott Jr., who plays Michael in the new Shudder Exclusive film THE DARK AND THE WICKED. I've also included the podcast audio of the conversation, as well as the YouTube video of the conversation.

2021, Reviews # - M

Documentary Review – 7 Yards: The Chris Norton Story (2021)

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Documentary Review – 7 Yards: The Chris Norton Story (2021)

Based on the autobiography The Seven Longest Yards by Chris and Emily Norton, this new documentary 7 Yards: The Chris Norton Story depicts Chris Norton’s journey of physical therapy as he works his way back from a terrible football injury. At 18 years old at Luther College in 2010, Chris took a freak tackle and was left paralyzed from the neck down.

If you’re familiar with Norton’s story, this is a film that is very hard to spoil as Chris and Emily went viral, to the tune over 300 million combined views, for Chris walking Emily seven yards down the aisle. The film isn’t about the end; it’s about the journey there and the perseverance by Chris in his recovery.