ALADDIN 3477- I: THE JINN OF WISDOM
“Aladdin 3477- I: The Jinn of Wisdom takes the Aladdin story into the 35th century and then moves the action from the Middle East to southeast Asia. The question is whether there’s an audience for it.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
MAGPIE
“As thin as Ben is on the page, Latif’s performance makes him practically transparent. He starts as a scumbag and only grows scummier as the story movies along.” – John Black, Cinekong
MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK
“My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock is an unusual approach to the oeuvre of filmdom’s ‘Master Of Suspense.’ Some forty years after his death, it imagines him coming back and discussing his life and career from a modern perspective. It is audacious and it works.”– Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
VENOM: THE LAST DANCE
“Tom Hardy and director Kelly Marcel made a film that was joyless and cynical.” – Byron McNeal, On The Reel On Tumblr
HANGDOG
“In the end, Hangdog is just a shaggy dog story in search of a punchline.”– Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
MICKEY HARDAWAY
“Marcellus Cox makes a powerful debut with his first feature film, Mickey Hardaway.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
THE MATTACHINE FAMILY
“The Mattachine Family shows that we’ve come a long way from a time when a character being gay was the “issue” the film needed to address. Instead, in focusing on the particular lives of these characters, it succeeds in speaking about friendship and family in ways that ought to connect to everyone.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
FRENCH GIRL
“French Girl is a serviceable romantic comedy that could have been better, with a solid cast that makes the most of its benefits and does its best with its deficits.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
ONE LIFE
“Some may find the film overly sentimental, but it earns those emotions honestly. It’s hard not to be moved to tears at the moment when the elder Winton is confronted with the enormity of what he accomplished.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
UPROAR
“From the outset, Uproar, directed by Paul Middleditch and Hamish Bennett, captured my imagination and stole my heart. While it certainly has much to say about the characters’ time, place, and culture, Uproar does it with a universal voice.” – John Black, Cinekong
ESCAPE
“Yes, there are women in bikinis who get kidnapped by a ruthless (and creepy) gang of criminals, and some of them fire guns before the film ends. But thanks to writer/director Howard J. Ford, Escape is nothing cheap or salacious; it’s all about empowerment—and bloody, well-deserved revenge.“ – John Black, Cinekong
REPTILE
“Del Toro, who worked on the script crafted by director Grant Singer and Benjamin Brewer, has a meaty role that – like much of the cast – plays him against type.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies