Multi-Talented Kelsey Zukowski:
A Most Atrocious Thing (2023) [Make Believe Film Festival 2024]
Directors Christian Hurley, and Ben Oliphint’s horror comedy is a movie that I bet they had a ton of fun filming. They emphasize this idea with the credits including bonus blooper reel. Sadly, none of the fun translated in to actual entertainment for me, even when I tried to see it at its level. But the movie is eighty two minutes in length (not counting the closing credits), and the mayhem doesn’t actually begin until a half hour in to the movie.
Festival Programming Director and Podcaster Karis Turk Interview [Women in Horror Month 2024]
Shari & Lamb Chop (2023) [Make Believe Film Festival 2024]
The biography of Shari Lewis is long overdue and a story worth telling. It’s a perfect film for people that grew up watching Shari Lewis and Lambchop during various points of her illustrious career. Whether you’re a boomer, Gen X, or Millennial, the odds are you have seen Lambchop at one point in your life. For me, I used to watch her revival show on PBS in the 1990’s and tuned in regularly. I loved Lambchop despite being a tad too old for the intended target audience, but I didn’t care. The story of Shari Lewis is one filled with a lot of happiness, a lot of promise and of course some terrible sadness that befell her later in her life.
Born to Fly (aka Chang kong zhi wang ) (2023)
On Blu-ray and Digital March 26th from Well Go USA
A young pilot joins an elite group of test pilots working on China’s newest technology in an attempt to make it better and always be flying.
Researcher and Author Claire Donner Interview [Women in Horror Month 2024]
Online Branch Director of The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies Claire Donner:
Road House (2024)
Now Streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
After years and years of talking about it, Hollywood finally pulled the trigger on a remake of iconic Patrick Swayze 1989 cult ciassic. The once Southern fried martial arts film about a brotherhood of bar bouncers is taken on by director Doug Liman who tries his best to help his version stand on its own two feet. While original star Patrick Swayze sadly died years ago, there are no appearances from other former stars. That’s okay, because on its own, “Road House” 2024” is a damn good time. It’s overlong, but it’s a lot of fun and has a good sense of humor about itself. In a (so far) lackluster movie year, that’s all I need.