A young couple, Luzma and Demian, having had to make some hard choices moves into their new place and things start getting weirder and weirder as they attempt to make this new place a home.
Justice Served (2017)
In a world where being a good person is suspicious and being punished, a man is on trial for pushing a little girl. Was he trying to kill her or save her?
Enthusiastic Sinners (2017) [CineQuest 2018]
Bruce and Shelley meet when the police are called on gunshots at her place. As there is no issue beyond misbehaving kids, they get to talking and lust quickly takes over. As they spend some times together getting to know each other, lust makes way to something much stronger.
Frank Sinatra: His Way
Those songs! Those broads! Those mob ties (alleged, of course)! On today’s episode of “The Online Movie Show,” we celebrate the movies, music and raucous off-screen antics of Ol’ Blue Eyes with Facebook’s funniest man, Anthony “The Kingfish” Vitamia.
The episode can be heard here.
“The Online Movie Show” is produced at the Platinum Wolfe Studios.
TV On DVD: The Wonder Years: Complete Series (DVD)
In fairly high demand since its release years ago, Time Life has begun to re-release the Complete series of “The Wonder Years,” the immensely popular nineties drama that introduced a decade to the sixties. One of the underdogs of the decade, “The Wonder Years” premiered with small fanfare, and ended up becoming one of the most celebrated primetime dramas ever made. I originally reviewed the Deluxe Locker Edition, and now I review the blue box set that features mostly the collection of the entire series on DVD. The series has been restored and featured uncut after almost twenty years out of print and without a proper release.
You Have to See This! Freaked (1993)
I would call “Freaked” a spoof, but a spoof of what?
All I know is that it is something of a cult film and simultaneous antidotal piece of good old fashioned schlock in a decade that took movies very seriously. Even horror was somewhat stern for a long time until Wes Craven injected some humor in to it. “Freaked” feels like something out of 1987 that crept in to 1993 and it still rings as truly one of the more fascinating cult films I’ve ever seen. My memory with “Freaked” goes back to 1994 when my dad rented a copy for me. Little did he know what the hell we were in for, as “Freaked” teeters between completely surreal black comedy and an acid dream splashed on to film.
Father’s Day (2017)
A recently widowed father visits his daughters in Los Angeles for Father’s Day with the hopes of saving them from their tortured artists’ lives.
Written and directed by Betty Ouyang, this short film explores family relations between two artist sisters and their more down to Earth father through one meal together. The family dynamics on display here are interesting to watch develop as more information is revealed about each member. Ouyang takes this subject and makes it distinctly hers by putting herself in the lead as well as in the writing and directing style. Here the subject is taken head-on and shown through intimate conversations. The way she approaches each discussion, each interaction is honest and done in a manner that is up close and personal for the characters thus pulling the viewer into their lives.