Teenagers take refuge in a high school during the zombie apocalypse in the rote and dull This Is Not A Test. The film, written and directed by Adam MacDonald, releases on Shudder this week.
Tag Archives: Drama
Five Quick Reviews! [SIFF2026]
Bob checks in with five more short (but longer than capsule) reviews for the Seattle International Film Festival, 2026. Keep reading for reviews of Quince (Fifteen), Lady, Chili Finger, Sons of the Neon Night, and The Big Cheese!
Sound Visions Shorts Program [SIFF2026]
Sound Visions offers eight shorts from Washington State filmmakers in Seattle International Film Festival’s ShortsFest.
SIFF Capsule Reviews [2026] [SIFF2026]
Bob presents five seventy-five-word reviews for Seattle International Film Festival features: Beat the Lotto, Body Blow, Franz, Ghost in the Machine, and Hen.
Youngblood (2025)
A rookie hockey player has to choose between his father’s brutal code of violence or his coach’s approach to unified teamwork in this remake of the 1986 film of the same name.
Assets & Liabilities (plus a short!) [2026] [SIFF2026]
On a day off from his duties, a dissaffected suburban dad connects with a skater kid who reminds him of his lost youth in Zach Weintraub’s Assets & Liabilities; presented as part of the Seattle International Film Festival 2026, along with the short film The Last Cinnamon Roll.
The Punisher: One Last Kill [2026]
Frank Castle continues to wrestle with his past, both in his family and repercussions from his vigilantism, in Reinaldo Marcus Green’s underwhelming Punisher: One Last Kill, now on Disney+.