Since the rise of the demand for Sex dolls has increased, it’s been debated on whether or not they contribute to the decrease on sexual crimes committed by men. Whether or not they do, Director Fay Beck’s “I XXXX My Sex Doll” is a stark message that what ever the circumstances may be, a violent person will always be a violent person.
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Let Me Go (The Right Way) (2023)
“Let Me Go (The Right Way)” takes Destry Allyn Spielberg, Hopper Penn, and Owen King (a who’s who of Hollywood Heavyweights’ progeny) and teams them to deliver what can easily be described as a psychological thriller with big feature aspirations. Spielberg and writer King play on the concept of the Mandela Effect (with a dash of “Memento” and Phillip K. Dick), and use it to spin a tale that is a lot about collective memory, and what can feel like going insane when we’re stricken with mental illness.
The Park (2023)
This is one of the first times I went in to a movie without getting what I expected, and coming out of it satisfied. “The Park” is not a movie that necessarily breaks the mold, but it works within its simplistic and small budget and cast to create something of substance. While most dystopian movies opt for “Apocalypse Porn,” Director-Writer Shal Ngo opts instead to use the end of the world as an allegory for growing up.
Wolfman (2023) [CINEJOY 2023]
Apparently Director-Writer Kevin James Barry’s “Wolfman” is a mock trailer/short film for what is a project currently in development. If that is a fact, I will eagerly be waiting for the feature length film with baited breath. “Wolfman” has shades of “V for Vendetta,” “Machete” and “Escape from New York,” and judging by what is presented, we’re in for a balls to the wall bit of neo-grindhouse action cinema that will blow the walls off.
99¢ Pizza (2022) [CINEJOY 2023]
I don’t know if Director Lucas Ansel was attempting to mimic a dream, if so, he comes damn close to the general feeling of being in one. Created with some striking stop motion animation, “99¢ Pizza” is a bizarre short but sweet thriller that works as some really trippy animated fare.
Hunt Her, Kill Her (2023)
Directors Ryan Thiessen and Greg Swinson’s “Hunt Her, Kill Her” has a paper thin premise to work with and—well, not much is done with it, sadly. I love a good survival horror movie, but “Hunt Her, Kill Her” has a great opportunity that it sadly squanders. Despite original motivations for its central villains, Thiessen and Swinson’s film is a middle of the road woman in peril invasion thriller. It’s not a bad movie, but it never really re-invents the wheel when all is said and done. It’s not to say that a movie of this sub-genre can’t tread new ground (look at “You’re Next” and “Hush”), but the movie always seems to settle for the minimum. This keeps the movie from hitting highs.
Children of the Corn (2020)
So we’re two reboots and eleven movies in to the god awful “Children of the Corn” movie series, and the studios simply will not let it die. “Children of the Corn” 2023 stinks of the studio trying its best to retain the IP for the sake of more cheapo sequels down the road. It shows with what is a pointless and painfully dull reboot of the series that features none other than director Kurt “Gunkata” Wimmer slumming it, big time.