After the death of her husband, Yan is intent on standing up to John Reynolds, with little chance of succeeding, if not for the appearance of a stranger named Fallon (Alex Pettyfer) she winds up taking in. Fallon is quickly revealed to be the supernatural force of the film. While he’s a stranger to the Loi family, he is known to John Reynolds as the police officer they murdered some years before, along with his wife Clare (Tamara Chanel White), because she was not a White American....

LAST SEEN: The video is on YouTube. AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None. REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: A sorry reminder of an extraordinary debacle. CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Completely unlikely. Thirty years ago, New Orleans threw a party for the world – and the world didn’t bother to show up. The 1984 Louisiana World Exposition holds the sorry distinction of being the only World’s Fair that declared bankruptcy while the event was underway, and it was through a last-minute infusion of government funds (also known as Your Tax Dollars) that the exposition remained open through its scheduled conclusion....

Cecilia (Leonor Varela) is a middle-aged single mother and doctor who travels to her father’s farm after he has a heart attack. However, her stay takes a turn for the mystical when coinciding with several strange environmental changes around the farm, Cecilia’s deceased mother, Magdalena (Mía Maestro), returns from the river where she committed suicide many years earlier. The central frustration of The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future revolves around its considerable potential....

A mist of reddish-brown liquid is cast over a field of growing crops. A sight that becomes immensely more unsettling when you realize that the liquid being sprayed into the air is not just muddy water but stewed and sunbaked hog crap. More unsettling is the realization that this is actively taking place next to people’s homes, engulfing and affecting the very air they breathe. Hog waste is pumped out of holding barns and emptied into pits in the ground, referred to as “lagoons....

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One long day at the airport (apparently airlines don’t want you to take-off or land in a thunderstorm) later, and I was finally at the Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Alabama. It didn’t take long to hop into the flow of things, as I arrived at the hotel just in time to see fellow juror and friend Skizz getting ready to head out to the Filmmaker Reception. He was nice enough to wait for me while I dropped my bag off in my room, and we limo-shuttled our way over to the reception....

Usually, when I review a film, I like to judge it solely by what is thrown up on the screen and coming at it fresh. Here though, it’s best to have context before going in for the experience to make sense. Not long ago, King admitted himself into a psych ward. He states that in the first hour, he experienced an anxiety attack and then dissociated during that time. This animated short is an attempt to capture that experience....

The answer is yes…to both. There is comfort in knowing where a film’s narrative is heading, and there are certainly no surprises to be found in Bosco, but the film remains enjoyable throughout. We follow the titular character Quawntay “Bosco” Adams (Aubrey Joseph) as he serves an excruciatingly long sentence in the penitentiary for marijuana possession. Brief flashbacks from his youth fill the audience in on his familial issues with his father, Tootie (Tyrese Gibson), and his mother, Willa (Vivica A....

The six-minute drama is structured as a conversation between Him and Her, who were on their way to a friend’s ceremony and got stranded in the middle of nowhere. But this is no traditional conversation. With purposefully abrupt cuts, the sense of time and place is fuzzy as the characters come and go from the frame and divulge their inner thoughts. Him and Her exchange glances and touches while they work through their feelings....

After picking his son Mason (Nolan Ward) up from school, George (Tyrone Reeves) stops to talk with a neighborhood friend on the walk home. George reluctantly lets his son run home the rest of the way to use the restroom while he finishes chatting with his friend. George arrives back at the house, greeted by his partner Yvonne (Kenisha Pinckney), only to collectively realize that their son Mason never made it home....

Those who read my last column will recall (if you can think back that far) that we had planned an “Orca” / “Jaws the Revenge” double bill, but scrapped it so that we could watch two Chinatown finds by our new favorite director, Chan-wook Park. This was met with some dissatisfaction by the Peanut Gallery. In particular, our friend Owen who had been planning his month around “Orca”. However, to appease our guests I offered, against my better judgment, to forego one of our off weeks next month and add an extra program just so that we could see it....

Nelson Shell (John T. Woods), who everyone just calls by his last name, is an aspiring writer. Wait, scratch that. He is a writer, as he is actively working on his first novel; it’s just taken him several years to never finish it. He is good at his job at a financial firm but does not find it fulfilling, often daydreaming or falling asleep. Shell’s home life isn’t much better, as his pregnant wife, Beth (Meg Cionni), never lets him get a second to himself....

Glenn Tilbrook, solo artist and former member of the New Wave band Squeeze, arrives in Buffalo, NY, expecting to begin his own U.S. tour in an RV, as he had planned. But there’s no RV and this isn’t a typical story about the career of a musician. There’s no obscurity, at least to the fans who come to see him perform at every stop, no bitterness, as he clearly enjoys what he does, and those who believe they’ve never heard of Tilbrook will soon be surprised in the first few minutes by the music and lyrics of “Tempted,” which is one of those songs on the radio that you hear and immediately get into....

The movie opens with a drugged-out guy in a leather jacket stumbling down a sidewalk. We see a corrupt doctor handing out drugs to a prostitute. A couple, along with their friend, visit a restaurant that prides itself on criticizing and harassing patrons. A homeless guy utters cryptic sayings while trying to take down a corrupt politician. An older man sits in jail and is stabbed by his cellmates. In a back alley, two girls complain about living in the same town while outrunning a police officer....

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As those who have seen Guardians of the Galaxy 3 Vol. 3 know, early on in the movie, a compelling reason is given for Peter Quill and the gang to go to Earth proper—a veritable Chekov’s gun, placed with every anticipation on the proverbial mantelpiece. At least, that is what I, or any fair-minded viewer, might have expected. Instead, director James Gunn decided that an extended side quest would be in order....

After crossing the Mafioso, Reuben must leave his daughter behind as he enters the prison system. Reuben soon befriends and enters into a soup-making business with his cellmate Carlos (Jesse Tayeh). Seeing Carlos as a mentor and eventually as a lover, Reuben struggles with his personal demons and sexuality. However, when Reuben finally reaches closure, he must face his most grueling challenge; life on the outside. The premise of Luz alone is interesting enough....

And now 20th Century Fox takes two sci-fi films and asks a screenwriter whom they may have found by literally throwing a rock out a window to put them together. The result? “Alien vs. Predator”. Admittedly, based on Internet news coverage of this it may be a highly anticipated film but it’s been a long time since either of these characters graced (?) the big screen: “Predator 2” (featuring Danny Glover as he bided his time before “Lethal Weapon 3”) was in 1990 and “Alien 3” was in 1992 (some people claim there was an “Alien 4”, but I’ve seen no proof of that)....

The drama begins with a group of people seated at a packed table while they eat a variety of foods, enjoying each other’s company. Seconds later, cut to Mina (Canli), a woman waking up to her harsh reality. She’s homeless, living in a cardboard box with her dog in Los Angeles. People pass by her on the streets, going about their day. She takes it one day at a time, although a voice inside, which persists throughout, keeps her on edge....

Well, simple is not precisely true. First, the pair has to convince U.S. Immigration that they are indeed a couple in love. This requires a series of study sessions about one another, plus they need to concoct a story of their whirlwind romance. Further complicating the problem, Jeff is a bit awkward regarding relationships. He quickly develops feelings for Fanny, who insists this is purely a legal partnership. Complicating things even more…now there’s a wedding to plan....