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Review: Short Film ‘Hazard’ Will Hack at Your Expectations
The best films are those that place archetypes in familiar situations and then upends what is considered normal within the parameters of a genre and rattles the cage with a variable, that the audience, or the players in the film, don’t see coming. The short film Hazard accomplishes just that. Hazard begins like any slasher film would with an unfortunate victim and his hunter, a masked madman wield...[Read More]
‘ZombieCON’ Tie-In Manga and Trailer for Upcoming Film
At this year’s 2016 Stan Lee’s LA Comic Con, Big Squid Productions gave us a little sneak peek at upcoming film ZombieCON. The film pits cosplayers against the walking dead and is described as “cosplayers stuck in a zombie apocalypse of anime proportions.” With that brief and concise description of the film, it looks like the filmmakers have all their pop-culture nerd bases covered: zombies, cospl...[Read More]
Review: “Vanilla Cake”
Family is everything in most people’s lives. Most families define us, support us, and love us unconditionally. Most people tend to view these as givens, but not all families are this way. Some can be an exhaustive and destructive force in your life, and despite what many might hope at times, you can’t choose your family. And no one wishes they could more than Alex in the short film by Crystal Past...[Read More]
Review: ‘Blood Brothers,’ Beautifully Re-Imagined True Story
Blood Brothers (previously The Divine Tragedies) is the first feature film from Duel Visions, the company headed by Jon and James Kondelik and Written/Directed by Jose Prendes. The film stars Graham Denman and Jon Kondelik as half brothers that play cruel games to prove their high intellect over the populace. The boys kill a local waitress and are hunted by a detective with psychic abilities. The ...[Read More]