Why Won’t You Just Die! (2019)

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Emilie Black

A young man is convinced to go kill someone. Without fully knowing what he’s getting into, he charges forward and things get ridiculously bloody.

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Shorts Round Up of The Week: Quarantine Edition

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Felix Vasquez

Happy April! We hope you and yours are doing well during these bizarre times. What with most things slowing down, I thought it’d be a great time to bring back “Shorts Round Up of the Week” once again with some back logs being cleared out from our submissions. This week we have some great short films that you can check out, now including a science fiction drama, a comedy, and a drama about the #MeToo movement.

If you’d like to submit your short film for review consideration, submissions are always opened to filmmakers and producers.

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Five Great Animated Series Based On A Feature Film

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Felix Vasquez

After learning recently that “Fast and the Furious” actually had an animated series on Netflix for kids, I was stunned, but not entirely shocked. There’s still some cash to be mined from the series, and there’s room to appeal to kids. In either case, with that and with “Gremlins” also being turned in to animated series, I couldn’t help but think back to five great animated series I watched as a kid that were based on feature films. What are some of your favorites?

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By Day’s End (2020)

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Felix Vasquez

It pains me because I rarely ever go in to a film, let alone an indie film, wanting to dislike it; especially zombie movies. I’m a sucker for apocalyptic zombie movies, and the very good ones can affect me for days. I’m also a fan of sidestepping typical character molds with a focus on the relationships in the LGBTQ corner. “By Day’s End,” though, is not a good movie. “By Day’s End” tries to have its cake and eat it too by forcing a relationship drama within the mold of a pretty cookie cutter zombie movie, when all is said and done.

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Rootwood (2020)

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Emilie Black

A film producer reaches out to two podcasters to get them to shoot a documentary about murder and a demon in a wooded area near Los Angeles. They head to the location to gather footage and evidence, bringing along a photographer they know for help. Once there, they get exactly what they were looking for and maybe a bit more.

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Sea Fever (2019)

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Emilie Black

A student joins a trawler’s crew to go out into deep sea and study new species and their behavior. Once deep out, they get marooned and have to find a way to stay alive with something on their boat.

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