Tag: film
WonderCon 2025 Interview: Ashley Maria of ‘Super Human Anxiety’
A young girl stands on an elevator, holding a plastic cup. The doors open, and there are a lot of her fellow students. Staring. When she asks if they are going up, they scoff and complain that they are now going to be late. The girl suddenly breaks the cup in her hand.
So opens the short film Super Human Anxiety. Screening as part of the Los Angeles International Children’s Film Festival at this year’s WonderCon, the nine-minute movie is a charming venture into anxiety and how to manage it. Read my interview at The Geekiary.
LA Comic Con 2024 Interview: Sound Editor/Mixer John Chalfant
During the 2024 Los Angeles Comic Con, Impact24’s panel “Post-Production Workshop: Behind-the-Scenes of Film and TV” offered “a unique behind-the-scenes look at the art and craft of filmmaking.” One of the panelists was John Chalfant, a sound editor and mixer who has worked on various projects, including the documentary Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off. Read my interview with him over at The Geekiary.
LA Comic Con 2024 Interview: Composer Darren Fung
Music can make or break a film. You can see plenty of examples on YouTube when people do things like have “Yakity Sax” (aka the ‘Benny Hill’ theme song) playing over other scenes. As such, the composer is a vital part of the creative process. Read the full interview of composer Darren Fung over at The Geekiary.
“Lifeline” is a Glimmering Thriller of a Film – Review
Josh Stewart shines in Dark Sky Films’ stark thriller ‘Lifeline’. Read my review on The Geekiary.
Interview with Feras Alfuqaha, Director of “Lifeline”
If you got a call from your younger self – on a suicide line – how would you handle that? That’s the basic idea behind Lifeline, the new thriller from Dark Sky Films. Read my interview with the director at The Geekiary.
2024 Year in Review Part 2: Movies
In part 1, I gave some background information on how this year in review came about and covered what I was reading. Now I venture onto movies.
‘I Will Never Leave You Alone’ is Intensely Traumatic Horror – Movie Review
Haunted house films are one of my favorite types of horror film. The idea that there was something so terrible, so traumatic, that caused a resident to stay on this side of the veil fascinates me. But what happens when the trauma is also on the side of the human living in the house? Read my review of I Will Never Leave You Alone over at The Geekiary.
Interview with Kenneth Trujillo from ‘I Will Never Leave You Alone’
Would you stay trapped in a haunted house for six days if it meant your freedom? Kenneth Trujillo’s character takes on the challenge in writer/director DW Medoff’s latest horror film ‘I Will Never Leave You Alone’. Read the full interview at The Geekiary.
Film Recommendation: ‘Role of a Lifetime’ is Unintentionally Hilarious
Scott Bakula is the main reason this 2002 movie works.
Review: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ is Definitely a Sequel
After 35 years, Tim Burton is back with a sequel to the ’80s hit Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is a passable movie, good for nostalgia and not much else. Read the full review at The Geekiary.