Children of the Light (Feature Critique)

Posted by on Jan 2, 2015 in Critiques, Critiques (Feature Documentary), Documentary, Feature Length, Featured |

Now, we have received Children of Light from Dawn Engle, which looks at one of Africa’s most dynamic sons, Reverend Desmond Tutu, who helped organize peaceful protests against apartheid in his native South Africa. Tutu would become the first South African to receive the Nobel Peace Prize and he would do so before Nelson Mandela (who would also receive one) had been released from prison or...

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Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl (Straight Shooter Review)

Posted by on Aug 15, 2014 in Feature Length, Featured, Narrative, Reviews, Straight Shooter Reviews (Feature Narrative) | 86 comments

The future is a strange place. Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl tells a story about a world in which China finally declares war on—Google?? Following China blowing up part of Google’s home base, the U.S. declares war on China and their allies, launching nuclear missiles to deal with the problem. The effected allies in turn declare war on other countries, launching their own nuclear...

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The Strange and Unusual (Feature Critique)

Posted by on Jul 10, 2014 in Critiques, Critiques (Feature Narrative), Feature Length, Featured, Narrative | 0 comments

Joel (Tim Ross) is the producer of, “The Strange and Unusual,” a reality show that probes the mysteries of the unknown every week. When the show gets cancelled, Joel discovers he's allowed to do a series finale that people will remember forever. Armed with the show's star, Martin Luckey (Dervin Gilbert), and a skeleton crew, Joel heads to a small town in South Carolina to uncover a mysterious...

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Assumption of Risk (Feature Critique)

Posted by on Jun 27, 2014 in Critiques, Critiques (Feature Narrative), Feature Length, Featured, Narrative | 0 comments

Wes Riemann (Dan McLaughlin) is a numerical savant. He can predict your life expectancy better than almost anyone else—and it's led him on a fast ride into one of the most lucrative life insurance companies in the country. However, when a new colleague, Darci Bettencourt (Patricia Mizen), points out some shocking anomalies in the company, Wes discovers that there are some dark secrets...

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Oculus: The Man with the Plan (Flashback Critique)

Posted by on Mar 21, 2014 in Critiques, Critiques (Flashback), Critiques (Short Narrative), Featured, Narrative, Short Length | 0 comments

With the amazing new Oculus feature film about to come out on April 11th, it seemed appropriate for us to showcase the flashback critique that began the film franchise back from 2006. Some slight changes have been made to transform it for the current database system, and the links for getting new information on this film have all been updated. As a bonus, at the end, we'll include the bonus extended trailer for the 2014 film!

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