Miss Bala Review: Of all the shots the film takes, only Gina Rodriguez hits the mark

Any time a foreign film is remade for Hollywood audiences, there is an inevitable degree of Americanization that takes place. Our country’s values are injected into this new narrative, oftentimes completely changing the original film’s message and creating something much…

Annabelle: Creation Movie Review

The upsurge of horror in recent years (both in independent and major studios) has been crucial to the development of the genre, not just as an exercise in pure terror, but in the conversion of big studio projects into individual visions.…

Movie Review: Shimmer Lake

I wrote my first screenplay a few years back, having just discovered and fallen in love with filmmakers the likes of Quentin Tarantino and the Coen Brothers. The script was called “The Assistant” and told the story of the henchman…