Tag Archives: Dark Drama

Bold Futures’ ‘ALL THE WORLD IS SLEEPING’ (2023) – Full Review

All The World Is Sleeping is a powerful new drama that features SCREAM VI star, Melissa Barrera. All The World is Sleeping Synopsis Chama (Melissa Barrera), who as a young girl in New Mexico, strived to be different from her mother. Now in her twenties, she’s found herself falling into …

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Barret Mulholland’s ‘Grip’ Short Film Review: Life, Death and Redemption

Described as a powerful story of addiction, redemption and forgiveness by Actress Berna Roberts (read our interview here), Grip immediately sparked my intrigue. I can certainly say that this short film, which served as Barret Mulholland’s directorial debut, does not disappoint. This dark drama utilizes every crucial moment incorporating an …

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‘Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974’ (2009) – Movie Review

Julian Jarrold’s 2009 film, Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974, the first film in the Red Riding Trilogy (you can read our reviews for the next two films here and here) opens in Yorkshire England, a place divided into historical Ridings, as young reporter, Eddie Dunford (Andrew Garfield), attends …

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Shot Caller (2017) – Movie Review

With today’s social issues of prison overcrowding and violence, it is refreshing to see a film willing to tackle this subject with such a dark, realistic tone. Featuring a deft performance by Game of Throne’s Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Ric Roman Waugh’s Shot Caller is the story of Jacob, an ordinary family man …

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