Tag Archives: Dramatic Thriller

Sibling Estrangement Amongst Alien Invasion: ‘FIRST CONTACT’ – Review

There are so many ways you can tell an alien story. Often, it’s from a place of fear. The aliens are some kind of threat. Sometimes it’s from a place of wonder that ultimately ends up going wrong. First Contact takes a little bit of a different approach embedding its story in …

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GBFF 2019 Review: Ruckus and Lane Skye’s ‘Reckoning’ (2019)

Earlier this year, a film called Reckoning (2019) popped up on my radar. I honestly didn’t know much about it, aside from the host of top-notch talent from the Georgia film scene attached to it. My ears perked up even more when the film took the Best Georgia Feature award at the …

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‘Seaside’ (2018) Review: A Slow But Competent Melodrama

Seaside is the latest dramatic thriller from Writer/Director Sam Zalutsky (You belong To Me 2007). The film tells the story of a young woman named Daphne (Ariana DeBose: Blue Bloods TV series) who finds her life in a rut, so she looks to starting anew with her boyfriend, Roger (Matt …

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‘The Current War’ Coming This Fall

From Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (American Horror Story: Coven TV series) comes an exciting new dramatic thriller called The Current War. The film has a stellar cast, including Avengers: Endgame’s (2019) Tom Holland and Benedict Cumberbatch, Nicholas Hoult (X-Men franchise, Warm Bodies 2013), Katherine Waterson (Alien: Covenant 2017 – read our …

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Gripping Dramatic Thriller Cargo Coming Soon To Theaters

Coming soon to theaters is the award winning dramatic thriller, Cargo, from Writer/Director Kareem Mortimer (Children of God 2010). The film stars Warren Brown (Luther TV series), Gessica Geneus (Everything But A Man 2017), Persia White (The Vampire Diaries TV series), and Omar J. Dorsey (Halloween 2018 – read our review …

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