Author: Take2IndieReview: Mark Lakatos
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BECAUSE WE ARE TOO MANY
Pandemic-adjacent films continue to crop up every now and again. The year 2020 wasn’t a fantastic year for the world, and you won’t get much disagreement in that discussion. Our calendars now read 2025, and at this point, the COVID-19 lockdown is a time we’d all like to put firmly behind us, but that doesn’t…
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HSI CHENG
Born in Taiwan and currently calling New York City home, Hsi Cheng is a director, writer, and producer. Her work covers a wide-range of topics, including pressing social issues. Hailing from a diverse cultural background, Hsi uses her past experiences to infuse her work with a unique perspective. Some of her work includes the Victorian…
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THE SPACE RODENT
Spooky season gets upended when a new kind of alien invasion leaves friends Mac (Robert Carrera), Dean (David Minard), Amanda (Leah Bernard), and Skyler (Shelby Broadnax) fighting for their lives – dodging danger at every corner. Unlikely friends becoming unlikelier heroes is the story director Jason D. Morris and screenwriter Robert Carrera are pitching in…
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EP/2
How many times have you received questionable, poorly formatted emails from so-called prestigious film festivals wanting to select your film? Bold fonts addressing you by name, a colorful invite, plus a bright bonus code to encourage you to submit. We’ve all had this happen to us within the first few weeks of signing up for…
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LOST LOVE
A rousing drum intro rolls through the opening credits as crowds cheer in the distance. But as we fade in on rock musician Jack (James Miles-Boyd), sitting melancholy in the middle of a support group, the atmosphere quickly shifts to a vastly different tone. Cut to an electrifying performance at a local venue with his…
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HOBBY HUSTLE
The digital age has completely altered how our world functions. Our work, lifestyle, and even the way we relish childhood’s thrills have all undergone significant changes in the digital age. One very specific element of adolescence is, of course, the love for sports and the many, many forms of fandom that come with it. While…
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THE MASTERPIECE
Value is in the eye of the beholder, or so they say. In The Masterpiece (La Gran Obra), it appears in the strangest of ways. Leo (Daniel Grao) and Diana (Melina Matthews), a wealthy couple, lead junkyard dealers Salif (Babou Cham) and Yousef (Adam Nourou) back to their estate to collect more scrap lying around…
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RIVER OF GHOSTS
When sinister powers run rampant, a man finds unexpected answers to his biggest questions. Dr. Sean Halton (Conner Floyd) is a hypnotherapist with a traumatic past, looking to start a new life when he moves back to his hometown. Hoping to turn his fortune around in the community despite his reservations and painful memories, he…
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ALL THAT GLITTERS
Fate has a strange and often cunning way of weaving its way into people’s lives. In the case of street thief Eddie (Mackenzie Proll), that comes in the form of the old soul-switcheroo. When he steals the purse of the wealthy Margaret (Sophia Myles), a wild twist of the powers that be sends both down…