Why mixing sub-genres is never a good idea. The H-Bomb: A gang of annoying douche bags, who typically earn money by selling videos of themselves sharking women, are hired to break into a house and steal a videotape. They're not told exactly what the tape is, just that they'll know it when they see it. So they break into the place, and find an old man dead in the living … [Read more...] about V/H/S
Indie Films
Carnage
“I am glad our son beat the shit out of your son, and I wipe my ass with your human rights!”- One mother to another. The H-Bomb: One afternoon, while playing in a park in New York City, two boys get into an altercation in which one boy picks up a big stick and whacks the other across the face with it. We come to find out that the boy who was hit lost two teeth and … [Read more...] about Carnage
My Big Break
“What happens to people who come to Hollywood? Probably the same thing that happens to people everywhere . . . some make it, and some don’t.” Check out the official site for more information: My Big Break The H-Bomb: During the late 1990’s, five young men shared a house in L.A., four of them were aspiring actors, one was an aspiring filmmaker. Since the would be … [Read more...] about My Big Break
Restless
A collage of “Indie” clichés. The H-Bomb: Enoch (Henry Hopper) is your basic indie film protagonist; a sensitive young man with a tragic family history who’s lost and directionless and full of angst, yada, yada, yada. He’s in between schools for reasons we’re told late in the film (not that it really matters) and his favorite past times include crashing the funerals … [Read more...] about Restless
The Arriviste
The Trouble With Laurence Miller . . . Swift shot: A complex, challenging to follow film about an insurance claim with too many players and one very fortunate beneficiary. This is a real street film, Brooklyn style, raw, gritty, and all shot under 10k, the way an indie should be, a bunch of hipsters sitting around the proverbial campfire and saying, shit, we could make … [Read more...] about The Arriviste
