Her Lips Are Mine Short Film

https://youtu.be/x1msEk1c0Hw

So happy to finally be able to share the short film.

I voice Sandy.

Hope you enjoy.

All That We Destroy 30sec Review

https://app.stardust.co/d/reaction?r=d6a947e1-c533-4f0f-9f8b-61b7ca02860c

The House of the Devil

Plot: In the 1980s, college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SOur3WwZvM

Starring: Jocelin Donahue ("CSI" & He's Just Not That into You), Indie Spirit Award winner Tom Noonan (Synecdoche, New York & Stoney), Saturn award nominee Dee Wallace (E.T & Bedrooms),

Written & Directed by: Ti West (Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever)

Review: Totally awesome radical movie dude! This 80's horror throwback was complete with old school film score, jagged stand-alone camera movements, and a cameo by Dee Wallace of such 80's horror classics Cujo and The Howling . It still managed to scare me, an improvement on most 80's horror films. With most horror films nowadays going the route of either the 70's horror exploitation flick or Asian remake, it's nice to see a filmmaker finally playing around with another style. The first exploitation comeback film was the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake in 2003 and Asian remake The Ring in 2002. Isn't it about time we move on? This was a fun, ironically inventive way of using old school film techniques mostly used in the 70's & 80's to create a fun, bloody trip down memory lane.

Fun Facts: Deliberately shot in the same kind of style and using similar techniques as the splatter films of the 70s and the 80s which it emulates. The film is purportedly based on true events but the events it supposedly depicts are never mentioned in the film or in any of its press releases. We can assume that the film is set in 1983 as one of the songs featured is "One Thing Leads to Another" by The Fixx. Shot on 16mm film (very popular in the 80s) to give it a retro stylistic look. The camera frequently zooms in on characters - one of the techniques that were highly favored in the 80s. Nowadays they would have been most likely to dolly in instead. Most of the crew were locally sourced from Connecticut where the film was shot to help keep the costs down. Shot over a period of only 18 days. The film that Samantha watches on TV whilst babysitting is George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968).

Awards:

Independent Spirit Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2010	Nominated	Producers Award	Larry Fessenden

Rating:

Writing-B

Acting-A

Directing-A

Music-B

Cinematography-B

Editing-A

Hair-A

Makeup-B

Costumes-B

Art Direction-A

"Stamped Out but worth seeing"

Night of the Lepus

Plot: Giant mutant rabbits terrorize the southwest!!

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yww2x3bm9k

Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wduI6vjidzk

Starring: Oscar nominee Janet Leigh (Psycho & Bad Girls from Valley High), DeForest Kelley ("Star Trek").

Written by: Don Holliday & Emmy nominee Gene R. Kearney ("Kojak" & "Eischied") based on the novel "The Year of the Angry Rabbit" by Russell Braddon (Nancy Wake)

Directed by: William F. Claxton (Bonanza: The Next Generation (TV) & "Twilight Zone")

Review: Night of the GIANT KILLER BUNNIES!!! This 70's B-horror movie had me laughing hysterically. Ironically, making bunnies bigger actually made them more adorable. This is more of a watch with a group of people while sitting around drinking kind of movie. You could even make a drinking game out of it. Take a drink every time a bunny kills someone. The sound effects were the only scary part of the whole film, and I wanted throw that little girl into the herd of bunnies because she was that irritating. I'm not sure how big the bunnies were because the scale models they were running on were so sparse that I couldn't make a comparison. I'd say they were probably the size of a tank. By the way, whoever is responsible for Janet Leigh's hairstyling should hurled into a pit of bunnies. The next time you see a bunny, be kind to it because they might one day mutate into giant bunnies that will make you wish you had never eaten a Cadbury egg.

Fun Facts: This was DeForest Kelley's last non-"Star Trek" film. As a promotional piece of memorabilia for the film, lucky rabbits feet complete with red paint ("blood") on the toes were distributed. The killer rabbit effects were created mostly by normal sized rabbits running around on miniature sets, though for some attack scenes a guy in a rabbit suit was used. 'Lepus' is the Latin term for rabbit.

Rating:

Writing-F

Acting-D

Directing-D

Music-C

Cinematography-D

Editing-F

Hair-F

Makeup-D

Costumes-B

Art Direction-C

Visual Effects-F

"Dear Diary, I secretly liked this film but, I'll never tell"

100 Feet

Plot: After Marnie Watson kills her abusive husband in self-defense, she is condemned to house arrest only to discover that the house is possessed by the enraged and violent spirit of her dead husband.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KutBj9AZcl0

Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siqDD9adN3s

Starring: Saturn award winner Famke Janssen (X-Men 3: The Last Stand, The Chameleon), Emmy winner Bobby Cannavale ("Will & Grace" & "Louie"), Ed Westwicke ("Gossip Girl").

Written & Directed by: Eric Red (Bad Moon & The Hitcher (1986 & 2007)

Review: Eerie film with a very scary premise. Sort of a supernatural version of Disturbia except the killer's in her home. The film then begins to play out their abusive relationship, except the guy's a ghost now and is really pissed off. As the movie goes along you start to get more information about what happened prior to her house arrest. It's a mystery interspersed with thrills and even a love story. All of these pieces keeps things fresh and culminates in a very "twisted" ending for one character. As you’re putting pieces together, you wonder whether or not her husband died the way she said he did. The ending left something to be desired, a lot of lead up to a ho hum final fight, and the cop was soo irritating until the final five minutes of the film. It was suspenseful, had good acting & chemistry between Janssen and Westwicke, and a few legitimate shocks, and though I enjoyed the one watch, it's not a keeper.

Rating:

Writing-B

Acting-A

Directing-C

Music-B

Cinematography-A

Editing-B

Hair-B

Makeup-A

Costumes-B

Art Direction-C

Visual Effects-A

"Noteworthy"- Good film

The Ruins

Plot: A group of friends' leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they, along with a fellow tourist, embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzdto154_to

Clip: http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2465792281/

Starring: Jonathan Tucker (Meskada & Hostage), Saturn award winner Jena Malone (Contact & Five Star Day), Laura Ramsey (Somewhere & She's the Man), Saturn award nominee Shawn Ashmore (X2 & Frozen), Joe Anderson (The Crazies & Across the Universe).

Written by: Scott B. Smith (A Simple Plan) based on his novel

Directed by: Carter Smith (Boy Life 6(V) segment "Bugcrush")

Review: These college students sure ruined their vacation. Touted like a modern monster movie, this movie is really about human nature and survival. The monster itself is not scary. What's scary is what happens to these people once someone touches it. That's the part I liked about the film. The acting was also great with a nice character arch for Malone. I really rooted for these people and found the film suspenseful with some disturbing, surprising, and sad moments. A fun rollercoaster ride. True, the whole set up is pretty typical. Haven't these people seen enough horror movies to know you never go off the beaten path down covered trails, and you don't piss off the natives? The monster itself I thought was pretty and would make mine and my hubby's house homier, at least until a guest touches it or it starts making obnoxious ringing cell-phone noises. This "monster's" call sounds like cell phone. If you can overlook a few of those moments, most of which happen at the beginning of the film, the rest of the movie is actually quite effective.

Fun Facts: Ben Stiller was involved with this film because he is a friend of novelist / screenwriter Scott B. Smith. He was an executive producer. All the outdoor scenes were shot with natural light.

Awards:

Golden Trailer Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2008	Nominated	Golden Trailer	Best Horror Poster (Ignition Print). For "Face".

Rating:

Writing-B

Acting-A

Directing-B

Music-B

Cinematography-A

Editing-A

Hair-B

Makeup-A

Costumes-B

Art Direction-B

Visual Effects-B

"Stamped Out but worth seeing"- not original but still worth seeing