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It’s New Year’s Eve: Ben (Timothy V. Murphy) and Kat’s (Elisha Renee Sutton) last night in Los Angeles before heading to New York. He’s spearheading the move with a desire to rejuvenate his writing career after finding the growing chasm separating talent and fame in Hollywood too much to creatively bear. The change in scenery isn’t necessarily great for Kat’s career as a celebrity photographer, but she knows staying with Ben provides security for her young son Micah (T.K. Weaver) since his father (Neil Jackson’s Cam) is always away on assignment. The holiday is thus an excuse for one last hurrah amongst old friends before life pushes them apart. It might be their final time together. An opportunity for fun—and difficult, unspoken truths.

Director Nathan Sutton (who co-wrote with his wife Elisha) admits that New Year feels like a stage play, and...

Directed by: Devi Snively

Written by: Devi Snively

Cast: Cynthia Dane, Gillian Shure, Circus-Szalewski, Wally Ruston, Ian Strandberg

It's official, my friends: The bar is now open. The first episode of writer/director Devi Snively's sparkling new webseries, Martini Mom & Devil Spawn, has been posted and it is indeed a strange brew.

Poor Rosemary. All she wants is a drink and a smile, but an ill-advised one-night stand provides oh so much more. Martini Mom & Devil Spawn is the tale of a, shall we say, directionless young woman whose aperitif existence becomes increasingly complicated when she bears the spawn of Satan.

Martini Mom is best described as a screwball comedy with a cutting edge. When I spoke with Snively recently about the DVD release of Trippin', her first feature, she called the series "Rosemary's Baby meets Absolutely Fabulous with South Park /Family Guy-esque satirical humor, and the occasional gore and/or musical number.

In all honesty I don’t really know what I like about this show. It’s kind of like Michael Corleone’s line from The Godfather, “Just when I thought I was out…They pull me back in…” The Romantic Foibles of Esteban is a show about a guy and the disastrous dates he sets up on an on-line dating service called Kung Fu Dating. And it often goes to somewhat obvious and broad places, but somehow remains both fresh and charming...with a little cheese thrown in. Created by Canyon Prince and J Michael Briggs, each episode begins with the talking mouth of Esteban’s new date, followed by the click of his mouse. Episode two is the weakest of the bunch, though Esteban’s date, actress Ellen, is nicely played in all her psycho-brilliance by Gillian Shure. But it’s episode three where I found myself really enjoying...

Director: Devi Snively.

Writer: Devi Snively.

A Deviant Pictures Production "Death in Charge," is now making the festival circuit and is currently in Sydney, Australia at the "A Night of Horror International Film Festival" (March 23 to April 3). Highlighting the visual abilities of the camera this horror short utilizes colours and comedy to tell a breathtaking tale of death then life in fifteen minutes flat. Also, lo' and behold I have an extra copy of Snively's short film on hand; check out the contest details at the end of the review.

A babysitter loses her life while getting cozy with her boyfriend and Death (Marina Benedict) fills in. Single mom Sandy (Gillian Shure), who is unaware of the ghostly presence Death, allows the Grim Reaper to babysit her daughter, since the previous 'sitter broke her skull open. After agreeing hesitantly Death goes about the duties of cooking, entertaining and watching young...