"Don't even think about escaping..." Gravitas Ventures has released an official trailer for a frightening small town horror thriller titled Women, a new feature from Icelandic director Anton Sigurdsson. In the film, a small-town detective while investigating the disappearance of a local woman comes across an unassuming Sociology professor who lives a double life. Apparently he's kidnapping and torturing women, but why? And why are so many still locked up, what is going on with them? Women stars Adam Dorsey, Anna Marie Dobbins, Anna Maiche, Kylie Delre, Denise Gossett, and Michael Simon Hall. It looks a little too realistic to watch these days, a frightening story of how a seemingly nice guy might be a horribly evil person. Here's the official trailer (+ two posters) for Anton Sigurdsson's Women, direct from YouTube (via B-d): A small town detective (Adam Dorsey) investigates into a Sociology professor when a mutilated body is...
- 4/28/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Returning Mickey Stern
Metroscape Entertainment
NEW YORK -- This independent feature, which proudly declares itself to be the first 35mm feature film to be shot on New York's picturesque Fire Island, is a would-be magical romantic comedy whose execution doesn't live up to the cleverness of its central conceit.
Depicting the efforts of a heartbroken widower attempting to bring together two young people he considers to be reincarnations of his younger self and his deceased wife, "Returning Mickey Stern" is a clumsily written and shot effort that all too vividly reveals the inexperience of its young writer-director. While the presence of such familiar performers as Joseph Bologna, Tom Bosley, Renee Taylor and Connie Stevens will guarantee future television exposure, the film's theatrical life will be quickly terminated.
Bologna, playing someone who is supposed to be depressed but instead mainly comes across as cranky and constipated, is the title character, who first fell in love 50 years ago with the beautiful Leah. The Korean War derails both the couple's relationship and Mickey's burgeoning pro baseball career, and they lose track of each other. They manage to reunite late in life and get married, but their happiness is cut short when Leah dies a year later.
Now, the 67-year-old Mickey returns to Fire Island, accompanied by his best friend, Harry (Bosley). There, he is astonished to run into 17-year-old Michael Joshua Fishbein), a dead ringer for his younger self, and Ilana (Kylie Delre), an exact replica of the younger Leah. Discovering these and other coincidences, including the fact that Ilana's middle name is Leah, Mickey becomes determined to bring these two together, in an effort to correct history. But his machinations don't go exactly as planned.
It's an intriguing concept but one that is undone by laborious dialogue, thinly conceived characterizations and overly broad attempts at humor -- the latter particularly exemplified by the subplot involving Harry's fearful courtship of a sexually rapacious floozy (Taylor). Director-screenwriter Michael Prywes is clearly eager to showcase the many physical charms of Fire Island, utilizing as many outdoor locations as possible. But the scenic environs aren't enough to carry the film.
NEW YORK -- This independent feature, which proudly declares itself to be the first 35mm feature film to be shot on New York's picturesque Fire Island, is a would-be magical romantic comedy whose execution doesn't live up to the cleverness of its central conceit.
Depicting the efforts of a heartbroken widower attempting to bring together two young people he considers to be reincarnations of his younger self and his deceased wife, "Returning Mickey Stern" is a clumsily written and shot effort that all too vividly reveals the inexperience of its young writer-director. While the presence of such familiar performers as Joseph Bologna, Tom Bosley, Renee Taylor and Connie Stevens will guarantee future television exposure, the film's theatrical life will be quickly terminated.
Bologna, playing someone who is supposed to be depressed but instead mainly comes across as cranky and constipated, is the title character, who first fell in love 50 years ago with the beautiful Leah. The Korean War derails both the couple's relationship and Mickey's burgeoning pro baseball career, and they lose track of each other. They manage to reunite late in life and get married, but their happiness is cut short when Leah dies a year later.
Now, the 67-year-old Mickey returns to Fire Island, accompanied by his best friend, Harry (Bosley). There, he is astonished to run into 17-year-old Michael Joshua Fishbein), a dead ringer for his younger self, and Ilana (Kylie Delre), an exact replica of the younger Leah. Discovering these and other coincidences, including the fact that Ilana's middle name is Leah, Mickey becomes determined to bring these two together, in an effort to correct history. But his machinations don't go exactly as planned.
It's an intriguing concept but one that is undone by laborious dialogue, thinly conceived characterizations and overly broad attempts at humor -- the latter particularly exemplified by the subplot involving Harry's fearful courtship of a sexually rapacious floozy (Taylor). Director-screenwriter Michael Prywes is clearly eager to showcase the many physical charms of Fire Island, utilizing as many outdoor locations as possible. But the scenic environs aren't enough to carry the film.
- 5/6/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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