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Writer/director Jerry Ochoa's micro-budget debut feature Hardball: All Balls Don't Bounce reminded me that — if resourceful, imaginative and talented — a filmmaker doesn't need a big budget to make a good movie. Granted, the resulting movie may not be perfect, but it can succeed as both an entertainment and an expression of that filmmaker's personal artistic vision. Films like this are usually not without flaws, but they are often the most rewarding.

Hardball: All Balls Don’t Bounce is the story of Hardball, an oddball hit man who finds himself caught between two rival underworld factions involved in the illegal sex trade. After developing his skills in the military, Hardball sets up shop in Houston, working for the police chief to take out heinous criminals who slip through the system, or so he thinks. After one particular job, Hardball begins to have doubts. Maybe the good guys aren't as good as he believes.

The Killing Strain PosterHelicopters hover, whole cities burn, and hordes of the viral charge the uninfected in this The Killing Strain trailer. The film is a "Texas zombie thriller" of 105 minutes from director Daniel Maldonado (The Killing Strain). This is Maldonado's first feature and the story involves a man-made virus that spreads quickly from person to person. Soon, character's friends, brothers, and lovers are turned in to bloody ghouls, with a desire to infect others their only motivation. Watch the infection explode in this The Killing Strain clip below.

The synopsis for the film here:

"A man-made virus, The Killing Strain-- an out-of-control swine flu-- turns infected humans into raging monsters. As it rapidly spreads, a group of uninfected survivors must make life-or-death decisions before the U.S. military firebombs the area in a desperate attempt contain the contagion. The survivors are unaware that the virus has already reached...