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The film “Relative Control” ushers audiences into the life of Sara, portrayed by Teri Polo, a woman ensnared in the familiar complexities of middle age. As a career-driven corporate lawyer, Sara finds herself at the confluence of escalating professional responsibilities and the deeply personal, often taxing, demands of family.

Her world is a tableau of the “sandwich generation,” where the pressures of caring for aging parents and a still-dependent adult son converge with the pursuit of her own ambitions. The narrative immediately signals an exploration into the societal scripting of women as primary caregivers and the arduous quest for equilibrium when life’s varied urgencies clamor for attention.

It presents itself as a light dramedy, yet beneath the surface, it sketches the contours of a profound, often unspoken, modern dilemma – one woman’s solitary effort to manage an overwhelming array of obligations.

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Filmmaker Michael Winnick made his feature directorial debut with the psychological sci-fi thriller Deuces back in 2001, and has since followed that up with the horror thriller Shadow Puppets, the crime thriller Guns, Girls and Gambling, the family drama The Better Half, the Steven Seagal vehicle Code of Honor, the horror film Malicious, the horror mystery Disquiet, and the action film Dark Asset. Now, Deadline reports that Winnick has wrapped production on his latest directorial effort, a sci-fi action film called Kill Him ‘Til He’s Dead. He managed to assemble a cool cast for this one as well, with Byron Mann (Wu Assassins), Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us), Ashley Greene (Twilight), Anson Mount (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds), and Fivel Stewart (The Recruit) taking the lead roles.

Winnick wrote the screenplay for the film, which follows a broken-down hitman (Mann) who finds himself waking up in different bodies as he...