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  1. DavyG

    The Unidentified

    Director: Kevan Tucker Studio/Production Company: Floodgate Features Genre: Drama Sub-Genre: Comedy Length: Feature Awards Won: Best New Director, 2008 Brooklyn Internat'l Film Fest Official Selection, International Film Fest South Africa Website: http://www.theunidentified.net Score: 4/5...
  2. DavyG

    China Dolls

    Director: Don Barnhart, Jr. Studio/Production Company: Chucklehut Entertainment Genre: Action Length: Feature Website: http://www.chinadollsmovie.com Score: 2/5 Caught between trying to make a statement and trying to make an entertaining thriller on a low budget writer-director-producer-star...
  3. DavyG

    Among Brothers

    Director: John Schwert Studio/Production Company: Fourth Ward Productions Genre: Drama Sub-Genre: Mystery Length: Feature Awards Won: WorldFest Houston, Silver Award, Indie Drama Website: http://www.4wproductions.com/amongbrothers/index.html Score: 3/5 Yes, of course, in a perfect world, a...
  4. DavyG

    2 Minutes Later

    Director: Robert Gaston Studio/Production Company: Gaston Pictures Genre: Crime Sub-Genre: Gay/Lesbian Length: Feature Awards Won: Tampa International Gay/Lesbian Fest - Best Actress Website: http://www.2minuteslater.com Score: 2.5/5 Less a compelling, coherent narrative than a whimsical...
  5. DavyG

    A New Tomorrw

    Director: Carey Corr Studio/Production Company: Pollack Pictures, URSA Pictures Genre: Comedy Sub-Genre: Mockumentary Length: Feature Website: http://www.anewtomorrowmovie.com Score: 4/5 Some people might feel that, at this point, the “mockumentary” style has grown a bit stale, rote...
  6. DavyG

    ESSENTIAL filmmaking equipment

    Hi, I am an IndieTalk review but I am also a screenwriter, a director and a screenwriting/film history teacher. In one of my recent reviews, I really bashed the filmmakers for having a terrible screenplay but I wrote that I didn't mean to single them out, that bad screenplays are a real issue in...
  7. DavyG

    Narrative beat

    Depending on who you talk to, a narrative beat is similar to a plot point, just a moment in your story that moves the plot along. Sometimes they are big, like when Uncle Ben dies in "Spiderman" or small when we find out the Gil, in "Finding Nemo", has tried to escape from the fish tank.
  8. DavyG

    Who The Hell Is Bobby Roos?

    Director: John Feldman Studio/Production Company: Hummingbird Films Genre: Experimental Sub-Genre: comedy-drama Length: Feature Awards Won: New American Cinema Award -Seattle Intl. Film Fest. Digital Vision Award - Fest Intl. de Cine de Cuenca Website...
  9. DavyG

    The Vacant House

    Director: Ray Etheridge Studio/Production Company: Golden West Films Genre: Thriller Length: Feature Website: http://vacanthouse.angelfire.com Score: 1.5/5 Frank Capra once said that “in film the cardinal sin is boredom.” In a case of too little, too late, things don’t really get going until...
  10. DavyG

    The Horror Vault

    Director: various Studio/Production Company: various Genre: Horror Length: Feature Website: http://www.thehorrorvault.net Score: 3/5 While it is always nice to see someone utilizing the old school anthology format, this tactic comes with inherent issues. Very rarely are all of the films being...
  11. DavyG

    Possible new support for Indie filmmakers

    Hi all, I am one of the reviewers for IndieTalk.com and one of the directors of a film that I reviewed recently has gotten in touch with me regarding a new program that she is trying to find funding for as a way of nurturing new indie talent. Cindy Baer, the director of the film "Purgatory...
  12. DavyG

    Scream Farm

    Director: Jim O'Rear Studio/Production Company: Wicked Dreams Entertainment/Allied Horror Genre: Horror Sub-Genre: Crime Length: Feature Website: http://www.myspace.com/screamfarmthemovie Score: 2.5/5 Veteran indie horror auteur Jim O’Rear’s latest, “Scream Farm” has something for everyone...
  13. DavyG

    The Murder Game

    Director: Robert Harari & Jason Contino Studio/Production Company: 500 Pieces Films Genre: Horror Length: Feature Awards Won: Terror Film Festival: Best Feature Salem Independent Horror Film Fest: Best Feature Official Selection: Freakshow Horror Film Festival Official Selection: Annapolis Film...
  14. DavyG

    Murder Party

    Director: Jeremy Saulnier Studio/Production Company: Lab Of Madness Genre: Horror Sub-Genre: Comedy Length: Feature Awards Won: Slamdance 2007 Audience Award Vail Film Festival 2007 Best Feature Hole In The Head Horrorfest SF Audience Award Official Selection: SXSW, Fantasia, Toronto After Dark...
  15. DavyG

    New York Hardcore

    Director: Frank Pavich Studio/Production Company: Velebit Productions Genre: Documentary Sub-Genre: Music/Concert Length: Feature Website: http://www.myspace.com/nyhcdocumentary Score: 4/5 As if the original 1995 version of this near classic film that captures the spirit, energy, and...
  16. DavyG

    Blood Car

    Director: Alex Orr Studio/Production Company: Fake Wood Wallpaper Genre: Comedy Length: Feature Awards Won: Chicago Underground Film Fest: Jury Award Cinequest San Jose Film Fest: Best Director Philadelphia FirstGlance Fest: Best Narrative Feature Toronto After Dark Fest: Best Indie Feature...
  17. DavyG

    The 4th Dimension

    Director: Tom Mattera & Dave Mazzoni Studio/Production Company: M & M Productions Genre: Drama Sub-Genre: Mystery Length: Feature Awards Won: Winner: Grand Jury Honorable Mention, Cinevegas Winner: Technical Achievement Award, Philadelphia Film Festival Official Selection: Montreal World Film...
  18. DavyG

    Purgatory House

    Director: Cindy Baer Studio/Production Company: Free Dream Pictures Genre: Drama Sub-Genre: Experiemental Length: Feature Website: http://www.purgatoryhouse.com Score: 4/5 Bold, unabashedly artsy, fearlessly original, often mind-boggling and nothing less than 100% provocative, “Purgatory...
  19. DavyG

    Have finished a full length screenplay

    formatting Hi there VP, In my opinion, I think that the formatting guidelines on the Nicholl site are outdated, last revised in 1988 or 1989. As for the advice already given here, I second or third the vast bulk of it. If you are going to send your material out, get it registered -- $22.00 at...
  20. DavyG

    Crimson

    Director: Richard Poche Studio/Production Company: Poche Pictures Genre: Horror Length: Feature Website: http://www.crimsonthemovie.com Score: 2.5/5 The vampire genre holds so much appeal to filmmakers and audiences alike but this insatiable thirst for new entries into the canon often...
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