It is about a film director who has been engaged by the principal of a high school to be film teacher. The teacher comes into conflict with a talented but arrogant and deeply lonely student, who sabotages the teaching and are unable to get to school. But because the student shows film talent the teacher is trying to encourage student and get him to wake up and take school seriously. It should prove to be much harder than he thought.
Making Apes begins by looking back at the history of makeup effects in Hollywood, which was revolutionized by Jack Pierce, the person behind Frankenstein (1931) and The Wolf Man (1941)
Cursed is based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel, and is a retelling of the Arthurian legend with a twist. Instead of King Arthur gaining Excalibur, a teenage sorceress named Nimue (Katherine Langford) does. Her people — the Fey — are being hunted down, and so Nimue will do whatever it takes to save them.
Adam Sandler goes hard as an NBA scout in this male-heavy sports-drama.
We sat down with Writer/Director Albert Acosta to discuss his debut short film, (ha-ha), Acosta's foray into narrative cinema, and how his personal experiences have shaped his filmmaking philosophy.
The fun tricks used in the production design and lighting read extremely well on-screen but hardly fulfill their purpose of trying to inject glamour into a lack-luster story with nothing to say.
