Screen Test 23 (2015)

Over the last several years, I have had the privilege of being one of the critics having the opportunity to watch and review several films from writer/director/producer Marcellus Cox, whose efforts are never anything less but grounded, relevant, and steeped in unflinching glimpses illustrating the gripping, inspired, and ever-vacillating realms that make up the human condition.

Striving for validation. Let’s be frank….we ALL want to be successful. Whatever we put our efforts into, ideally it is to make it culminate in the best possible results across the board, especially when it comes to what career path we are pursuing. We WANT to excel, to shine, to advance, to be acknowledged. AND…let’s hope that we also wish to better everyone around us to boot. However, what occurs when those whom we initially put our trust in suddenly become a burden instead of a boon? Do we falter under the weight of rejection? Or STAND UP for WHO WE ARE?

That feeling in your gut which tells you that there’s something out there you should look for and make your own, is what the power represents

Rip Tide is a coming-of-age film that teaches viewers about finding yourself and reconnecting with surroundings.

Hanna Bergholm's 'Hatching' shows us that the modern version of the cardboard world trope is social media.

With the theme of unemployment, it presents a family fantasy anecdote rather the a comment on social problems.