Summer at Charlotte's: Movie Review

Very predictable, laid-back romance.

Summer at Charlotte’s is literally big city girl goes to her small hometown and rediscovers what she wants in life while falling back in love with her childhood sweetheart. As every good romance cinephile knows, that is the plot description of most Hallmark movies. The main problem with Summer at Charlotte’s is the genericness of it. So few specifics are given to the character or her life that the movie has no identity.		2023 Directed by: Avi Federgreen Screenplay by: Kaisha Bicknell, Style Dayne Starring: Lucy Hill, Patch May

Time's Up: Movie Review

It’s New Year’s Eve in a cold, small town. A high school student has recently committed suicide; the teachers are having a party. Some of them, namely Jacqui (Hannah Fierman), are very concerned about how it happened, how it could have been prevented, and what role they each played in that student’s life to make him end it. The rest of the teachers don’t care, they repeat the platitudes like “nobody could have seen this coming” and “he’s in a better place now”.		2022 Directed by: L.C. Holt Screenplay by: L.C. Holt Starring: Damian Maffei, Hannah Fierman

Fourth Grade: Movie Review

A good premise completely wasted.

Enter the pristine halls of a private elementary school for the kids of rich parents. Parents of the fourth grade theater class have been told to meet after school for an emergency meeting. They don’t know why they’ve been summoned, but assume it has to do with casting the school play and they quickly start bickering about whose kid is the most talented. Turns out a brick of weed was found in the classroom.		2021 Directed by: Marcelo Galvão Screenplay by: Marcelo Galvão Starring: Teri Polo, Ben Begley