Powell’s first film appearances, described below, were in “For Elsie”, “Private Peaceful”, “Anita B.”, and “Quartet”. On television, she starred as the mermaid Ryn in in 36 episodes of the Freeform series SIREN. Powell’s first TV role was as Lule …
BANG BANG BABY – a musical fantasy by Jeffrey St. Jules (limited spoilers) ⁓ Stepphy Holliday (Jane Levy) lives with her alcoholic father George (Peter Stormare) in Lonely Arms, a fictional Canadian town fifteen miles from the US border, somewhere …
THE WANDERING EARTH – Directed by Frant Gwo – SPOILERS ⁓ The science might be a bit outré, but this is really the story of Station Commander Liu, his father-in-law Han Zi’ang (Ng Man-Tat), his son Liu Qi (Qu Chuxiao), …
PEELERS – directed by Sevé Schelenz – SPOILERS ⁓ Peelers is a riveting tale, skillfully assembled. The blood, gore, and dismemberment is muted enough to allow the characters to become interesting, and the film is, by turns, funny, campy, and …
INCONTROL – a film by Kurtis David Harder – SPOILERS ⁓ Samantha J Collins (Anja Savcic) is a mousey intellectual with an allergy to peanuts. She has a crush on Mark (Levi Meaden) who is romantically attached to Marissa (Sarah …
LOOKING IS THE ORIGINAL SIN – a film by Gail Harvey ⁓ It probably wasn’t a good idea for writer/director Gail Harvey to say upfront that the film was inspired by the life of Diane Arbus. Quibbles about things un-Arbus-like …
GERONTOPHILIA – a film by Bruce LaBruce – (limited spoilers) ⁓ The opening scene, which could stand alone as a short film, has Désirée (Katie Boland) in an intense make-out session with Lake (Pierre Gabriel Lajoie). While they kiss, she …
PEOPLE HOLD ON – directed by Michael Seater ⁓ It is an engaging story, but watching it is like being alone at a party full of strangers. One is forced to pick the most entertaining folks to focus on. For …
STRANGE FRAME: LOVE & SAX, a sci-fi musical ⁓ STRANGE FRAME is a story of thwarted love that turns into a quest for reunion. At the start of things, saxophonist Parker C. Boyd (Claudia Black) indruduces us to singer/songwriter Naia …
