Caution Spoilers

Ask me about a movie! Wait, not that one

  • Home
  • Film Reviews
  • Shorts
  • Kids
  • Documentaries
  • Video Reviews
  • Re-caps (spoilery!)
  • Trailers
  • Film Club
  • Genres
  • Podcasts
  • Interviews
  • Stunts
  • Posters
  • Festivals
  • TV Shows
  • Awards
  • Annual reviews
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Message Received (short film) Short Film 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

28th August 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Sometimes, keeping your friends close and your enemies closer may not be up to you. You know how I love to start a review with a pithy quote from the film? That’s a bit tricky with short film Message Received as there is almost no spoken dialogue in it (literally about two words). But somehow… Message Received (short film) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: best director, broken box films, cuny film festival, david chin, message received, short film, stephen herman, student film festival

En Pointe (short film) Short Film 4.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

28th April 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

“If  you don’t have a chiselled body, you can’t show your skin on stage unless it’s meant to be a joke.” With traditional ballet still summoning up images of ultra slim, short ballerinas in white tutus being held up by lithe and sinewy male ballet dancers, its easy to forget how freeing dance should be for… En Pointe (short film) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: ballet, ballet dancer, burlesque, burlesque dancer, dancer, dancing, en pointe, male burlesque, short film

Coming Out Of The Shadows – interview with director & rookie stuntman Steve Koepfer

21st January 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

*** Check out my later interview with Stephen about his work on John Wick 3: Parabellum *** “A film set is a living organism. Something as simple as slowly driving a car 20 feet as part of this constellation of activity can be very intimidating if you have never functioned in that space before.” Steve… Coming Out Of The Shadows – interview with director & rookie stuntman Steve Koepfer Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, Stunts Tagged With: concrete and crashpads, documentary, falling, fighting, film, interview with a stuntman, john wick 2, martial arts, new york, SAG-AFTRA, short film, steve koepfer, stunt coordinator, stunt work, stuntman, stunts, stuntwomen, tv

Symptoms (Short Film) Short Film 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

19th January 2017 by Sarah 1 Comment

"Guess which hand!" The NHS was saving billions with its new dressings and plasters provision

Sam (Dan Lam) is about to have his final practical examinations to become a qualified doctor – but who is faking it, him or the “patients”? The setting is a teaching hospital, somewhere in the UK. As Sam comes in from outside he looks like any other trendy 20-something (sorry Dan Lam, I know there’s nothing worse… Symptoms (Short Film) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: actress, dan lam, fake patient, fake symptoms, final examinations, marianna dean, short film, symptoms, trainee doctor, zoe cunningham

Concrete And Crashpads – Stunts in New York (Short Film) Short Film 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

18th January 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

That was the first and last time he tried to mainsail microeconomic theory to Debbie from Accounts

“We are the shadow warriors”, says stuntman Mack Kuhr in this fascinating documentary short from directors Stephen Koepfer and Matthew Kaplowitz. A comment which pithily demonstrates how vital they are to a film while staying in the background, not only allowing the star to shine, but giving them that added sparkle. I’m not one for deliberately causing myself pain, though I… Concrete And Crashpads – Stunts in New York (Short Film) Read More

Filed Under: Featured 3, Film Reviews, Stunts, Support Indie Film Tagged With: Anthony Hoang, concrete and crashpads, concrete and crashpads review, Federico Berte, film stunts, Joanne Lamstein, Mack Kuhr, Matthew Kaplowitz, new york, NYC, short film, Stephen koepfer, stunt coordinator, stunt documentary, stunt men, stunt performers, stunt women, stunts, tv stunts

Human (Short Film) Short Film 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

3rd October 2016 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Human won best science fi at the LA Film Awards and I can see why – like the best sci fi there’s a very human story nestling in this tale of lost robots. A young woman called Anna comes across a functioning human-sized android in a junk-filled warehouse and befriends him. She reads to him,… Human (Short Film) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: android, best sci fi, british scientists, human, human short film, la film awards, little glass films, nadia lamin, robot, scientists, short film, teaching

Deirdre (Short Film) Short Film 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

3rd October 2016 by Sarah Leave a Comment

A beautifully staged story set in rural Ireland, but examining universal themes about growing up and breaking free. The teenage Deirdre is just starting to find out about life and first love. Meanwhile her single mother is obsessed with the Church and her daughter’s perceived sin. When a group of travellers arrives in the village it’s clear… Deirdre (Short Film) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: church, ireland, jo southwell, short film

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • 2

Looking For

About Sarah

About Sarah

Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, John Wick lover and Gerard Butler apologist. Still waiting for Mike Banning vs John Wick: Requiem

Site info here.
Or email me on [email protected]

Latest Reviews

The Reef: Stalked 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Persuasion 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

GATLOPP: Hell Of A Game 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Jurassic World: Dominion 2.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Top Gun: Maverick 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Senior Year 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

H20h no! The Film Club watches Black Water: Abyss 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (TV mini series) 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Sonic The Hedgehog 2 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Pursuit Of A Jigsaw (short film) Short Film 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Operation Mincemeat 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Reed’s Point 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Let The Wrong One In 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Death On The Nile 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Deep Water 2.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Moonfall 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Silent Night 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Last Train To Christmas 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

A Castle For Christmas 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Home Sweet Home Alone 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Get the latest reviews by Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to and receive notifications of new reviews by email.

Copyright © 2022 · Caution Spoilers Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in