ashley scott meyers

The zany, off-cuff black comedy is a hard one to tap into when attempts at establishing chemistry falls flat and humor stumbles into the mundane. That’s ultimately what happens in prolific screenwriter Ashley Scott Meyers’ feature directing debut, The Pinch, well over a decade after publishing 2007’s Selling Your Screenplay, and ultimately establishing a podcast based on his own book. There’s quite a bit in The Pinch that works for what it tries to present, and a lot that unfortunately counters those efforts. It’s worth noting there’s some pretty decent performances in the film led by actor Gunnar Wright who plays Rob, a down-on-his-luck courier who has been working the same job for twenty years under the rule of his semi-maniacal boss, Kain, played by James Aston Lake. There isn’t much to go on in terms of establishing their history as childhood friends and so you’re left with a merely […]

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