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THE CURSE OF HOBBES HOUSE Review: Passable Zombie Thrills With A Cool Touch

Going into director Juliane Block’s new undead haunted house pic, The Curse Of Hobbes House, you would never guess that the film stood in part as an allegory for something more prevalent in the news these last few years. It’s certainly the mark of a formidable director – to be able to produce an escapist narrative genre piece with an underlying message that’s less obvious than suggestive. First and foremost, of course, comes how to establish the general framework and get the pace going. The first ten minutes embark on an animated prologue highlighting an ancient war between kings, one whose seizure of an old witcher’s house brings about a curse that lasts for generations. Fast forward to the present day and a week following a tragic plot twist that later introduces Jane (Mhairi Calvey), homeless and newly fired from her job, who gets summoned by a solicitor to arrive […]

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Review: Juliane Block’s 3 LIVES Highlights Afflicting Causality Of Trauma And Injustice

Lee B. Golden III

Director Juliane Block casts a mind-bending spotlight on the subject of sexual assault through the visage of a harrowing survival thriller in 3 Lives. Block pairs up with actress Mhairi Calvey this time around with a script by Wolf Peter-Arand that centers on a psychiatrist who finds herself on the run in a heavily-wooded forest with two men tied to her traumatic past. Calvey plays Emma, awakened in a cage in underground, frightened and later approached by two other individuals mysteriously captured as well. Seconds later they manage to free her, only to reveal themselves as Ben (Tyron Ricketts), her convicted rapist from fifteen years ago, and Jamie (Martin Kaps), Ben’s supposed defender during trial, triggering Emma’s defenses. Upon exiting the cave, they’re instantly pursued by a trio of sadistic solider-like foes, later revealed to be members of the French foreign legion. As to why they’re so pursuant of Emma […]

Shortfilm Review: EDEN GREY Kicks Off With Kinetic Sci-Fi And Scope

Lee B. Golden III

To date, it still surprises knowing actress Mhairi Calvey was once the young rising star seen more than twenty years ago in Mel Gibson epic, Braveheart. I actually need to go back and have another watch at some point but it’s a worthy blurb to throw in going into this Spring film festival season seven years since relaunching herself into film. Her latest endeavor now readies a premiere at the Artemis Women In Action Film Festival with Eden Grey, a fast-moving survival tale that encompasses a little bit of sci-fi in its grounded visage of thrilling suspense and Bourne-style action. Director Tyrone Samuels’s script sets things in motion featuring Calvey in the title role a solider on the run and in search of answers to uncover the truth behind a controversial covert supersoldier healing program that has rendered her expendable. Right off the bat, Calvey’s dramatic strength and caliber lends […]

3 LIVES Raises Staggering Questions Of Self In The First Official Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

Award-winning director Juliane Block returns once again following about two years of effort for her latest endeavor, 3 Lives. The film saw an evolution since intiating crowdfunding efforts at Cinedime and now offers up a haunting, savory tale of danger, suspense, mystery and self-discovery. Leading the way is actress Mhairi Calvey who first landed on our radar for upcoming action short, Eden Grey, which arrives at the Artemis Women In Action Film Festival this April. For 3 Lives, Calvey stars as a psychologist, kidnapped by three ex-military soldiers and is forced to confront her dark past when she learns her rescuer is the same man who was jailed for raping her 15 years earlier. Wolf-Peter Arand wrote the script from a story by Block who made her way as a filmmaker sharing credits on festival favorites such as Kinks (2011), and Train Station (2015). Also starring are Tyron Ricketts, Martin […]