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| Short Redhead Reel Reviews date from 1986 to present. This main page lists the five most recent film reviews. To view a complete list of all films reviewed this month, see Previous Reviews on the right. |
Monday, September 16, 2024 |
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Cheat |
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NR 2024 |
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[Available Sept. 17 on various digital and VOD platforms.] After a married businesswoman (Shelby Handley) has an affair with her lover (Rodrigo Massa) due to the neglect of her controlling, abusive, vicious DEA agent husband (Ry Barrett) in Greg A. Sager's gripping, suspenseful, intense, twist-filled, gritty, violent, thought-provoking, unpredictable, 105-minute thriller, she is kidnapped and tortured by a masked assailant, struggles to get out of her devastating predicament, and eventually the frightening, horrendous ordeal is investigated by two detectives (Jay Wong and Jim Kelly) looking into her abduction and other murders.
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If I Die, It'll Be Because of Joy |
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NR 2024 |
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[Screened Sept. 13 at 3:30 p.m. at the International Village at the 36th Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF) that runs Sept. 11-22; for more information, log on to https://outonscreen.com) vqff.] Stunning cinematography highlights Alexis Taillant's powerful, engaging, informative, inspirational, humorous, insightful, 80-minute documentary that focuses on three candid members of the Greypride organization in Paris and the LGBTQI+ community, including feisty, 80-year-old Micheline who desires orgasms and sex in France; free-spirited, 70-year-old activist Francis who points out that sexual needs of the elderly are often ignored; and queer Yves who is desperate for companionship at age 68; who challenge stereotypes, fight taboos while living in senior residences and nursing homes, and who point out that modern society has little respect for those over age 45 despite the fact that the majority of those below 45 will soon be facing the same treatment.
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How to Make a Million Before Grandma Dies |
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NR 2024 |
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[Opens Sept. 13 in theaters.] Pat Boonnitipat's poignant, award-winning, heartwarming, moving, heartbreaking, wit-dotted, well-acted, realistic, 127-minute film in which a video-gaming, college dropout grandson (Putthipong "Billkin" Assaratanakul) decides to care for his feisty, congee-loving, 79-year-old, Thai grandmother (Usha "Taew" Seamkhum) in Bangkok when she is diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer and needs chemotherapy with the hope he can inherit her money and coveted house but as he cares for her he learns that money isn't everything as he witnesses her neglectful son (Sanya "Duu" Kunakorn) and gambling-addicted, slacker, stealing uncle (Pongsatorn "Phuak" Jongwilas).
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Pitch, The: Patient Safety's Next Generation |
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NR 2024 |
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[Available Sept. 17 on various VOD platforms.] Mike Eisenberg's important. eye-opening, educational, insightful, candid, 59-minute documentary that discusses the recent strides in the evolving role of technology in improving patient safety across medicine using expert interviews, real-world technology solutions; focuses on one young innovator's journey into the layered business of medicine; showcases the immense effort required to break into the healthcare industry with new innovations and the importance of collaboration between those inside and out of the medical space; and consists of film clips, computer simulations providing training for medical personnel, and interview snippets with physicians (such as Dr. Robert Pearl, Dr. Lee Harrison, and Dr. James Clarkson,), Carnegie Mellon research professor of computer science Artur Dubrawski, Elythea CEO and founder Reetam Ganguli, Reetam's parents Bharati and Rangan Ganguli, MedStar National Health Center director Raji Ratwani PhD, Humber River Health president and CEO Barb Collins, GE Healthcare Command Centers CEO Jeff Terry, clinical programs VP Jhanvi Solanki, Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Dean Dr. Vineet Arora, IEXCEL associate vice chancellor of clinical simulation Pamela Boyers, IEXCEL artistic director Bill Glass, IEXCEL 3D generalist Wesley Fisher, and cardiologist Dr. Nidhish Tiwari.
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Voice of Shadows |
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NR 2024 |
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[Available Sept. 17 on various digital and VOD platforms.] When a woman (Corrinne Mica) travels with her religious, South American, Catholic boyfriend (Guillermo Blanco) and his sister (María José Vargas Agudelo) to a haunted countryside estate she inherited from her eccentric great aunt (Jane Hammill) under strange stipulations in the will explained by a duplicitous attorney (Martin Harris) in Nicholas Bain's award-winning, eerie, well-acted, intense, dark, star-dotted (Betti Battocletti, Kevin Lokey, and Sean R Jr. Soukkala), 90-minute horror-noir, gothic thriller highlighted by great cinematography and a musical score, they get wrapped up in a mysterious, menacing cult as he seeks advice and help from two priests (Bee Vang and Michael Paul Levin).
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©2024 by Wendy Schadewald
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