Reviews

There is a fine line that has to be walked whenever talking about gay rights in a film and Patrick Wang walked it like a champion. In the Family is a story about a father, played by the director, Patrick Wang, who loses his life partner, played by Trevor St. John, in a tragic car accident and is left alone with their son, Chip. The movie is a true work of art from beginning to end. There is so much said in this movie about what family is and what it means to be family. In the Family also takes a deep look into what is love, how you should mourn for a lost loved one, and how to get back to the normal routine of life. Patrick Wang breaks new ground in getting himself and his actors to display the truest emotions that make up the very core of what it means to be human. As the film progresses, you can see a change in all the characters as they try to adapt to life once again. The cinematography of the film is so simplistic that it makes the movie all the more real and beautiful, almost as if the audience is poking their heads into the life of a man who is thousands of miles away. This emotionally touching film deserves all of the praise it has been getting and it can definitely be said that In the Family is one of the most moving American indie of this year.

Good For Nothing has the potential to become one of the greatest cult westerns of the 21st century! Cohen Holloway comes forward out of the woodwork to bring a stunning performance as the rough outlaw 'The Man.' Cohen leads the movie with his silent, almost grim, posture which is matched only by Clint Eastwood as the Man with No Name. Inge Rademeyer, who plays a proper English woman, creates a character that is wonderfully unique while maintaining her realism. The story line is a wonderful story about 'the Man,' who suffers from erectile dysfunction, and must cross across the American Old West to try to find a cure. The scenery of the movie is fantastic, using the wonderful landscape which is New Zealand. What might be the greatest feature of this movie is the wonderful score, written by John Psathas and performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. With all these factors combine you get a great western movie.