Movie Review: +1 (2013)

Seeing double again

A teenage party is turned upside down when doubles of every person start appearing.  This film is not very suspenseful or scary.  It is entertaining and amusing and turns the whole 'teenage party out of control' on its head.  For a smaller film trying to do something different, it is good, not amazingly good, but good. 

+1 gets 2.5 out of 5 stars.

Director: Dennis Iliadis
Writer: Bill Gullo (screenplay), Dennis Iliadis (story)
Starring: Rhys Wakefield, Logan Miller, Ashley Hinshaw
Rotten Tomatoes: 67%
Metacritic: 60%

Movie Review: Resolution (2012)

Time for an intervention

Michael leaves the city to help his friend Chris, a drug addict, to get clean.  As expected, Chris is very reluctant to comply.  But Michael does his best to help.  Meanwhile, some really bizarre things start happening and Michael believes that someone is watching them and leaving clues for him to follow.  I've read comparisons between this film and Joss Whedon's Cabin in the Woods.  Some traits might be shared such as both of the films deconstructing the horror genre.  For a very small indie horror film which has very little in the way of in your face horror, this is a very good film. 

Resolution gets 4.5 out of 5 stars!

Director: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead
Writer: Justin Benson
Starring: Peter Cilella, Vinny Curran, Zahn McClarnon
Rotten Tomatoes: 100%
Metacritic: 78%