Cinema Crazed – Celebrating Film Culture and Pop Culture

As a dark being attempts to claim them, a family tries to reconnect and live their lives deep in the forest.
Written and directed by Jordan Graham, this dark, dark film (as in there isn’t much light here, images are dark and well, so is the subject of course) was a beloved film for some festival attendees in the last year. However, for this reviewer, it falls...

This 2018 film that is finally being released in 2021 is based on true events where a man used his influence, possibly including hypnosis, to push his former cellmate into crime.
This film written by Arto Halonen, co-written by William Aldridge and Mitchell Bard, and directed by Halonen took almost 3 years to make it to VOD and after a watch, it becomes very clear why: It’s unfortunately a bore. The story ideas in there should...

Greta Garbo was a hypnotic yet elusive commodity who continues to intrigue and obsess audiences. In this week’s episode of “The Online Movie Show,” actor-writer Joe Mannetti offers his insight on the never-ending Garbo allure.
The episode can be heard here....

My love affair with writing began with competitive spelling in grade school and evolved right in to middle school where I built my obsession with telling stories. I was always fond of the Scripps spelling bee and I always sought to maybe make it there...