TFR Ep. 446: GIFF 2019 Round Up, The Hummingbird Project, The Hole In The Ground, Family, One Cut Of The Dead
Chris Scalzo
On this episode of The First Run, Chris runs through all the films he saw at this year’s Gasparilla Film Festival. First up is the dramatic tech thriller, ‘The Hummingbird Project’, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Alexander Skarsgård, and Salma Hayek. Eisenberg and Skarsgård are business partners trying to get the fastest possible speed for online trading and thereby making themselves filthy rich. Hayek is their former boss with her own designs. There’s the always relatively fascinating rundown of the big Blu-Ray & DVD releases, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Then it’s on to the Horror Shorts; ‘Latched’, ‘Lullaby’, and ‘Thread’. Next up is A24 Irish import, ‘The Whole In The Ground’. A young mom and her son move to the countryside and he disappears for a short time. Upon his return, something just isn’t quite right… We’re not done yet though as Taylor Schilling stars in, ‘Family’. Schilling is the no-nonsense Aunt who never has time for her family due to her dedication to her job. And she’s a bit of a jerk. So how does the Insane Clown Posse save the day? Finally, the Japanese horror/comedy, ‘One Cut Of The Dead’ closes out the show. A director is tasked with making a ‘one take’ zombie show. But what happens when zombies actually show up? This and more on the latest episode of The First Run Focus!
00:00-03:29: Intro/The Hummingbird Project
03:30-05:34: Horror Shorts
05:35-12:05: Blu-Ray & DVD Picks
12:06-15:37: The Hole In The Ground
15:38-19:21: Family
19:22-22:36: One Cut Of The Dead
22:37-24:13: Wrap Up
Theme music provided by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey
One Cut Of The Dead Images © Enbu Seminar