The Court s spiritual objective is to protect people so that they do not fall into a life of crime and drugs. But due to the Court s reputation, villains take refuge in the cult to invoke the spirits of the Thug Court for nefarious ends, such as robbery, kidnaping, and even murder.
Film Shorts // May 19-25, 2021
OPENING
Counter Column (PG-13) This Christian drama is about a drug dealer (Chris Gonzales) who tries to escape his life by joining the army. Also with Nathan-Andrew Hight, Michael Kaiser, Zane Castor, Ella Haslett, Madeleine Martinez, Diego Medina, and Lars Nielsen. (Opens Friday at Movie Tavern Hulen)
The Dry (R) Eric Bana stars in this thriller as a federal agent who returns to his drought-stricken hometown for a funeral and has to reckon with a decades-old unsolved murder. Also with Genevieve O’Reilly, Keir O’Donnell, John Polson, Julia Blake, Bruce Spence, and William Zappa. (Opens Friday in Dallas)
Written and Directed by Taylor Chien.
Starring Bianca Haase, Brock O’Hurn, Michael Vlamis, Michelle Randolph, Dave Sheridan, Dante Jimenez, Romualdo Castillo, and Rodney Gemberling.
SYNOPSIS:
Four friends head to Hawaii to investigate reports of a haunting at an abandoned resort in hopes of finding the infamous Half-Faced Girl. When they arrive, they soon learn you should be careful what you wish for.
The only thing scary about
The Resort is that it’s not a debut narrative feature from writer/director Taylor Chien, as it’s hard to imagine something worse. This is a cheaply made ghost story that barely features anything haunting, leisurely taking its time for anything to happen. It’s also an absolute failure on every front of filmmaking, from the writing to be acting to the story to the editing. I will give credit where credit is due on the one halfway decent practical makeup effect towards the end, but you would have to be a masochist to even make it that far without t