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NEW LIFE MOVIE REVIEW
Once upon a time you dressed so fine. Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn’t you? People say ‘beware doll, you’re bound to fall.’ You thought they were all kidding you. You used to laugh about everybody that was hanging out. Now you don’t talk so loud. Now you don’t seem so proud about having to be scrounging your next meal. How does it feel to be without a home, like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone. There ya go, the entire repeating soundtrack of New Life. This film follows a mysterious woman on the run (Hayley Erin) and the resourceful fixer assigned to bring her in (Sonya Walger), this film blends horror, sci-fi, heavy drama, and the cat and mouse genre, as these two women’s stories inexorably link. The stakes may very well be apocalyptic. Or, it may be a very plodding, uneven indie film from a first time director. Kimberly, Jason, and T.C. pull apart the tangled mess of this movie, which they went into hoping for something akin to an A24 movie and were surprised to discover what it actually is. Be prepared to have Bob Dylan lodged in your head for awhile after watching this.
DIRECTED BY: John Rosman
STARRING: Sonya Walger, Hayley Erin, Tony Amendola, Jeb Berrier, Ayanna Berkshire, Betty Moyer, Blaine Palmer, Kevin-Michael Moore, Lisa Cross, Nick George, Cotton Ruscheinsky, La Johnson, Tim Blough, Jeffrey Arrington, Dan Kyle
YOUR REVIEWERS
T.C. De Witt (Screener Squad)
T.C. De Witt is a multi-awarded writer/director originally from Wisconsin and now based in Los Angeles. His life has been devoted to the arts since he was a child. He’s been a stage performer, playwright, stand-up comic, film and television actor, radio DJ, podcaster published author, recorded musician, and comic writer/illustrator. He is now a professional screenwriter and has been thriving for the past decade, regularly offering his talents to production studios in LA, Chicago, Milwaukee, and internationally in Sydney and Poland. He’s provided content for Amazon Prime, Netflix, and several YouTube partners. His films have screened internationally, and his stageplays have been performed across the country. In the last ten years, he has directed 57 films, 23 episodes of his series The One Minute Rewatch, 300+ episodes of podcasts, and his multi-award-winning short film Screen: Righter screened at the Festival de Cannes in 2016. He has released two feature films, The Princess Knight and A Christmas Sunset. He thrives on collaboration and the thrill of sharing stories in all forms.
Kimberly Brown (Highly Suspect Reviews)
Kimberly wants to live in a world filled with blue telephone boxes, speedsters, and ice dragons but through an ironic twist of fate, she’s stuck in this reality where these wondrous things only exist on page or film. Kim’s perpetual desire to consume sci-fi and fantasy media as a teen led her to the study of illustration/design at university to better understand its creation. Currently an Austin transplant, when she’s not wearing her critic hat you can find her pretending to like hiking, fielding questions about her hair or maybe even enjoying a local brew at the nearest dive bar.
Jason Fisher (Screener Squad)
Born in New Orleans, brought up in Austin, and raised by cinema, Jason is an animator and filmmaker with decades of experience working in the arts. Before even graduating high school, Jason was animating and podcasting with the Austin-based movie review site Spill.com. From this formative experience, he gained an eclectic taste and knowledge that he carried into a rich career working in the animation industry. Notable projects include Marvel’s Hit Monkey, FXX’s Legion, Netflix’s America: The Motion Picture, and working for companies including Nickelodeon, Rooster Teeth, PBS Kids, and many more. As a cineast, it’s his belief that his favorite movie is one that he hasn’t seen yet. His thirst for great art is unquenchable, whether that means consuming it or contributing to it himself.
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