Dreamin' Wild

Drama

Available on VOD: 4 juli 2024

Director: Bill Pohlad

Cast: Casey Affleck (Oppenheimer, Manchester by the Sea), Beau Bridges (Max Payne, Fabulous Baker Boys), Zoey Deschanel (New Girl, 500 Days of Summer), Chris Messina (Argo, Birds of Prey), Walton Goggins (Fallout, Cowboys & Aliens)

What if a childhood dream suddenly came true - but thirty years later? That’s what happened to singer/songwriter Donnie Emerson. His dream of success suddenly – and unexpectedly – came true but only as he approached 50 years old. And while it brought hopes of second chances, it also brought ghosts of the past and long-buried emotions as Donnie, his brother Joe and their entire family came to terms with their newly found fame.

• 90% Fresh op Rotten Tomatoes!
• Time.com: What Pohlad and his actors—all of them wonderful, among the best ensemble of performers we’re likely to see all year—pull off is a rich and often deeply moving meditation on what music can mean in a life.
• Chicago.suntimes.com: This is a true story, and it’s now getting the feature film treatment in Bill Pohlad’s warm and elegiac and lovely Dreamin’ Wild, with Casey Affleck doing his disheveled-restless-socially awkward thing in a searingly strong performance as the brilliantly talented Donnie.
• Rogerebert.com: A rich and evocative portrait of the weight of broken dreams and the strength one can find in a family as unwaveringly supportive as the Emersons.
• Wall Street Journal: Affleck easily holds the film together with another captivating performance.

Last County

Thriller

Available on VOD: 11 juli 2024

Director: Barret Mulholland

Cast: Kaelen Ohm (Hit and Run, Taken), Gord Rand (Orphan Black), Benjamin Blais

An alcoholic woman with a marriage on the rocks finds an unlikely ally in a wounded drug mule when the two of them are forced to defend her home from a violent siege of corrupt small town cops.

• Filmthreat.com: A genuinely entertaining piece of genre cinema. Riotous and clever, this is a marked debut for Barret Mulholland.
• Bainsfilmreviews.com: The characters are all portrayed by a great cast, but Abby goes through so much during the course of Last County, and her journey from addict to badass is so entertaining to watch. 9/10.
• Highonfilms.com: Kaelen Ohm as Abigail is a revelation, fully making the audience empathize with her dilemma, while Nicholas Campbell as McLean truly embodies the sharp-shootin’, wise-cracking, deadpan corrupt sheriff one expects in these black comedy-tinged neo-westerns. "Last County" is a mostly enjoyable ride.
• Mailnewsgroup.com: A Compelling Tale of Turmoil and Tension.
• Themoviewaffler.com: Mulholland and the Kohnens have crafted a comic thriller that recalls the b-westerns of the '50s and the rugged, bloodsoaked action movies of the '70s, all while keeping its tongue lodged firmly in its tobaccy chewin' gums.