A six-episode web series has figured out a narrative method for riffing on current pop culture. The Horseshoe Cinema channel is home to Film Buff, which follows the life of a somewhat-schlubby film podcaster. Film Buff is one of four web series on Horseshoe, a YouTube channel run by Andy Viner and Charles DeRosa. It stars Andrew Wynn as Paul, the series' titular movie lover, who hosts "Ohio's #1 movie podcast." In the first episode, viewers quickly learn that Paul's leads a fairly sad existence. He has only a few thousand fans and he has trouble booking guests for his podcast, which leads him to invite a number of colorful characters to join his program. Each episode features a recently released movie or TV show, giving the series a "ripped from the headlines" feel. A Grand Budapest Hotel episode makes fun of Wes Anderson and his scarf-clad fans, while the most...
- 6/13/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Kirsten Lives In Los Angeles, a new web series by Andy Viner and Chuck DeRosa, understands that weird, imperfect characters are the best kind of characters. It puts its titular protagonist in the center of a world occupied by Twitter prostitutes, Kickstarter con artists, and wacky high-end furniture craftsmen, letting the zany situations that arise speak for themselves. The lead actress the series is Kirsten Eggers, who has had some experience on network TV via a role on ABC's Work It. Here, she does most of her work with her face, which gives viewers a nonstop contortionist act of bulging eyeballs and twisted grimaces. Kirsten isn't the most vocal of leading ladies, but she is definitely one of the most emotive. The first episode has her working through an awkward situation at work, where her boss, who creates expensive, gnarly wooden tables, accidentally saws off his own penis while working...
- 4/19/2013
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
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