An upcoming indie project is looking to create one of the wackiest crossovers imaginable. Reality Check, a short film seeking funding on Kickstarter, plans to combine the moody sci-fi of your average Philip K. Dick adaptation with those Progressive Insurance commercials. Seriously. Saying it like that is a gross oversimplification, but the concept is certainly a novel one. Cora Benesh will play Elion, an employee for an insurance company who travels time to investigate claims for accuracy. Of course, as this is a moody, noirish sci-fi film, she will become embroiled in a wide-reaching scandal. Reality Check's creative team describe Elion as a "strong female protagonist", which is no doubt a bit lacking in the sci-fi genre. The best part of Reality Check, however, is its visuals. Director Chris Buchal has apparently spent a more than a year designing his special effects, and they look glitchy, twisted, and surreal. For...
- 7/26/2013
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
David F. Morgan's "City Baby" is a modest character study of Cloey (Cora Benesh, who also co-wrote the screenplay), an aspiring...something, boldly going nowhere. With her father (Daniel Baldwin) footing the bills without question, Cloey is free to pursue her relationship with aging rockstar-wannabe Jesse (Andrew Harris) as she perpetually despairs over her life in Portland. When a blown audition call leads to a meet-cute with Michael (Richard Keith), a considerably more on-point ad exec, Cloey juggles competing feelings while attempting to come into her own as a twenty-something layabout. Yes, it's a story that's been told half to death in the last decade or so, but Morgan never lets it get too portentous and Benesh leads a strong cast while turning in a strong performance that's only somewhat undone by an tidy ending that feels out of step with the rest of the film. Despite our impression...
- 3/30/2013
- by Mark Zhuravsky
- The Playlist
David F. Morgan's "City Baby" is a modest character study of one Cloey (Cora Benesh, who also co-wrote the screenplay), an aspiring...something, boldly going nowhere. With her father (Daniel Baldwin) footing the bills without question, Cloey is free to pursue her relationship with aging rock star-wannabe Jesse (Andrew Harris) as she perpetually despairs over her life in Portland. When a blown audition call leads to a meet-cute with Michael (Richard Keith), a considerably more on-point ad exec, Cloey juggles competing feelings while attempting to come into her own as a twenty-something layabout. Yes, it's a story that's been told half to death in the last decade or so, but Morgan never lets it get too portentous and Benesh leads a strong cast while turning in a strong performance that's only somewhat undone by an tidy ending that feels out of step with the rest of the film. Despite...
- 3/30/2013
- by Mark Zhuravsky
- The Playlist
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