Alan Ng

A Cool Fish

By Alan Ng | December 2018

A nice gimmick can add spice to an over told story, but you gotta rub in that spice to make a tasty…

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A nice gimmick can add spice to an over told story, but you gotta rub in that spice to make a tasty meal. A Cool Fish had a nice gimmick, but the question...

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Maryam Farahzadi’s short animated film, Blue, naturally places the spotlight on feeling blue, specifically the isolated feeling that comes from being...

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Nothing tests a relationship more than a scam gone wrong in a barren desert and with death on the line. In J.D. Funari’s short film Exposure, a couple...

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As much as I love the last 10 years of Marvel films, great pains have been made to remove uniquely comic book elements of our heroes and stories in order...

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Short films in the thriller/horror category follow a fairly straightforward structure. It all begins with a slow reveal uncovering the real plot of the...

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The immortal words of Lord Acton still apply today, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” This struggle for power, in these...

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Stella Velon’s short film The Critic is the story of a young actress sitting for an interview that she will soon regret. Along with writing and...

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I get it. I’m a critic, not a filmmaker. I’m in no position to tell a director how to do his/her job. What I get to do is shamelessly rant about...

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There’s a profound sadness I can’t help but feel for the subjects of Hao Wu’s documentary People’s Republic of Desire. Wu dives pretty deep in the...

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Is this becoming a new genre or are we just really angry with politics today? Last Halloween, I reviewed President Evil, which is basically an angry...

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