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VOD REVIEWS: Bridget Stokes’ BOY GENIUS is a high school comedy-mystery as smart and surprising as its lead character

By Daniel Pappas 6 years ago

Yes, it’s a Nancy Drew detective novel flirting with the deep end of racial injustice but what makes Stokes’ BOY GENIUS succeed where others wouldn’t is its emotional center. Miles Brown, Rita Wilson and team all string together a perfect balance of goofy and gravitas.

10 Most Recent Films Watched

10 MOST RECENT FILMS WATCHED: Indie Memphis, NewFilmmakers L.A., a benefit, the theater, VOD, and DVD – movies coming from all over the place from Films Gone Wild

By admin 8 years ago

This one includes the last couple of films I caught at Indie Memphis, the L.A. Premiere of QUALITY PROBLEMS at New Filmmakers L.A., a benefit screening of FERRIS BUELLER to benefit my friend, and Dallas’s legendary personality Devin Pike, some eclectic choices on VOD and DVD, the first holiday movie, and the irony of watching Chris Nolan’s totally shot in film DUNKIRK on a plane as I headed home from Los Angeles.