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Once Upon a Lifetime
USA 2021
produced by Cecily Jamelia, David Skato, Jensen Atwood, Magalene Sudduth (executive), Narlyia Sterling (executive) for Dirt Road Films, David Skato Productions, Slated
directed by David Skato
starring Arie Thompson, Jensen Atwood, Phoenix Nicholson, Marilyn Lucea, Raquel Reyes, Sophia Glemaud, Melanie Thompson, Cecily Jamelia, Joan Moten, Shelby Young, Krystian Alexander Lyttle, Aziah Von Harrison, Alejandra Mikulan, Melvin Ward, Narlyia Sterling, Tavarus Weems, Gigi Bolden
written by David Skato, songs by Emorie, Neon Beach, The Season, Centerpiece
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Thomas (Phoenix Nicholson) is a mere 9 years old, and already his life
could be greater: For one he's bullied in school by one Clyde (Krystian
Alexander Lyddle), and since Clyde's quite a bit bigger than him, he
doesn't dare to hit back. But what's worse is, his family life is less
than perfect, as while his mother Tatyana (Arie Thompson) feels overworked
in the household, his father Joseph's (Jensen Atwood) is hardly ever home
and treats mom like little more than an asset. And then Thomas meets a
girl his age, Joy (Raquel Reyes), whom he feels somehow drawn even if she
talks and acts weird. When he leaves, she follows him home and stays
outside his house until his mom is pretty much forced to take her in.
She's unable to answer who her parents are or where she has come from so
Tatyana lets her spend the night - and the next day Joy wakes up a
teenaged girl (and played by Sophia Glemaud). As this is an inexplicable
thing, Tatyana takes Joy to the doctor the next day, but he thinks she's
just pranking him, while social services suggest Tatyana keeps Joy for the
time being. And Joy helps Thomas stand his ground against Clyde.
Soon, Joy is in her twenties (now played by Melanie Thompson), and at
this age she and Tatyana make a discovery that shatters Tatyana's whole
life, and while Joy ages rather rapidly (played by Cecily Jamelia in her
40s, Joan Moten in her 70s), her unique perspective on life that blends
the naive with the very wise helps Tatyana deal with the situation, and
become a stronger woman in the process ...
A heartwarming film that combines the comedic with the tragic,
the fantastic with the all-too-mundane and tells its story in a
light-footed way with a certain twinkle in the eye that keeps the film
from going all tearjerker, and a healthy attitude against hammering home a
message. And with a very likeable and able cast, and a fluid yet subtle
direction, this has turned out to be a feelgood movie well worth a watch.
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Robots and rats,
demons and potholes, cuddly toys and shopping mall Santas,
love and death and everything in between,
Tales to Chill Your Bones to is all of that.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to -
a collection of short stories and mini-plays ranging from the horrific to the darkly humourous,
from the post-apocalyptic to the weirdly romantic,
tales that will give you a chill and maybe a chuckle,
all thought up by the twisted mind of screenwriter and film reviewer Michael Haberfelner.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to
the new anthology by Michael Haberfelner
Out now from Amazon!!! |
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