Sundance 2019: Greener Grass

Greener Grass takes us to a type of suburbs that we’ve never really seen presented on screen before but the laughs keep coming non-stop. To the outside word, this particular Midwest-inspired suburb is a strikingly weird one.  It’s almost as if everybody lives a suburb that’s not known to the outside world.  Chances are, you’ve never seen a neighborhood that behaves in this manner.  Instead of driving cars, everybody drives golf carts instead.  Every single…

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Thunder Road: An Indie Gem

Thunder Road comes with a nice blend of tragedy and comedy with a marvelous performance from multi-hyphenate Jim Cummings. The film starts out as Texas police officer Jim Arnaud (Jim Cummings) attends the funeral for his mother, Brenda.  I’ll discuss the scene in-depth later but it seemingly sets the tone for what we’re about to see over the next 90 minutes.  Despite losing control of his emotions during the funeral, Jim–ignoring his superior–heads back to…

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