Low Budget Movie Buff: Movie Reviews

A pure-of-heart hero and a muscle bound big-bad square off admits a land torn asunder by vicious kombat, all the while a thousand eyes of battle weary bystanders fixate upon them with bated breath. Back and forth the kombatants wage war on each other's bodies, shaking the very fabric of the realms they desperately fight over. However, for as bombastic and terrifying as their spectacle is, in the end, no one will really care about the outcome. And why? Because the IP titans at play are little more than hollow conduits for eye-catching, ass-kicking kung fu calamity. But maybe, just maybe, they don't need to be anything more than that. Let's get into it.  Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle for the Realms is the follow up to MK Legends: Scorpion's Revenge. This time around the heroes of earth must travel to Outworld to defend Earthrealm as Scorpion searches for an ancient artifact that, if not discovered in time, could lead to a cataclysmic end for all the realms. Essentially, t...

     Not every story needs to be a long winded epic of dramatic twists and turns, nor even a deep dive into the complexities of profound or existential topics. Sometimes all a story needs to be is a single, simple idea expressed so divinely that it sticks to the mind like a catchy tune, slashes the heart like a bitter word, or warms the soul like a tight embrace. This is the gift Writer-Director Rajvir Singh of Day Drinkin Club gives us with his endearing short film, Jo hn wants a cigarette .       John wants a cigarette is a short film about John Price ( Stuart Bassett ), a humble, low level employee that craves one simple thing throughout his day, the chance to smoke a cigarette. In fact, it’s such a severe craving that throughout his entire seemingly mundane existence, it appears to be the only aspect of his life that he really looks forward to or finds any beauty in. However, the film makes a point not to drive this home with typical outbursts o...