A group of friends Zoom conversation is disrupted by a demonic entity in Host. Haley (Haley), Jemma (Jemma Moore), Emma (Emma Louise Webb), Radina (Radina Drandova), Caroline (Caroline Ward), and Teddy (Edward Linard) are six friends under lockdown, who have gathered for their weekly Zoom conversation. On this particular Zoom meeting, the friends have decided…
Wreck-It Ralph and Vanellope leave the confines of the arcade in Ralph Breaks the Internet. Over the past six years, Wreck-It-Ralph (John C. Reilly) and Vanellope (Sarah Silverman) have become the best of friends in the video game arcade. However, when Ralph accidentally causes Vanellope’s Sugar Rush game to break, she is left without a home. Using the arcade’s new…
A man desperately tries to find his missing daughter in Searching. David Kim (John Cho) has had a somewhat distant relationship with his 16 year old daughter Margot (Michelle La) after the death of his wife. However, David becomes concerned when Margot seemingly vanishes without a trace one night and it isn’t long before he reports her…
A webcam model’s life falls apart after being replaced online by a doppelganger in Cam. Alice (Madeline Brewer) is a young woman, who performs nightly webcam sex shows under the alias of Lola_Lola. Desperate the climb the ranks of her cam site, Alice isn’t beyond doing stunts, such as faking her suicide on camera. After a…
A British journalist seduces an ISIS recruiter online in Profile. As a means to do research for a news story, Amy Whitaker (Valene Kane) creates a fake Facebook profile in an attempt to attract ISIS recruiters and find out how they convince women in Europe to abandon their lives and travel to Syria to join the…
The court case between Hulk Hogan and Gawker kicks off a discussion about the state of free and open journalism in Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press. Terry Bollea, better known as professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, files a lawsuit against the celebrity blog Gawker, over the site posting a portion of a sex tape involving…
A hacker turned entrepreneur is targeted in the ongoing fight against online piracy in Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web. German-born Kim Dotcom (formerly Schmitz) was one of the most notorious hackers, before becoming a legit businessman, as the founder of the file sharing website MegaUpload. The site becomes a huge success for Dotcom, however…
This review was originally published as part of my coverage of Hot Docs 2016 A horrible crime is influenced an online urban legend in Beware the Slenderman. On May 31, 2014, two 12 year old girls stabbed their friend in the woods near Waukesha, Wisconsin. When questioned about their motives for the crime, the girls say…
A horrible crime is influenced an online urban legend in Beware the Slenderman. On May 31, 2014, two 12 year old girls stabbed their friend in the woods near Waukesha, Wisconsin. When questioned about their motives for the crime, the girls say that they were trying to please the Slenderman, a faceless boogeyman, who is…
The relationship between a Dublin mattress salesman and his dedicated marketing guru is explored in Mattress Men. Michael Flynn is a mattress salesman in Dublin, who has appeared in a number of marketing videos under the persona of Mattress Mick. These videos are the brainchild of Mick’s part time employee Paul Kelly, who is desperately in…
