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SDIFF 2025 : Rental Family
San Diego International Film Festival 2025 A struggling American actor living in Tokyo finds new purpose in a very different acting gig, as part of a “rental family” agency, where he plays stand-in roles for strangers. Brendan Fraser is a wonderful actor who dominated beloved comedic and occasional action roles in the late 90’s, and is now enjoying a comeback surge with his success in The Whale. We know any role he decides to take on is going to have him playing a character with a giant...
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SDIFF 2022 The Wind and the Reckoning
Reviewed by Alicia Glass The story of a small 19th century colony of Native Hawaiians who refuse to accept government-mandated exile when leprosy breaks out amongst their people and home. Imagine it. You’re a Native Hawai’ian, having lived in and loved the islands...
SDIFF 2022 American Murderer
The story of how small-time criminal Jason Derek Brown went from scamming his friends and family out of money, to occupying a spot on the FBI’s Most Wanted list for murder! Meet Jason Derek Brown (Tom Pelphrey), the big kid in an adults body, charming and glib-tongued...
SDAFF 2022 Detectives vs. Sleuths
Hong Kong is plagued by a series of terrible murders, of former suspects in cold cases who’ve evaded capture for years, by a vigilante gang calling themselves the Chosen Sleuths. In order to tell a whole entire story that includes new generations of detectives and...