There’s something about working at a movie theater that just sucks you in; although the pay is crappy and the customers are damn near unbearable, people can spend years of their lives shoveling popcorn, cleaning up vomit, and losing the best years of their lives. I should know, as I’ve been a theater employee for eight years. Cinema Six, from co-directors Mark Potts and Cole Selix, has a total grasp on the motivations of a movie theater employee: yes, it’s a crappy job, but it’s easy and it’s safe. To leave is to be forced to grow up and do something meaningful with your lives, to take that next step. By staying, you can put maturity off and avoid the harsh realities of adulthood. But while Cinema Six gets the mind of movie theater employees, as a movie, running at a mere 79 minutes, it comes...
- 4/17/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Rating: 6.5/10
Writer: Cole Selix and Mark Potts
Director: Mark Potts
Cast: Cole Selix, Mark Potts, Mary Black, Brand Rackley, Lindsey Newell
It’s an indie film tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme. Boy pines for girl who’s way out of his league and thus unleashes a series of events in which boy pursues girl, making a complete jackass of himself before realizing he’s done this a million times before. While I’m tempted to say this story template started back with Clerks, I know there must be many more examples of this type of plot, dating back to the silent film era. The thing is, with the right characters and some good gags, it’s a solid go-to plot to have. While Mark Potts’ Simmons On Vinyl feels like a movie I’ve seen a hundred times before at dozens of film festivals, it...
Writer: Cole Selix and Mark Potts
Director: Mark Potts
Cast: Cole Selix, Mark Potts, Mary Black, Brand Rackley, Lindsey Newell
It’s an indie film tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme. Boy pines for girl who’s way out of his league and thus unleashes a series of events in which boy pursues girl, making a complete jackass of himself before realizing he’s done this a million times before. While I’m tempted to say this story template started back with Clerks, I know there must be many more examples of this type of plot, dating back to the silent film era. The thing is, with the right characters and some good gags, it’s a solid go-to plot to have. While Mark Potts’ Simmons On Vinyl feels like a movie I’ve seen a hundred times before at dozens of film festivals, it...
- 11/4/2009
- by Don R. Lewis
- GordonandtheWhale
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