By Jenny Alvarez

Directed by  James E. Duff and Mahira Kakkar (Asha) and Andrew Pastides (Hank), both are part of a romantic comedy, an Indian woman studying in Prague and a young New York filmmaker begin an unconventional romance through video letters – two strangers searching for human connection in a hyper-connected world.

Asha, born and raised in India, is studying abroad in Prague for a year. She longs for deeper connections with people, at a time in her life when everything is about to change. Hank, a filmmaker and lonely new transplant to New York City, is still reeling from a romantic breakup, and facing increasing pressure from his parents to return to North Carolina to rescue the failing family business.

When Asha sees Hank’s documentary at a film festival, she feels inspired to send him a video message. Intrigued, Hank responds in kind. Their friendship develops through an unconventional video correspondence, and as their relationship intensifies, they must decide whether or not to meet face to face.

“Hank and Asha” unfolds through the video letters they record and send to each other – a modern love story about two people searching for human connection in a hyper-connected world. It’s about isolation, identity, and the irresistible appeal of entertaining life’s what-ifs. Hank and Asha fail to meaningfully engage us for their complexity as a virtual couple. Their cameras are faithful witnesses of their attraction, a challenging basis for visual storytelling. Although together show us the best modern love story and cultural differences and the power imbalances of our modern society makes a story with a sad end between like-minded souls.

Review and photo of Georgie Henley and Stanley M. Brooks by Jenny Alvarez

A pair of abused and neglected teenage girls almost get away with murder in Perfect Sisters, a riveting true-crime thriller based on the notorious “Bathtub Girls” case. Sisters Sandra and Beth (Abigail Breslin and Georgie Henley) early in life that they had no one to depend on but each other. But when their addict mother Linda (Mira Sorvinolearned) makes plans to move the girls in with her lecherous and abusive lover, the girls’ situation becomes unbearable. Perfect Sisters is a harrowing and heartbreaking look at the teen subculture that nurtured the girls’ murderous fantasies and covered up for them after they committed an unthinkable crime in an effort to create a normal life for themselves.

The tone and lighting changes mirror the sisters’ relationship with their mother. When Linda seems hopeful about the future, then the sisters are upbeat. Is a cheerful ambience, the colors are bright. After Linda begins dating Bowman, quits her job, and descends into alcoholic bouts, the sisters become depressed. This film is certainly unique and heart breaking engaging and some scenes are full of drama and desperation. Both girls are  have fantasies and covered up for them after they committed an unthinkable crime in an effort to create a normal life for themselves and as a spectator this girls are victims of a cruel destiny full of abuse, violence outbursts, and insidious suggestion from their mother’s lover. The final plot for all the teens involved decide on – to drown Linda in a bathtub for four minutes after Beth drugs her for hours on pills and alcohol – is so fantastical that rich and popular Ashley can’t believe this isn’t a game of make-believe. Definitely, is a real story and show how it fits the plot, if tastefully done with wisdom, maturity, and understanding of a dramatic case of two young murders. In a relaxing interview Georgie Henley said to GalaTView: “I tried to do something full of color and emotions is going through my role so she had to face some struggling with her challenges in what kind of route to take immersion in her people that she supposes to love and huge with love and it was interesting and complex to play.”

Stanley M. Brooks: “I read the book and originally was making for TV and we kept doing  address  the  written part and this story wasn’t for TV for the topics such as teen alcoholic, teen drugs, the language and kids don’t talk anymore each other so I kept that part of the story but as a Producer I have to make an interesting movie  specially with their mother and lover totally violent and nobody ends as they have to end so to me the final was the greatest part when all had sympathy in each part of the characters.”

Review by Jenny Alvarez

 Only Lovers Left Alive is a romance drama vampire film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, starring Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska, and John Hurt. Set against the romantic desolation of Detroit and Tangier, an underground musician, deeply depressed by the direction of human activities, reunites with his resilient and enigmatic lover.

Their love story has already endured several centuries at least, but their debauched idyll is soon disrupted by her wild and uncontrollable younger sister. The effect of throwing human mortality into stark relief, provide some of the weirdest moments for those in the know.

This film has wonderful production design, music cuts and photography despite of some scenes were a little bit longer that it seems, the plot is consistent and well structured as well. It has black humor especially when Adam spits, “zombie central” sarcasm of people from Hollywood. This movie will we open in Los Angeles on April 11th, 2014.

By GalaTView Staff

Amanda Bynes does not have schizophrenia, nor has she ever been diagnosed with it. According to some sources that have been closed to this beautiful actress who was hospitalized on a 72-hour psychiatric hold last summer after setting a small fire in the driveway of a Thousand Oaks home.