Latitude Entertainment, Pantelion Films, Anxiety Productions,

Eva Mendes, Matthew Modine, Cierra Ramirez, Patricia Arquette, Eugenio Derbez, Landon Liboiron, Russell Peters, Brenna O’Brien, Tiera Skovbye, Kendall Cross, Jocelyne Loewen, Margot Berner

Grace (Eva Mendes) is the troubled mother of a teen age girl Ansiedad (Cierra Ramirez) who has issues herself. She is anxious to grow up while she can’t seem to connect to her mother who is always absent. Grace also has issues of her own. Ansiedad is studying in her schools English class about “coming of age” stories, and concocts, along with her best friend, a hair brained plan to grow up and leave home and become a real grown up. Troubles mount as things get more and more screwed up while both Grace and Ansiedad try to find their way.

This is a pretty decent story of troubles in the mother/daughter relationship between these two. Cierra Ramirez is really good as the daughter, and her troubles seem very real and believable. Sometimes adolescents come up with some really stupid ideas on how to grow up too fast. This is one of those times. Ansiedad is simply looking for something else, some attention and assistance from her Mom perhaps, and acting out in a bad way. The performances are really pretty good in this film, and the story is a typical coming of age film about coming of age stories, and is pretty decent as well. All in all it’s a nicely done film for older teens (the PG-13 is there for a good reason) and will capture and keep your attention. It’s not more than what it sets out to be, but all in all it’s a pretty solid film, nicely done all around.

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Darclight Films, Escape Factory, Foundation Features

Jessica Lowndes, Julianna Guill, Ryan Donowho, Jake Weary, Landon Liboiron, Mike Dopud, Chelah Horsdal, Ian Robison, Michelle Harrison, Ryan Grantham

A rookie pilot Sara (Jessica Lowndes) decides to take her friends on a joyride in a small plane, but when they hit unexpected turbulence, get caught in an unexpected storm, something supernatural takes them by surprise and the plane, low on gas, starts climbing out of control higher and higher and higher.

This is a low budget film that is really rather suspenseful. The story isn’t perfect, but it’s a lot like a Twilight Zone or Outer Limits story that is expanded a bit. Unknown actors for the most part, but pretty decent. But the suspense, and even shock, is pretty intense for a story with this kind of budget.

I really enjoyed watching this. I have seen a bunch of hate reviews, and this is probably from people who expected a lot more than this movie has. It’s a simple science fiction story, so pilots and engineers will get a kick out of mocking the “science” in this movie. But the purpose of the story is not the science or the supernatural, but a character study of the 5 teen friends and how they can work through the troubles and challenges that face them. There are some surprises, but a lot of suspense, and the shock value is pretty good. If you suspend belief to the “fiction” part, and let yourself get into the story, I think you’ll get into it and enjoy it as I did.

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