Film Review: Wish Upon

(Twitter: @maysamoncao) Wish Upon is a funny and interesting reminder that we all hope for a touch of magic in our lives. The trailer surely smells like teen spirit. You will have fun if you are young, or if you are still connected with your inner child.    Teenager Clare (Joey King) is given an old music box that promises to grant the owner’s wishes, and, to her surprise, when…

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Sheffield Documentary Festival: Are We Scared Of The Word “Documentary?”

(Twitter: @maysamoncao) For a filmmaker, documentary filmmaking is probably the hardest medium. Try uttering the word “documentary” to an investor and he will probably shut all doors in your face, unless you are Werner Herzog. The view people have regarding this medium  is that it is “teaching you something” in the most boring way possible. Lots of voice-over, steady-cams and hundreds of interviews with people you’ve hardly heard of. It…

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