TJ's Random Reviews

Down The Road is the feature film debut from co-writer/directors Rob Reed and Aidan Synnott, devised with and starring Steve Marsh. In the vein of 'Withnail and I' and 'The Trip', this part improvised comedy explores the fragile friendship between the cocky, loud mouthed Terry (Steve Marsh) and his reluctant friend Mark (Aidan Synnott) as they travel across the English countryside in old black cab in search of fun and adventure.

When a German long distance truck driver, who's suffering from a midlife crisis and slightly suicidal, leaves Germany for his last trip, he has no idea that certain uninvited companions will join him on the road - an Estonian cellist who has come to Germany to try her luck and has just been fired by her conductor boyfriend, a clumsy Estonian bank robber who accidentally drops the booty in the truck, and a weird German undertaker who tries to persuade the latter to do the right thing. Willing or not, they all reach Estonia, where some enlightenment is in store for them.

Ragged Patsy O'Reilly imagines herself as the descendant of Irish nobility. When her father, an impoverished contractor, invents an ore crusher, the family suddenly becomes wealthy and moves to New York City. Patsy is enrolled in a finishing school, and her parents tour Ireland, where they purchase, at their daughter's request, a coat-of-arms from the bankrupt Lord Windbourne family. After the O'Reillys return to the U.S., they are visited by Lady Windbourne and her son, the Lord, who do not mention that the adopted coat-of-arms is their own. Lord Windbourne becomes engaged to Patsy, but is later revealed as an impostor by the true heir to the Windbourne line, Larry Burke, an English officer. Larry marries Patsy and gives her an authentic ancestral name and coat-of-arms.

An aimless village postmaster who played with his old letterbox which was replaced by officials is about to reach the age of retirement. This breaks him down and pushes him to begin a journey to bring his old box back, in which his life memories have been stored. On the way he learns some hard truths about life, love and the joy of helping other people.

The story revolves around different comical events regarding telephonic conversation. Athoi (Shrabanti), a young girl loves to dial wrong numbers and through such an incident, gets involved with a boy Abir (Riaz). The story advances through a series of humorous events.

Begging For Shorts is a Shorts Collection of 5 award winning gay shorts. 'Sunflowers' - Devon and his new beau learning the lessons of relationships through communication, intimacy, quarrels, and forgiveness. It's a delightful movie about growing up. 'Masturbation: Putting the Fun into Self-Loving' - Dr. Sigmund Winston, along with the help of his trusty sidekick Billy, teaches the students of the '50s how to put more excitement into self-loving. Boys from the local YMCA and visual aids give the audience a simple step-by-step approach to loving themselves. 'Drag Queen Heist' - The robbing adventures of Bobby and Jared. Jared comes up with an infallible plan to rob the 2nd Fidelity Bank as women. Regrettably Jared's boyfriend and co-conspirator, Bobby, is anything but infallible. 'Begging for Change' - Two universes unfold from a coin toss, leading a homeless teen on parallel paths of redemption and desperation. Will either path take him home? Bonus Short: 'And The Award Goes to...' - Another parody looking into the life of the filmmaker and festival hit, Masturbation: Putting the Fun into Self-loving. In this parody, J.T. Tepnapa is nominated for Best Short Film on Hollywood's biggest night. But behind the thank yous and lies on stage, hides the true Hollywood story. How do movies really get made? Loaded with commentaries, extras, docu-shorts, & more.