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House of Manson (2014)
House of Manson takes the story Charles Manson Without being over the top
"House of Manson" is a film that chronicles the life of Charles Manson and focuses in on the events leading up to and including the Sharon Tate murders of 1969. Unlike other Charles Manson biopics that focus in on the sex or the over the top nature of the Tate murder, this one focuses in Charles Manson's influence and connection with his followers, the Manson family as they call themselves.
Charles Manson is portrayed by Minnesota born actor, Ryan Kiser, who seemed to approach the character in a very serious tone and does a fantastic job conveying the crazy yet brilliant way Charles Manson was able to draw followers into his cult.
Devanny Pinn co-stars as one of Manson's followers Susan Atkins and gives a chilling performance as her screen presence is freaky. Pinn truly becomes Atkins on screen as the facial reactions make you think this women is completely off her rocker and has no moral compass at all. An overall amazing performance by Pinn.
"House of Manson" does suffer from some technical flaws as the sound isn't completely smoothed and could use some more attention by a sound mixer. The filmmakers even admitted in a Q&A following the world premiere that some of the sound transitions were going to need to be looked at. The film also has a saturated look that doesn't look completely intentional. The image doesn't pop off the screen as some movies do that have a more crisp and sharp look to it.
Overall, "House of Manson" is a great portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous Charles Manson. It doesn't get too crude or violent as previous films about the same subject matter, it takes the source material as it is and conveys the story in a very tasteful matter. With a great cast and direction by Brandon Slagle, "House of Manson" is definitely worth checking out when it later finds distribution.
Gods' Green Earth (2011)
This movie is average in almost every aspect
This movie attempts to take an interesting view on environmentalist lawyers by making them questionable with good and bad qualities. Unfortunately, the main character isn't very interesting or relatable and as the plot moves along kind of slow, the movie is almost 2 hours long and could use a good amount of trimming to make the movie more enjoyable to watch and condense the story a bit. The main character, Caleb, is not very likable and leap frogs from woman to woman at times in the movie and will easily turn off most viewers from liking him. He also speaks in a monotone voice who doesn't give much inflection or emotion in his voice, this might be due to direction or the actor's talent.