LONG STORY SHORT MOVIE REVIEW

After kissing the girl he’s meant to be with, Teddy (Rafe Spall) meets Leanne (Zahra Newman), and life truly begins. Yeah, you read that in the proper order of events. Time is weird like that. But time, the cruel mistress, also has a way of challenging us beyond weirdly worded cryptic sentences in movie review postings. When time-poor Teddy wakes up the morning after his wedding night, things go from joyful to odd very, very quickly. He discovers that every few minutes, he’s jumping forward to the next year of his life and that he must use every precious moment wisely to keep from losing the love of his life, and to learn to love the life he’s losing. Trapped in a cycle of time jumps, transported another year ahead every few minutes, and with the help of his best friend Sam (Ronny Chieng), Teddy tries to piece together where it all went wrong and, as his life flashes before his eyes, Teddy must learn how to live life in the precious moments to win back the woman he loves, even if it’s just for ten seconds. “Long Story Short” is written and directed by Josh Lawson who played frickin’ Kano in the newest “Mortal Kombat”. What?! That can’t be right… checks notes… well, damn, look at that. Dude writes and directs rom-coms. Whoa. Melina, Bradley, Marcos, and T.C. take their precious minutes to review this time jumping romantic comedy.

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OFFICIAL TRAILER

DIRECTED BY: Josh Lawson

STARRING: Rafe Spall, Zahra Newman, Josh Lawson, Ronny Chieng, Dena Kaplan, Noni Hazlehurst

 

YOUR REVIEWERS

 

Melina Eames (Screener Squad)

Melina first discovered that she carried the nerd gene at the tender age of four following her exposure to a little film called A New Hope. In the twenty-some years that followed, Melina continued to grow into her geek identity through the discovery of Batman, Mst3k, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and The Mandalorian. But perhaps her most significant discovery came at the age of fourteen when a night of YouTube mining led her to the review site of Spill.com. Melina became a devoted follower whose fandom did not end with the site’s demise. By then, it had worked its dark magic and left her with a love and appreciation for film criticism that she has yet to shrug.

 

 

Bradly Martin (Screener Squad, Eye on the Prize, Breakfast Pub)

Bradly Martin was born in the united states and grew up on a healthy diet of sports, films, and books. A rather shy lad who kept to himself, Bradly soon discovered the best way to know a person was to know what people liked. Throughout the years Bradly became a fan of many things and a fanatic of none. From Doctor Dre, to Doctor Strange and the who’s who of Whos. From Playstation to the Dreamcast and Marvel to DC. From LeBron James to James Bond and Lord of the Rings to Lord Palmerston (or Pitt the Elder if you agree with Wade Boggs) and is a huge fan of dad jokes and randomly obscure Simpsons references. Armed with a vast knowledge of comics, films, and pop culture. Bradly traveled the world making friends and sharing takes. As a young man Bradly married the love of his life young and grew older every year with each new child brought into the brood. If trends continue, Scientists predict that .2% of Canada (where Bradly and family reside) will be populated by Bradly’s children by the year 2029. You can hear him leading and listening to his favorite critics on the Screener Squad and Eye on the prize and maybe even provide some comments of his own.

 

 

Marcos Lira (Highly Suspect Reviews,