SWAN SONG MOVIE REVIEW

Every year there’s got to be at least one small, cerebral, somewhat arty sci-fi film that manages to make it to a wide release. And I’m not talking about Dune as that definitely wouldn’t count as “small”. No, this is Mahershala Ali and Mahershala Ali starring in Swan Song for Apple Plus. He plays Cameron Turner, an artist, great husband to Naomie Harris and father to their child with another on the way. When he finds out he is dying of a terminal disease he finds himself with a moral dilemma. There’s an extremely new technique headed up by a Dr. Scott (Glenn Close) where they can make an exact duplicate clone of you with all your memories only minus whatever is killing you and slide it in where you left off. The problem is, is it really you? As Cameron struggles with this idea, and with the guilt over the part of the deal that he could never let his family know the substitution has happened if he chooses it, he has to confront his own ego which is the hardest part. Well, hardest next to actually having to spend time with the identical him. Chris, Jordan, Melina, and Brad talked about this one coming to the conclusion it was much more profound than just the ‘longer Black Mirror episode’ some have described it as.

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DIRECTED BY: Benjamin Cleary

STARRING: Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Awkwafina, Glenn Close, Adam Beach

 

YOUR REVIEWERS

 

Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)

Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas in 1992 where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this community of critics. While Brian eventually followed his heart to a new family, Chris continues on with a cast of colorful folks from all over the country (and a few others). You can also check out Chris in his videocast, along with Martin Thomas and Danni Danger, that One Of Us does with our friends at Bell of Lost Souls: Crossover Event. He also regularly guests on the video game website Rage Select. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.

 

 

Jordan Cobb (Screener Squad)

Born with a comic book in one hand, a camera in the other, and in front of the television as WrestleMania played out, Jordan Worth Cobb was thus birthed into this crazy world. A Digital Filmmaking major from the University of Central Arkansas, Jordan has done it all in film from directing, writing, editing, and producing in addition to skills involved in film and TV criticism, journalism, and years of podcasting experience. On any given day, her ADHD riddled brain bounces focus from film to pro wrestling to TV to superheroes to noir to video g...