MoVTie Critic

Most films made about Vermont often try to portray the Green Mountain State as a place known for its snow and nothing but forest for miles with fictional towns like Pine Tree, Vermont or Spurbury (as if we didn't have enough places that ended in "bury" already) and often don't capture much of the real Vermont. Now thanks to a independent group of filmmakers that trend has finally been broken. Roger Witherspoon (Roger Strauss) a once famous playwright know for his play "Dickhead" has not had much success since then and now teaches drama to children and is in no hurry to jump into another project when he gets a call from a former student Tyler (Tyler Gillen) about joining a group of aspiring filmmakers, but when he hears his old flame Melanie Shepard, now Melanie Flanagan (Noni Stuart) suggested him, he decides to give the opportunity to win the Golden Gizzard in Chickenparts, Oklahoma (yes, that's right) a chance. Yet Roger soon finds that this col...

Welcome readers and movie lovers to another MoVTie Critic's "Movie Versus". I know I have been away for awhile but with the summer weather and films out there, it can be hard to find time to sit down and write all about them. Yet not too long ago I saw two films with the similar theme of what lies beyond death and felt that these two being so close in plot deserved to go head to head to see who can gain the most Green Mountain Stars (G.M.Stars). So without further to do, let's get started. First up we have "Discarnate" which follows a scientific group out into the middle of nowhere. Led by a neuroscientist Dr. Andre Mason (Thomas Kretschmann) who lost his son Benny (Jake Vaughn) mysteriously to what he claimed was a monster before being suddenly taken he sought answers and found Maya Sanchez (Nadine Velazquez) and a tea she brews that can allow those to see things beyond the veil of our existence. Convincing her to experiment with this to seek an answ...