Bayview Entertainment announced this past week that writer/director Claire Bryétt Andrew’s romantic comedy, Max and Me, will be making its DVD debut on Sept. 14.
Let’s get this out there right up front, Max and Me could easily be the home entertainment sleeper comedy of the year. Done on a micro-budget, the film is about as sweet and lovely — and funny and sad — as they come.
You could also say, that a new star has arrived, and that would be Lily Bleu Andrew in her feature film debut — she had a small role as Lori in the Teen Wolf television series — and has been writing and producing her own short films. She is also the sister of the director.
We begin with Geordie (Matthew Erick White — Until Then, Murder in the Vineyard), the new high school kid in town. He is shy, reserved and tends to keep to himself, but one day he spots the girl next door and falls in love. He literally has to talk himself into going over to introduce himself, which is very, very tough for him.
Knock, knock, a woman answers the door and Geordie comes up with the lamest introduction possible. He explains that he is new in town and wondered if there was anyone living there that might be of his age. He’s shocked to learn that yes, the woman had a daughter, but she’s now dead!!
Geordie retreats back home, confused and bewildered. Knock, knock, again the girl he had seen through the window answers the door this time. Her name is Max, she had Cystic Fibrosis and lost the battle a year ago, but she had an unfinished “bucket list” and was wondering if he would help her complete it. He’s in love, in love with ghost, and he’s all in … even if people around him think he is losing his mind.
Sept. 14, one of the sweetest love stories in recent memory and certainly one of the best home entertainment releases of the year. Mark it down, Max and Me.
Also heading home on Sept. 14 from Bayview Entertainment, and from a very different spot on the genre spectrum, is director Martin Munthe’s sci-fi thriller, Stinger.
There’s a problem, the USS Newark, a nuclear submarine, has gone missing. It seems that there was a “mad scientist” experiment being carried out on the sub and it got out of hand and the entire crew was killed.
Marines, with Dr. Carly Ryan (Michelle Meadows), are sent to find out what took place on the sub. Along with them is Ellie Winter (Daniella Kimber), whose purpose is something of a mystery, until we discover what is running loose on the sub and why the very fertile Ellie Winter is part of the search and rescue crew.
Stinger is a wild, claustrophobic romp, with director Martin Munthe using the alluring Daniella Kimber in ways that no sci-fi film has seen a woman of such beauty being used before. And that alone (sorry, no details) is reason enough to circle Sept. 14 on your viewing calendar … Stinger on DVD!!
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