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Theatrical Expansion & On Demand/Digital HD: April 6, 2018
COLD WAR
By Paulette Reynolds
April 6, 2018
Director: J. Wilder Konschak and Stirling McLaughlin
Screenplay: J. Wilder Konschak
Starring: Michael Blaicklock/Jon Chupp, Madeline Walter/Maggie Berry, Antoine McKay/Dr. Everett Galoup, Gail Rastorfer/Ollie Galoup, Rammel Chan/Paul
By Paulette Reynolds
April 6, 2018
Director: J. Wilder Konschak and Stirling McLaughlin
Screenplay: J. Wilder Konschak
Starring: Michael Blaicklock/Jon Chupp, Madeline Walter/Maggie Berry, Antoine McKay/Dr. Everett Galoup, Gail Rastorfer/Ollie Galoup, Rammel Chan/Paul
Cold War is a delightful - and insightful - look into the fearful abyss of taking a romantic relationship to its ultimate edge and seeing if anyone survives the carnage.
Jon and Maggie are the intrepid lovers who finally decide to move in together. Jon, the sloppy sweet optimist is over-the-moon happy about this new level of commitment, and is only too content to sooth Maggie’s doubtful nature.
Jon and Maggie are the intrepid lovers who finally decide to move in together. Jon, the sloppy sweet optimist is over-the-moon happy about this new level of commitment, and is only too content to sooth Maggie’s doubtful nature.
Even before they can consummate their love on the living room table however, Maggie comes down with a rabid case of the Raccoon Flu. Beginning as a simple cold, Jon is quick to dismiss his sweetheart’s grumblings with loving gestures and warm hugs. But her irritation rises to a fever pitch which leads Jon to the serious bedtime conclusion, “That’s a judgmental vomit, Maggie.”
Eventually Jon catches Maggie’s symptoms and their romance becomes as cohesive as oil and water.
Eventually Jon catches Maggie’s symptoms and their romance becomes as cohesive as oil and water.
Michael Blaicklock and Madeline Walter shine as the infected duo, with Blaicklock getting the lion’s share of memorable one-liners and delivering them like a pro. But Walter’s Maggie is a perfectly wound-up coil of neurotic ramblings, threatening to spring out of control. The supporting cast of Antoine McKay and Gail Rastorfer as their married friends, the Galoups, add just the right touch of gloom and doom to the general mayhem.
The obvious metaphor that Cold War is tickling our funny bone with ends up as a universal joke we can all laugh at, because we’ve all been there and survived - with mixed results.
The obvious metaphor that Cold War is tickling our funny bone with ends up as a universal joke we can all laugh at, because we’ve all been there and survived - with mixed results.
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