Why Watch? Milo is a young boy who’s constantly working out the kinks. His garage boycave is a wonderland of Diy science equipment cobbled together using the best electronics of 1988, but his inventions never work quite right. That might be a good thing, though, because his ideas are ridiculous. His most recent absurd concept? A Reverse Microwave that doesn’t so much make food instantly cold as it sends things back in time. You might even mislabel it “a time machine.” This short film from writer/director William Whirity is fantastically endearing. A perfect representation of the kinds of childhood adventures that canvased 1980s filmmaking from Joe Dante to Amblin. Milo (played with lisping energy by Charlie Bazzell) is a really cool geek who deals with bullies, finances his inventions with a cheating scam and even has his own adorable catch phrases. From the thrilling score to the tension of a teacher’s footfalls down the...
- 9/1/2014
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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