Moon Dogs

Its saccharine-sweet ending aside, 'Moon Dogs' is a very enjoyable low-budget comedy-drama road movie set in Scotland.Highly-strung Michael (the pleasingly chunky Jack Parry Jones) and modern folk musician Thor (Christy O'Donnell, who has nice skin but should stop with the facial hair until he can grow it convincingly) are step-brothers living on the Shetland Islands.

Nothing new. Nothing original.

After his work in television, Phillip John makes his feature film debut as director, and not only does he do a solid job with how he keeps things running smoothly and making the story engaging but also the film itself is a road trap well worth being on board for.'Moon Dogs' is not completely faultless but does a vast majority of things right.

I was fortunate enough to catch this film at the 2017 Newport Beach Film Festival, and it lingered with me for days. It's no surprise it took home the Jury award for best film.