Salle Gardner at a Gallop (1878)
Directed by Eadweard Muybridge this is an experiment on the path to film. Images of a horse in motion.
Survives in far better quality than a lot of the shorts that follow it. Crisp images of a horse and rider. Pretty impressive really.
3/5
Old Glory and the Cuban Flag (1898)
Directed by William Heise this is an early short film. Two flags flutter in the wind.
The image quality on the version of this I saw was pretty terrible, nearly impossible to make out the details. Might not be too bad if it exists at better quality. Skip otherwise.
1/5
The Naked Gun (2025)
Directed by Akiva Schaffer this reboot stars Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson and Paul Walter Hauser. Frank Drebin's son is on the case of a murder.
This film could have been a trailer. Not as bad as I worried it would be but by no means is it any good. Wish they had left this one alone.
2/5
One-Minute Time Machine (2014)
Directed by Devon Avery this short film stars Erinn Hayes and Brian Dietzen. A man uses a time machine to chat up a woman on a bench.
Pretty funny, nice little concept for a short. Not that deep beyond the single joke concept. Decently made.
3/5
Parade of Buffalo Bull's Wild West Show No. 2 (1898)
Directed by William Heise this is an early short film. We see part of the parade of the famous Wild West Show.
Like No. 1 in the series the image quality is not good and it is hard to make out what is going on. There does not seem to be much variety in what we do see. Not the best of the Edison catalogue.
2/5
Diaboli (2025)
Directed by Shaddy Safadi this is an animated short film. A woman tries to find her son as plague spreads.
You can see what they are going for with this medieval apocalypse setting, pretty atmospheric. The CGI is a smidge ropey in places, it is more video game level. Still pretty good for what must have been a very low budget.
3/5
Ambulance Call (1897)
Directed by William Heise this is an early short film. An Ambulance drives out from a building.
Not the greatest in terms of action or drama. Three vehicles leave the same place, one of which is an ambulance. I suppose fine for a short clip.
2/5
