Phantom Halo

Phantom Halo is a 2014 American crime thriller drama film directed by Antonia Bogdanovich and starring Luke Kleintank, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Sebastian Roch, Jordan Dunn, Tobin Bell and Rebecca Romijn.^[1][2] It is Bogdanovich's directorial debut.^[3][4][5] Her father, Peter Bogdanovich, served as an executive producer.^[6]

Phantom Halo
Film poster
Directed by	Antonia Bogdanovich
Written by	Antonia Bogdanovich Anne Heffron
Produced by	William Blaylock Peter Bogdanovich Brian Espinosa Gabriela Revilla
Starring	Luke Kleintank Thomas Brodie-Sangster Sebastian Roché Jordan Dunn Tobin Bell Rebecca Romijn
Cinematography	Gavin Kelly
Edited by	Javier Alvarez David Moritz Daniel R. Padgett
Music by	Jason Lazarus
Production companies	Station 8 Films Optimism Entertainment
Distributed by	ARC Entertainment
Release dates	October 24, 2014 (2014-10-24) (Austin) June 19, 2015 (2015-06-19) (United States)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Cast

• Luke Kleintank as Beckett Emerson
• Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Samuel Emerson
• Sebastian Roché as Warren Emerson
• Jordan Dunn as Little Larry
• Tobin Bell as Smashmouth
• Rebecca Romijn as Ms. Rose
• Gbenga Akinnagbe as Roman
• Jeff Seymour as Adam
• Clare Grant as Carlene

Reception

The film has an 8% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.^[7] Dann Gire of the Daily Herald awarded the film two stars.^[8] Oleg Ivanov of Slant Magazine awarded it half a star out of four.^[9] Roger Moore of The Mercury News gave the film one and a half stars.^[10] Oktay Ege Kozak of IndieWire graded the film a C−.^[11] Tirdad Derakhshani of The Philadelphia Inquirer gave the film one and a half stars out of four.^[12]

References

1. Darling, Cary (16 June 2015). "Movie review: 'Phantom Halo'". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
2. Mike Fleming Jr. (24 April 2015). "ARC Entertainment Lands 'Phantom Halo'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
3. Rechtshaffen, Michael (18 June 2015). "Shakespearean 'Phantom Halo' is a ghost of what it should be". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
4. Rechtshaffen, Michael (18 June 2015). "Shakespearean 'Phantom Halo' is a ghost of what it should be". The Morning Call. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
5. Rechtshaffen, Michael (18 June 2015). "Shakespearean 'Phantom Halo' is a ghost of what it should be". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
6. Scheck, Frank (19 June 2015). "'Phantom Halo': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
7. "Phantom Halo". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
8. Gire, Dann (18 June 2015). "'Phantom Halo' a noiry, seedy crime drama". Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois). Retrieved 30 May 2020.
9. Ivanov, Oleg (17 June 2015). "Review: Phantom Halo". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
10. Moore, Roger (16 June 2015). "Review: 'Phantom Halo' chases dramatic ideas without catching one". The Mercury News. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
11. Oktay Ege Kozak (16 June 2015). "Review: Crime Thriller 'Phantom Halo' Executive Produced By Peter Bogdanovich". IndieWire. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
12. Derakhshani, Tirdad (18 June 2015). "'Phantom Halo': A messy mix of tropes". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

External links

• Phantom Halo at IMDb
• Phantom Halo at Rotten Tomatoes