Mike Goes To Movies

Thunder Road (2018) Thunder Road is an interesting film in many respects. The road leading to its making is arguably as well-known as the film itself. Coming largely from the singular mind of Jim Cummings, the film first began as a one-shot proof-of-concept short film in 2016 that took festivals by storm, winning the Short Film Grand Jury Prize award at Sundance. Cummings then went on to make a feature version of the film, which similarly did remarkably well, winning the Grand Jury Award at SXSW 2018 and generally received steadfast critical-acclaim from critics and audiences alike. Cummings has earned personal acclaim for his auteurship and for his economic success with the film. Astonishingly, the feature film was made on a micro-budget of $200,000. Cummings himself wrote, directed, composed, co-edited, managed VFX, and starred in the film - thus, making Thunder Road his film in every way imaginable. The film itself is about Jim Arnaud (Cummings), a struggling small-town sin...