New Jersey Stage Issue 70 | Page 45

social and professional anxieties, both his terror at failing to impress the one woman in town who treats him like a regular human and his fears that his career may be hitting a dead end. Pinkney the actor delivers a like- able turn as the put upon Mike, who can’t even cross the road without falling in dog shit. As his unlikely love interest, Kinski has all the enigmatic eroticism of her mother. Her Cora is one of those crazy beautiful women who in ‘80s movies were always grabbing nebbishy young men by the hand and leading them into a world of danger and thrills, like Rosanna Arquette in After Hours, Michelle Pfeiffer in Into the Night or Melanie Griffith in Something Wild. But again, the stakes are far lower here, and the biggest adventure Cora takes Mike on is breaking into a house to return a lost dog and perusing the owner’s oddly animal themed DVD collection. Shot on high quality digital and downgraded through analogue processes to give the appearance Keep it focused on Spotlight Central for the best in Jersey entertainment news and reviews Look for us @ medium.com/spotlight-central