'Night Shift' Offers Bates Motel-Brand Chills
by Hollywood in Toto
Hollywood in Toto— The Coens. The Russos. The Farrellys. The Duplasses. The Safdies. The Chinas? No, Paul and Benjamin China aren't in the rarified air of those famous directorial duos. Not even close. Still, the China Brothers' indie debut, 'Night Shift,' is so confident in its storytelling that you can't help but ask a simple question. What else do they have up their sleeves? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As0fOZt59bI A troubled woman named Gwen (Phoebe Tonkin) arrives at a just-north-of-seedy motel to tackle...
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