Indie Sci-Fi Gem ‘Project Dorothy’ Doesn’t Allow for Easy Surrender (Movie Review)

Mike Szymanski
5 min readJul 17, 2023

Project Dorothy

Rating: 7/10

Director: George Henry Horton

Writers: George Henry Horton and Ryan Scaringe

Style: Sci-fi thriller

Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Blake (played by Adam Burdron) and James (played by Tim DeZarn)

Review by Mike Szymanski

Sometimes the best movies have a minimal cast, minimal special effects, and minimum amount of dialogue.

These smaller indie movies are true gems, because it’s obvious that the filmmakers wanted to put out a good movie and used the tools they had at their disposal.

Director/co-writer/producer George Henry Horton very obviously had access to a huge endless warehouse with plenty of places to run and hide. It’s the perfect backdrop for the screenplay he co-wrote called “Project Dorothy.”

As simple and minimal as the set and cast feels, there’s some intense depth and lots of subtle humor in the screenplay.

The idea is very timely with the idea of Artificial Intelligence taking over the entertainment industry, and is…

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Mike Szymanski

Journalist, writer, activist and bisexual, living with Multiple Sclerosis and Dachshunds in Hollywood.