Next up in my Fantasia Int’l Film Festival review series is Le Manoir. It’s French! So, it’s gotta be good, right? A group of teen archetypes (played by 30-year-olds) rents the titular mansion for a New Year’s Eve celebration. The place is old and creepy and in a cellular dead zone and don’t go … More Le Manoir (2017) – REVIEW
I’m really cranking these Fantasia Int’l Film Fest reviews out! (by “cranking”, i mean that i’m way behind and scrambling to get movies watched and reviews written while also having a job and a family. what i’m saying is this: you’re welcome) Next up, Sequence Break! Oz (Os?) repairs classic arcade games for a … More Sequence Break (2017) – REVIEW
Next up…. Fantasia Int’l Film Festival 2017… The Honor Farm from Austin-based filmmaker, Karen Skloss. (i know, i know. i’m phoning in my intros, but it’s all so i can give you more and more of the content you crave!) Lucy and Annie are quintessential white, middle-class girls on prom night. They are excited, … More The Honor Farm (2017) – REVIEW
Next up in my Fantasia Int’l Film Festival 2017 coverage lineup is Replace from German-born director, Norbert Keil. (i know “German-born” doesn’t really convey any relevant info, but it beefs this intro up a bit) Kira spends the night at her new boyfriend’s place and wakes up alone. She takes the less-than-subtle hint and … More Replace (2017) – REVIEW
Next up in my Fantasia Int’l Film Festival 2017 coverage lineup is the (mostly) German language film, Animals (Tiere). Is that a long enough intro? It’ll have to do. (i have a lot of reviews to write) Anna and Nick are an unhappily married couple. Nick is cheating – both physically and emotionally – … More Animals (2017) – REVIEW
Once again, I am covering the Fantasia International Film Festival from the lovely comfort and confines of my own home. I honestly love that Fantasia allows remote coverage. It’s great for people like me. People who are not allowed in Canada. For my first review, I’m going with directors, Sebastien Landry and Laurence Morais-Legace’s Game … More Game of Death (2017) – REVIEW
Perhaps you know nothing about Wichita. I certainly didn’t. First-time co-directors, Justyn Ah Chong and Matthew Ward, aren’t on my radar and I’ll assume they’re not on yours unless you are personal friends / acquaintances of theirs (or you worked on this film). So, it stands to reason that their movie may have slipped by … More Wichita (2017) – REVIEW
I saw The Mummy. Maybe that’s doesn’t seem remarkable, but it is for me. As a child of the 80s, I am not of the “monster kid” generation that feels a particular nostalgia for classic Universal horror. Nor am I of the generation who rediscovered those films when they made their way onto early consumer … More The Mummy (2017) – REVIEW
I’ve mentioned A24’s batting average (SPORT metaphor!) here before. It’s good. Like… shit. I probably should have looked up good batting averages before I started this. Nonetheless! Let’s just say it is the Mighty Casey of studios. They are constantly…Shit again. Casey struck out. Oh, I know! It’s the MIchael Jordan of… You know what? … More It Comes at Night (2017) – REVIEW
At this point, who hasn’t heard of the craziness that got The Evil Within to horror fans’ screens? A meth-addled “old money” heir. A Hollywood mansion turned into a studio. A 12+ year post-production period. All to get Andrew Getty’s nightmare vision to the screen. A feat that he didn’t quite realize before he died. Luckily … More The Evil Within (2017) – REVIEW
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