One Percenter
| B+ | Fantastic Fest 2023 | Excellent Japanese martial arts film, with excellent fight scenes. Even had a good story behind the reason guys were beating the crap out…
Kennedy
| C | Fantastic Fest 2023 | A serviceable crime thriller. Definitely did not spoon feed you everything up front, but wrapped everything up in the end. Fairly stylish (though…
The Toxic Avenger
| A- | Fantastic Fest 2023 | World premiere at Fantastic Fest! In attendance were Macon Blair (director of this reboot) and Lloyd Kaufman (co-writer/co-director of the 1984 original, and…
The Tomorrow Job
| B- | Other Worlds 2022 | An interesting mix of time travel and heist movies. The script was very complex but the filmmakers did a good job of keeping…
Violent Night
| A- | Other Worlds 2022 | The festival could not get the opening night movie to play (something in the digital protection could not be unlocked), so they persuaded…
Bad City
| B | Fantastic Fest 2022 | Fun Japanese gangster action movie. A convicted ex-cop released on temporary parole to lead a special task force to halt a feud between…
Action USA
| C | Fantastic Fest 2020 | Context is everything. I had no context going into this movie. And came out thinking the script sucked, with cardboard characters and almost…
Battledream Chronicle
| C | Other Worlds Austin 2016 | An anime movie made in Martinique (and, in fact, the first animated feature made in Martinique). I have not seen an anime…
The Sun Devil And The Princess
| B | Other Worlds Austin 2014 | This one was obviously a trial film--a "let me show you what I can do so you'll give me the money for…