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| B | Fantastic Fest 2024 | I mostly saw this film because a friend of mine is a huge Superman fan (and this starred Brandon Routh), so I wanted…
Baby Assassins Nice Days
| B+ | Fantastic Fest 2024 | I finally got to see a Baby Assassins movie at Fantastic Fest! In 2021 I was intrigued by the description of the first…
Dead Talents Society
| A | Fantastic Fest 2024 | A delightful comedy! And so many marvelous aspects to it. I'm extremely impressed with the director/co-writer, who mixed so many different styles into…
Sunset Superman
| B | Fantastic Fest 2024 | A solid, independent comedy. And yes, named for the Ronnie James Dio song, for which they got the rights to use. Comedy: Definitely…
Don’t Tell Larry
| B | Austin Film Festival 2023 | A funny farce that keeps throwing obstacle after obstacle at the protagonists. Several times I was thinking, “Whew, they solved that prob—wait,…
Bolt From The Blue
| C | Austin Film Festival 2023 | During their brief introduction, the writer/director and the producer told us this was a family friendly movie. Unfortunately that seems to mean…
The Secret Art Of Human Flight
| B | Austin Film Festival 2023 | A funny meditation on grief and working through it. It reminded me of Safety Not Guaranteed (which the star/producer referenced in the…
Christmess
| B- | Austin Film Festival 2023 | A “slice of an alcoholic’s life” movie. Showed me a side of life I (hope I) will never see. Nice script with…
Villains Incorporated
| B | Austin Film Festival 2023 | A silly comedy that had me laughing out loud. Don't expect a complicated plot or deep characters. Do expect a lot of…
For When You Get Lost
| A- | Austin Film Festival 2023 | I’m on a streak—three movies in a row with fantastic scripts! This movie came across as so real. The characters were so…