Frankie Freako
| B- | Fantastic Fest 2024 | Goofy throwback to the 80s puppet-creature features (Gremlins, etc.). Good period-style special effects. Wacky movie logic that doesn't make much sense. Bizarre fun.…
The Birthday
| B | Fantastic Fest 2024 | This was another movie I had to think through to decide if I liked it or not… Corey Feldman did a fine job…
A Different Man
| A- | Fantastic Fest 2024 | The deepest film I’ve seen so far at the festival. This movie was partially about perceptions, but more I think about the choices…
Heads or Fails
| B | Fantastic Fest 2024 | What a strange but amusing film. The main character was basically a very small-time scam artist. She was doing so to "survive," although…
Ick
| 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…