Colossal
| A+ | Fantastic Fest 2016 | What a tremendous film! I was telling someone earlier that this being a genre festival, good characters are often set aside to make…
Don’t Kill It
| B- | Fantastic Fest 2016 | This was a serviceable horror-comedy. I liked the premise of the body-hopping demon. There were the typical kinds of problems for this type…
The Greasy Strangler
| D | Fantastic Fest 2016 | Ah, my first disappointment of the festival... I was excited about this one because I'd seen the trailer a couple months ago and…
Safe Neighborhood
| B | Fantastic Fest 2016 | This was a well-done film with good surprises. Also a couple of "why didn't you...?" moments, but they were minor. Fun if you…
Down Under
| A | Fantastic Fest 2016 | The festival started great for me! This film was hilarious with these racist idiots getting themselves into ridiculous trouble. And some serious moments,…
No Men Beyond This Point
| A | Other Worlds Austin 2015 | This was a fantastic film. A novel concept, with creative details and interesting social commentary. And they still managed to weave in…
Nina Forever
| B+ | SXSW 2015 | This was a very original film. I didn't always get what was going on, but that may have been because I was trying to…
7 Chinese Brothers
| B | SXSW 2015 | This was an amusing movie. It's a "slacker" movie, so it's mostly low key with Jason Schwartzman being a goofball with everyone. (And the…
Fresno
| C | SXSW 2015 | I was so disappointed in this movie. The actors did good jobs, but weren't given much to work with. I'll bet on paper this…
Ava’s Possessions
| B | SXSW 2015 | This movie was fun. A clever take on possession movies. Mostly funny, not really horrific, felt more like a mystery film (or as the…