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…
Apartment 7A
| B+ | Fantastic Fest 2024 | As this film went on, I kept feeling like it was a remake of a classic film from the past, (with a more…
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…
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…
Ghost Killer
| B+ | Fantastic Fest 2024 | From the same director, fight choreographer, and one star of the Baby Assassins franchise, which I love. An absurd setup that leads to…
Stopmotion
| C | Fantastic Fest 2023 | This movie was fine, but not my style. Yeah, a bunch of weird stuff happened, I’m not completely sure why. Some interesting visuals.…
The Last Video Store
| B | Fantastic Fest 2023 | Great fun! The main actor actually owns the last video store in Edmonton, Alberta, and his friends have been making short films about…
Where The Devil Roams
| B | Fantastic Fest 2023 | This film was made by a family of three. Looks to be a couple and their (now college-aged) daughter, and they just pull…
Have Hold Take
| A- | Other Worlds 2022 | This creative team (writer/actress and director) brought The Fare to Other Worlds in 2018 and I loved it, so I had high expectations…