Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
| A- | Fantastic Fest 2025 | This is the other secret screening I attended. The world premiere of Gore Verbinski’s latest film (which I was not even aware of),…
Bugonia
| B | Fantastic Fest 2025 | This was a secret screening I attended. I was delighted it turned out to be this film. I have a like/hate relationship with…
Bulk
| C | Fantastic Fest 2025 | The trailer says it is showing scenes selected randomly from the movie. And those scenes looked intriguing. From the science fiction concept of…
Time Travel Is Dangerous
| B | Austin Film Festival 2024 | What an odd little film. From the trailer, I'd expected a very indie film. But I recognized several of the actors and…
Operation Taco Gary’s
| A | Austin Film Festival 2024 | Here’s the easy part: This movie was hilarious! The hard part is describing any of it. Goofy? Absurd? Borderline surreal? A little…
Daniela Forever
| B- | Fantastic Fest 2024 | Wow, this was a tough one. Nacho Vigalondo has written and directed a couple of my favorite movies (Timecrimes, Colossal), so my expectations…
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…
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…
Jonah
| C | Austin Film Festival 2023 | This was the first feature by this director. And he pulled everything together to make a full movie with good production values.…
Restore Point
| B | Fantastic Fest 2023 | Very good science fiction movie, coming at you from the Czech Republic. I only point out the source because the director said it’s…