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| B- | Austin Film Festival 2024 | This was mostly a good film. I was expecting something in the horror vein, but this was more a Paranoid Thriller. It certainly…
I, The Executioner
| B | Fantastic Fest 2024 | A very good Korean cop thriller. I enjoyed the characters and the crime they were investigating. There was one twist I guessed early…
Bone Lake
| B+ | Fantastic Fest 2024 | This movie switched gears (genres) several times, to good effect. It started out as an interesting psychological, cat-and-mouse thriller. (They bill themselves as…
The Rule of Jenny Pen
| B- | Fantastic Fest 2024 | The acting was excellent. As you would expect from Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow. And the director’s style was interesting—good composition in many…
The Hidden Web
| B | Austin Film Festival 2023 | An engaging mystery. It seemed slow at times, but paid off with the twists and the gruesome depiction of the crimes underneath…
Last Straw
| D | Austin Film Festival | I’m not sure why this film was made. I don’t go to a lot of movies in this “lone woman against psychos” genre,…
Crumb Catcher
| B | Fantastic Fest 2023 | Another good thriller. I kept thinking throughout, "this is a different kind of 'home invasion' movie." Again, I can’t say much without spoiling…
The Last Stop In Yuma County
| B+ | Fantastic Fest 2023 | Another really good script! It does not follow the typical pattern for this kind of thriller, with very satisfying results. I can’t say…
Strange Darling
| A- | Fantastic Fest 2023 | This cut of the film started out very cleverly, which you won't get to see once the movie is released. The first frames…
Divinity
| F | Fantastic Fest 2023 | On the plus side, Scott Bakula played a supporting role. On the minus side, everything else. This was the most self-indulgent crap I've…