VHYES
| B | Fantastic Fest 2019 | The first 90% of the film is just fun. You wonder if there really is a story here, but don’t mind if there…
The Cleansing Hour
| B+ | Fantastic Fest 2019 } A good, solid horror movie. Good hook, some eye roll moments, but a very satisfying ending. Good production values, SFX, and female lead.…
Encounter
| B+ | Other Worlds Austin 2018 | A fun movie not quite like any other I’ve seen. A little bit of a throwback to some of the ‘80s alien…
The Fare
| A | Other Worlds Austin 2018 | The gem of the festival! The trailer sets up the mystery, but doesn’t do the script justice—the attention to detail, the wonderful…
White Chamber
| B | Other Worlds Austin 2018 | A wartime thriller (in the near future) with an odd juke or two. But serviceable script, good acting and directing—worth a watch.…
2050
| C | Other Worlds Austin 2018 | Just another case where I am out of touch with the film festival crowd... I will give this movie points for raising…
The Dead Center
| B | Other Worlds Austin 2018 | Finally, a movie where weird things happened but consistently and with enough detail to let you think you know what’s going on.…
Ascension
| D | Other Worlds Austin 2018 | This movie pissed me off! It was not well directed and seemed way longer than 86 minutes. But the story had laid…
The Axiom
| C | Other Worlds Austin 2018 | I have grown disinterested in movies where a lot of weird stuff happens just because. My sense of it (especially after the…
The Front Runner
| A- | Austin Film Festival 2018 | A very interesting dissection of a very complex topic. Director Jason Reitman does a great job of showing so many points of…