Thor At The Bus Stop
| B+ | Austin Film Festival 2009 | Another quirky comedy with some real style. With the best guy-getting-hit-by-a-car scene I've ever seen! Highly recommended. I also enjoyed the soundtrack…
Simmons On Vinyl
| B | Austin Film Festival 2009 | These guys aren't 100% polished, but damn, they're funny. Last year's Stanton Family Grave Robbery (a road trip that includes a full…
Happy Ending
| B | Austin Film Festival 2009 | This film was funny and amazingly good, given that (a) Japan doesn't produce many romantic comedies and (b) the director indicated in…
Little Fish, Strange Pond
| C+ | Austin Film Festival 2009 | On the one hand, a deep discussion on fate and how the universe "balances" itself (which I did not agree with). On…
Passenger Side
| A | Austin Film Festival 2009 | This is the kind of gem I go to film festivals to see! Written to appear distractedly entertaining through most of it,…
Youth In Revolt
| A- | Austin Film Festival 2009 | I was so looking forward to this movie, and it did not disappoint. Laugh-out-loud funny! (Originally not rated.) Trailer IMDB
Serious Moonlight
| B | Austin Film Festival 2009 | Funny movie. If you enjoy screwball comedies, check this one out. (Originally not rated.) Trailer IMDB
The Revenant
| B | Fantastic Fest 2009 | The third of the zombie comedies from this past week. A strange mix of expected events and wildly creative ones. And the suddenly…
The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
| A | Fantastic Fest 2009 | Okay, folks, this movie was truly horrifying and disturbing. It did not back away from its freaky concept but pushed it to its…
Doghouse
| B | Fantastic Fest 2009 | An interesting take on the conflicts between the genders. And funny. (Interesting how all three of the zombie movies I saw this week…