Chocolate
| B | Fantastic Fest 2025 | For a movie made in 2008 it had a very 70s feel. I assume that was intentional by the director. Much of it…
The Holy Boy
| A | Fantastic Fest 2025 | I am stunned by the vision of this director/co-writer. The script was fascinating. It kept “unfolding,” revealing layer after layer. It kept shifting…
Haunted Heist
| B | Fantastic Fest 2025 | Not a scary comedy, but a very funny horror movie. As you might expect from Lil Rel Howery. Even though he did not…
Appofeniacs
| B | Fantastic Fest 2025 | The first half of the movie almost ruined it for me. That’s mostly my fault. From the description, I expected a nuanced, maybe…
The Forbidden City
| B+ | Fantastic Fest 2025 | There was a lot going on in this movie. Martial arts, both Italian and Chinese crime families, romance—all going on in the multi-cultural…
Night Patrol
| C+ | Fantastic Fest 2025 | I really wrestled with this movie. The first half was already a mixed bag. Some interesting characters and good humor. But also some…
Wall Udder
| B+ | Fantastic Fest 2025 } I don’t usually watch shorts programs, but the descriptions of several in one block appealed to me. The best of these was Wall…
Mother of Flies
| B+ | Fantastic Fest 2025 | These filmmakers are a family of four (and their friends) who decide they are going to make a movie and work hard and…
Road to Vendetta
| B | Fantastic Fest 2025 | A fun martial arts action movie with an actual story (not just skipping from fight sequence to fight sequence). The premise starts with…
Primate
| B | Fantastic Fest 2025 | This was a non-supernatural horror movie. Which is not usually up my alley—I'm less about "just survive!" than "what the heck is going…