Bad City
| B | Fantastic Fest 2022 | Fun Japanese gangster action movie. A convicted ex-cop released on temporary parole to lead a special task force to halt a feud between…
Give Me Pity!
| C | Fantastic Fest 2022 | Unfortunately, I watched this one almost immediately after All Jacked Up And Full Of Worms. They were similar in that both deteriorated into…
All Jacked Up And Full Of Worms
| D | Fantastic Fest 2022 | From the description and trailer, there are pretty much only two ways this movie could go--super fantastic or huge letdown. It was the…
Country Gold
| C | Fantastic Fest 2022 | This writer/director has a distinctive, I would say odd, voice. The film was at turns surreal or absurd or philosophical or a fever…
Sick Of Myself
| B+ | Fantastic Fest 2022 | A marvelous black comedy! The tone was perfect. Such awful things were happening and I was laughing the whole way through it. It's…
The Antares Paradox
| C- | Fantastic Fest 2022 | God damn it… This was such a mixed movie. I hardly know how to grade it. I liked the main character (Alexandra) a…
The Visitor From The Future
| A- | Fantastic Fest 2022 | Very funny! And also a good time travel movie! In the first five minutes you’re given a good indication of what you’ve signed…
Amazing Eliza
| B- | Fantastic Fest 2022 | This was an engaging drama, skipping around between three separate storylines. Each kept me involved, with interesting characters making sometimes surprising choices. What…
Smoking Causes Coughing
| B | Fantastic Fest 2022 | SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING This writer/director (Quentin Dupieux) definitely makes odd films. I found this one to be more grounded than his others I’ve…
Nova
| C- | Other Worlds 2021 | This movie was exceedingly mediocre. I could rant here about the script and the acting, but that would feel like kicking someone when…