One Percenter
| B+ | Fantastic Fest 2023 | Excellent Japanese martial arts film, with excellent fight scenes. Even had a good story behind the reason guys were beating the crap out…
Restore Point
| B | Fantastic Fest 2023 | Very good science fiction movie, coming at you from the Czech Republic. I only point out the source because the director said it’s…
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…
River
| B+ | Fantastic Fest 2023 | This film was done by the same group who did the marvelous Beyond The Infinite Two Minutes that played at Fantastic Fest two…
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…
The Last Video Store
| B | Fantastic Fest 2023 | Great fun! The main actor actually owns the last video store in Edmonton, Alberta, and his friends have been making short films about…
Where The Devil Roams
| B | Fantastic Fest 2023 | This film was made by a family of three. Looks to be a couple and their (now college-aged) daughter, and they just pull…
Backwards Faces
| B | Other Worlds 2022 | A clever film, examining the human impact of the “many worlds” quantum theory (where all possible outcomes have happened in one parallel universe…
Influencer
| B+ | Other Worlds 2022 | Great indie film full of talented people. The script (co-written by the director) was top-notch, with plenty of subtlety and unexpected turns. I…
The Tomorrow Job
| B- | Other Worlds 2022 | An interesting mix of time travel and heist movies. The script was very complex but the filmmakers did a good job of keeping…