No Time To Die: An explosive, fun, finale.
Daniel Craig once said to the producers of the James Bond franchise, “I don’t do impressions”. Craig, at this point in his career, a successful character actor who had worked with Hollywood legends like...
The Vigil: Are you afraid of the dark?
For a first-time director, Keith Thomas has demonstrated in his new film, The Vigil, an understanding of horror that established filmmakers still struggle with. The Vigil, being released after making waves...
Mulan – Heartful, and Fun
There’s always been one singular problem with the idea of remaking films, the audience. On one side of the auditorium, there are the cinephiles that don’t have any interest in seeing a remake of a film...
Swamp Thing: Gory, Messy, and Fun
If we’re going talk about the new Swamp Thing live-actio series, premiering this fall on the CW, we’re going to have to talk about Alan Moore first. In 1983, then-editor at DC, Len Wein, one of the...
Extraction: Bullets, blood, and mayhem!
Even if you don’t know the name Sam Hargrave, I promise you that you’ve seen him. Sam Hargrave is a stunt man that’s had the unbelievable luck for doubling everyone from Chris Evans in the Marvel films,...
Bloodshot: A fast and fun science fiction beatdown
Bloodshot, the Vin Diesel-led adaptation of the Valiant Comics character isn’t anything that you haven’t seen before. Our protagonist, Ray Garrison, being ripped from a digital façade to be shown the true...
The Rise of Skywalker: Fun, Cluttered, and Epic
As brilliantly explained in Kevin Smith’s seminal film, Clerks, back in 1983, Return of the Jedi ended the first Star Wars trilogy in epic fantasy but was widely dismissed because it failed to live up to...
Zombieland: Double Tap: Zombies, Comedy, and Good Times
In the ten years that it took to make Zombieland: Double Tap. Ten years, Oscar wins, multiple nominations, two Deadpool movies are written and made by the writing team, and Abigail Breslin grew up. And it...
Fantastic Fest: Day 4 – Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Australian filmmaker, Serge Ou’s newest film, Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks is a kinetic and enjoyable journey that charts the evolution of martial arts movies from the Shaw Brothers reign in Hong Kong, the...
Fantastic Fest: Day 3 – VFW
When you look at his work, film director Jeff Begos’s resume reads more like a love letter to cult genre directors. Lynch and Cronenberg especially come to mind when watching Bego’s films Bliss and...