6.5
Fantasia 2019: 8 Review
Atmospheric and unsettling, 8 utilizes moody visuals and excellent sound design to deliver a satisfying folk-horror story that, while inconsistent, is well worth a look.
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6.5
5
Fantasia 2019: THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WKND Review
While the concept is sound, the film does little to breathe new life into the time-loop mechanic and instead opts to simply curse the most uninteresting person possible.
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6.5
Fantasia 2019: BLACK MAGIC FOR WHITE BOYS Review
Those who are fans of Tukel’s previous efforts will find themselves in familiar territory here and will likely enjoy what they see.
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Fantasia 2019: RIOT GIRLS Gets a Trailer
A new trailer has been released for Jovanka Vuckovic‘s Riot Girls, which will be having its North American premiere at this years Fantasia Fest in Montreal. The film is set in a world where all the adults have been killed off by
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HBO’s UNMASKING JIHADI JOHN Gets a Trailer
HBO has released the trailer for the upcoming documentary Unmasking Jihadi John: Anatomy of a Terrorist, directed by Anthony Wonke. The film takes a look at the manhunt for Mohammed Emwazi, a.k.a “Jihadi John,” a brutal ISIS terrorist.
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8
Fantasia 2019: THE GANGSTER, THE COP, THE DEVIL Review
These days you can’t swing a stick without hitting several top-notch South Korean crime thrillers, but The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil is one that sits near the top of the heap in an already impressive batch of contemporaries.
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TOP GUN: MAVERICK Gets a Trailer
Paramount has released the first trailer for Top Gun: Maverick, the much anticipated sequel to the 1986 classic. Directed by Joseph Kosinski, Tom Cruise reprises his role as Maverick, with the rest of the cast including Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm,
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JAY AND SILENT BOB REBOOT Gets a Trailer
Ahead of its panel at Comic Con, Kevin Smith released the first red band trailer for Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, which sees the return of the titular duo (Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes) heading to Hollywood to stop a reboot of
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IT CHAPTER 2 Gets a Final Trailer
Warner Bros. has released the final trailer for IT Chapter 2, taking place 27 years after the events of the first film and seeing Pennywise return to haunt the Losers Club. Andy Muschietti returns to direct and in addition to the original
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Criterion Announces October 2019 Titles
The Criterion Collection has announced the lineup for their October 2019 offerings, which include 3 silent films by Josef von Sternberg, Benjamin Christensen‘s silent classic Haxan, Leon Gast‘s When We Were Kings, and John Sayles‘ Matewan.
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AD ASTRA Starring Brad Pitt Gets a Trailer
20th Century Fox has released the first trailer for the upcoming sci-fi film Ad Astra, starring Brad Pitt as an astronaut who heads to space in order to find his missing father. Directed by James Gray, the film also stars Tommy Lee
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Tiff 2019: Daniel Roher’s ONCE WERE BROTHERS to Open Festival
The 2019 Toronto International Film Festival is gearing up to kick off September 5th, and today they have announced Daniel Roher’s documentary Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band will open the fest. The film takes a look at
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4.5
Fantasia 2019: DREADOUT Review
Dreadout isn’t without its charms, but the grating, surface-level characters and uninteresting narrative make it a horror title that has some fun set pieces but offers little in the way of lasting power or memorability.
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Fantasia 2019: THE DIVINE FURY To Close Festival
Montreal’s Fantasia Festival is officially underway and today they announced that Kim Joo-hwan‘s The Divine Fury will be making its North American Premiere after the official closing night film, Hiroyuki Imaishi‘s Promare.
Stay tuned here for our continued coverage of
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2019 North Bend Film Fest Announces Lineup
North Bend Washington’s North Bend Film Fest has announced the lineup for its 2019 edition, with a slew of great genre titles to entice fans. The opening night film is Jon Mikel Caballero‘s time loop movie The Incredible Shrinking Wknd, with
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MUBI Announces August 2019 Highlights
Streaming service MUBI has revealed highlights from its upcoming August lineup of programming including double bills by Corneliu Porumboiu, Peter Strickland, and Philippe Garrel, and the premiere of Yui Kiyohara’s Our House, just to name a few.
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