Fantasia 2019: CRITTERS ATTACK! Review
Critters Attack! is an ’80s throwback that should have been left in the past.
Posted by: Adam Patterson
NYAFF 2019: WINTER AFTER WINTER
Winter After Winter has substance but not enough activity makes it a mostly tepid watch.
Posted by: Raul de Leon
NYAFF 2019: MAGGIE Review
Maggie is a puzzling oddity whose creative aimlessness endears itself to its head-scratching audience.
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
Fantasia 2019: SADAKO Review
Sadako begins tempting enough, with a decent setup and a few effective scares, but as the runtime progresses, it slowly derails into a slog that makes Sadako vs. Kayako look like the most logical movie in existence.
Posted by: Adam Patterson
Fantasia 2019: THE ART OF SELF-DEFENSE Review
With its surprisingly dark turn and impeccable script, The Art of Self-Defense is a wonderfully crafted and memorable comedy that will no doubt stay with you long after you leave the theater.
Posted by: Adam Patterson
NYAFF 2019: 5 MILLION DOLLAR LIFE Review
#NYAFF Review: Deftly tapping into a common Millennial anxiety, 5 MILLION DOLLAR LIFE is a sardonic, existential exploration of one's value in society.
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
NYAFF 2019: FURIE Review
Like some kind of badass Vietnamese version of Taken, Le-Van Kiet’s Furie brings fast, fluid action with a heavy dose of style to make it a martial arts bonanza that’s not one to be missed.
Posted by: Adam Patterson
Fantasia 2019: BLOOD ON HER NAME Gets a Teaser
A teaser trailer for the upcoming thriller Blood On Her Name has been released ahead of its premiere at this year’s Fantasia Festival in Montreal. Directed by Matthew Pope, the film involves a woman whose conscience gets the better of her after
Posted by: Adam Patterson
NYAFF 2019: THE ODD FAMILY: ZOMBIE FOR SALE
A fresh take on the tired zombie formula, played with enjoyable farcicality by a standout cast, makes The Odd Family: Zombie for Sale an absurdist delight.
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
NYAFF 2019: WHITE SNAKE Review
Full of gratuitous eye candy, White Snake is a derivative exercise that wrongly believes overloading itself with style and action can sustain yet another take on the ancient Chinese legend.
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
NYAFF 2019: DARK FIGURE OF CRIME Review
Bolstered by its strong performances from Yoon-seok and Ji-hoon, Dark Figure of Crime is an enthralling and well crafted true-crime thriller.
Posted by: Adam Patterson
NYAFF 2019: THE FATAL RAID Review
Sporadic and disheveled, The Fatal Raid is a film without a voice that throws everything at the screen with no discernible structure.
Posted by: Adam Patterson
VIOLENCE VOYAGER Review
Violence Voyager remains a disturbing bait and switch of gory delights for all who can stomach it.
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
Fantasia 2019: Horror Film 1BR Gets a Clip
A clip has been released for David Mamor‘s horror thriller 1BR, which will be making its world premiere at this month’s Fantasia Festival in Montreal. The film stars Nicole Brydon Bloom as a young woman who scores a great apartment in Los
Posted by: Adam Patterson
NYAFF 2019: WALK WITH ME Review
Walk With Me just misses the mark in being an effective and thought-provoking thriller that perhaps would have benefitted from a tighter script and different editing choices.
Posted by: Adam Patterson
NYAFF 2019: DARE TO STOP US Review
While trying to sell you on the maverick, anarchist sensibilities of its central subjects, Dare to Stop Us slots itself into standardized yet serviceable biopic formula.
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
