Montreal’s Fantasia Festival is gearing up for its 2021 edition, coming to us virtually like last year, but don’t think for a second that will result in a lack of quality entries.
The first wave of features has been announced for
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Lapsis is the perfect type of science fiction, which draws unmistakable parallels to our current society and nudges it ever so slightly beyond where we are now but cautiously predicts where we could go if trends continue.
7.5
This is a repost of our review from Fantasia Festival 2020. The Mortuary Collection will be available on Shudder October 14, 2020.
Although the anthology film has been a mainstay in the horror genre for decades, it’s been a few years since
This week, Adam and Kevin take a look at Antonio Campos' The Devil All The Time on Netflix. Some other titles discussed include Nightbreed, Pretending I'm Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story, The Dead Zone, The Social Dilemma, Golden Horns, Coastal Elites, The Dead Zone, and This Is Paris.
This week, Adam and Kevin wrap their heads around Charlie Kaufman's latest, I'm thinking of Ending Things. Other titles discussed include Cabin Fever (2016), The Five Rules of Success, A Score To Settle, The Owners,
Montreal’s Fantasia Festival has officially wrapped, and with that the award winners from this year’s virtual edition have been announced. Daria Woszek’s Marygoround won the jury prize for Best Film and Best Director, with Brea Grant‘s 12 Hour Shift winning
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Reminiscent of a Kung Fu version of Uncle Drew and even the recent Cobra Kai TV series, Quoc Bao Tran’s feature debut, The Paper Tigers, concerns the lives of three former Kung Fu prodigies who must overcome their past conflicts and now-middle-aged
2.5
Playing out like some kind of perverted fantasy rather than a deep rumination on obsession and addiction, Ben Hozie’s PVT Chat may mean well, but its misguided finale sets the wrong tone on a subject that’s becoming more relevant as more sex
In part two of our Fantasia Festival 2020 coverage, we take a look at four more films screening at this year's virtual festival including Chasing Dream, Bleed With Me, PVT Chat, and The Paper Tigers.
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Survival Skills works best in its final act, culminating in a dark, powerful finale that completely turned me around on it after a slow second act.
7.5
There are plenty of documentaries out there that discuss meme culture, but none so succinctly outline and break down the trajectory of a meme than Feels Good Man.
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Continuing the long-standing trend of Japanese manga adaptations that center on a high school that specializes in some specific subject, Kakegurui is a high-energy farce about a posh private academy that’s composed of spoiled rich kids obsessed with gambling.
5.5
Miyamoto Musashi is arguably the greatest fighter in Japanese history, thought to have won more than 60 duels. He also later developed a two-sword fencing style called nitō ichi-ryū.
Musashi was dubbed kensai or “sword saint,” and his legend continued to grow
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Back in 2000, as part of a promotion for his latest film, Ready to Rumble, actor David Arquette did a collaboration with the WCW and ended up winning the World Heavyweight Championship. This was a controversial stunt that drew savage ire from
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Class Action Park is a funny and at times tragic documentary that’s well made but could have used some more creative flourishes to better complement its subject matter.
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Even the most ardent fans of Marshall’s work will have a hard time finding something to grasp onto with this one, which feels more like a vanity project for his girlfriend than the work of a unique and talented director.
