FOR LOVE’S SAKE
2012 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! For someone who makes as many film as Miike does, he’s going to produce the odd dud, and "For Love’s Sake" is clearly one of them...Read More at FilmThreat.com
View ArticleTHE AMBASSADOR
2012 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! While certainly not to everyone’s tastes, for those with an interest in gonzo journalism or an unsentimental look at the worst parts of Africa, "The Ambassador"...
View ArticleHEMORRHAGE
2012 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! While not a home run, "Hemorrhage" succeeds at what many Canadian indies attempt and fail at: high concept psychological, character driven horror...Read More at...
View ArticleDRAGON (WU XIA)
2012 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! Anyone going into Dragon expecting a balls to the walls kung-fu epic will either be sorely disappointed or pleasantly surprised, depending on how open a mind they...
View ArticleTHE MECHANICAL BRIDE
2012 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! Taking a refreshingly non-judgemental approach to its subjects and the material in general, "The Mechanical Bride" is a startling investigation of the world of...
View ArticlePLAY DEAD
2012 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! Part one-man confessional, part gory-magic show and part examination of our relationship with death, "Play Dead" is a unique experience, both recreating and in...
View ArticleACE ATTORNEY
2012 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! It’s finally happened. They’ve made a good video game movie. No. Really. It happened...Read More at FilmThreat.com
View ArticleCITADEL
2012 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! As a film, "Citadel" combines many previously seen horrors: urban isolation, fatherhood, agoraphobia, youth violence and blends them together with such fury that...
View ArticleSUSHI GIRL
2012 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! In the end, while "Sushi Girl" is not perfect, it was definitely my type of film with a strong cast, unique premise and wonderful style...Read More at FilmThreat.com
View ArticleA LITTLE BIT ZOMBIE
2012 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! "A Little Bit Zombie" is a fun walk through horror conventions while sticking mostly in comedy territory. Sure, there's gore and some gross-out gags, but for the...
View Article2012 FANTASIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES JURY AWARDS
The behind-the-scenes discussion is over and the jury awards have been announced for the 2012 Fantasia International Film Festival...Read More at FilmThreat.com
View ArticleSTARSHIP TROOPERS: INVASION
2012 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! It's a Shinji Aramaki-flavored, CGI-driven space adventure film that may be the coolest space marine video game that I don't get to play because I have to watch...
View ArticleTHE LADY PARANORMA
2012 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! All around a hauntingly gorgeous, poetic and impressive short film, worth watching if you have the opportunity...Read More at FilmThreat.com
View ArticleLLOYD THE CONQUEROR
2012 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! Brian Posehn's White Wizard is easily the best part of the entire film, followed closely by Unicorn-Guy. There's just something about the way Posehn delivers his...
View ArticleDOOMSDAY BOOK
2012 FANTASTIC FEST SELECTION! In another film, or even stretched out to feature length, neither of Yim’s sections would have played especially well, but they are perfect bookends to Kim’s heady...
View Article88:88
2012 FANTASTIC FEST SELECTION! I don't want to give anything away, except that whatever you're likely thinking that this film is about, is probably wrong. Or at least not exactly right...Read More at...
View ArticleMY AMITYVILLE HORROR
2012 FANTASTIC FEST SELECTION! When your home life becomes as embattled and dysfunctional as Daniel Lutz would have you to believe his youth was, you don't need to have a ghost chasing you out of your...
View ArticleMEMORY OF THE DEAD
2012 FANTASTIC FEST SELECTION! The dream logic at work functions to keep the viewer from minding too much that nothing makes sense, but that doesn’t necessarily make for a compelling film per se...Read...
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