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[FANTASIA 2019] ‘KINGDOM’ Review
The seven kingdoms of China are at odds. During war, a child Li Xin is left without any parents, and is taken in by a family. Now growing up with a brother Piao, the two boys have grand ambitions of...
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[FANTASIA 2019] ‘FREAKS’ Review
Freaks is a movie best gone into blindly. In fact, the publicist reached out to me to ensure that I don’t give away much. I’d compare it to another film that has a similar concept, but that would give...
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[FANTASIA 2019] ‘EXTRA ORDINARY’ Review
The film begins with the teaser trailer opening, a Vincent Dooley infomercial for his “The Talents: Investigating the Paranormal” videotape series that leads into our story, Vincent’s two daughters...
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[FANTASIA 2019] ‘HARPOON’ Review
A close-knit triplet of friends, couple Richard (Christopher Gray) and Sasha (Emily Tyra), along with friend Jonah (Munro Chambers), get into an argument when Richard believes that Jonah is sleeping...
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[FANTASIA 2019] ‘IDOL’ Review
Idol is not, as The Hollywood Reporter labeled it, a “political thriller.” It is more aptly described as unrelentingly grim…joyless…vicious…dazzlingly complex…unexpected. If you think you know where...
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[FANTASIA 2019] ‘THE DIVINE FURY’ Review
Yong-Hoo (Seo-joon Park) is an MMA fighter at the top of his game. He discovers he has developed a stigmata on his hand: an open wound in the spot where Christ was crucified, which will not heal. The...
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[FANTASIA 2019] ‘PORNO’ Review
The staff of a heavily Christian movie theater in the early 90’s are about to have a staff-only, post-shift screening, which is going to be either Encino Man or A League Of Their Own. Before they can...
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[FANTASIA 2019] ‘RIOT GIRLS’ Review
Set in an alternate 1995, Riot Girls concerns a society where any over the age of 25 has been killed off by a deadly virus, and those remaining have turned their post apocalypse into a giant high...
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[FANTASIA 2019] ‘SATOR,’ ‘THE PREY’ and ‘DOOR LOCK’ Mini-Reviews
SATOR To say that everything in Sator is made with love and care is an understatement. Hell, even all the credits are handwritten. This is the consummation of six years of work for...
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[FANTASIA 2019] ‘THE FABLE’ and ‘THE ODD FAMILY: ZOMBIE FOR SALE’ Mini-Reviews
THE FABLE The Fable (Junichi Okada) is a John Wick-like assassin, a legend whose tales of talents run wild but are actually true. After he’s advised to lay low for a year, he reluctantly agrees and has...
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[FANTASTIC FEST 2019] ‘NAIL IN THE COFFIN: THE FALL AND RISE OF VAMPIRO’ Review
So it’s worth a preface here for you to know that I haven’t had any interest in wrestling, professional or otherwise, since I was a child. I’m not in any way a hater — if you love wrestling, that’s...
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‘BLISS’ Review
It’s been a long time since a vampire film has really gotten me excited and thrilled to be watching a vampire film. Yes, What We Do In the Shadows is a charming, wonderful piece of work, but it does a...
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[FANTASTIC FEST 2019] ‘AFTER MIDNIGHT’ Review
After Midnight is not your average creature feature. In fact it’s not really about the monster, so much as it is about a metaphorical monster..though yes, there is a monster (and it’s awesome). Jeremy...
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[FANTASTIC FEST 2019] ‘VHYES’ Review
Disclaimer: I supported and contributed to the funding of this film on Indigogo last year. I have no stake in the success of the film, and the thoughts are entirely my own. December, 1987 – a...
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Got plans April 9th? How about the live-streaming premiere of SEA FEVER
The good folks at DUST and Gunpowder & Sky are about to unleash this claustrophobic, paranoid horror movie about a viral outbreak…at maybe the most appropriate time. Like, this feels meant to be....
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