Fantasia Fest 2024 Review: ‘The Beast Within’, A Gothic Tale of Childhood Trauma
Fantasia Fest brought an unusual horror movie that touches on childhood trauma. The Beast Within brings back the old-school flavor
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Fantasia Fest 2024 Review: ‘Baby Assassins: Nice Days’ Is One of the Best Action Movies Ever Made
No hyperbole. You read this correctly. Yugo Sakamoto has pulled off one of the greatest action movies my eyes have
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Fantasia Fest 2024 Review: Exciting Action Doesn’t Quite Save ‘Out of the Shadow’
Competing for the Cheval Noir Award at the Fantasia International Film Festival, Ricky Ko’s Out of the Shadow has all
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Fantasia Fest 2024 Review: ‘Tatsumi’ is an Unimpressive Mob Thriller
With the Fantasia International Festival well underway, there are plenty of movies to still enjoy and appreciate in the Hall
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Fantasia Fest 2024 Review: ‘Penalty Loop’ Reinvents Time loop Cinema
Before Shinji Araki’s Penalty Loop played in front of a sold-out crowd at the Fantasia International Film Festival, audiences were
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Fantasia Fest 2024 Review: ‘Brave Citizen’ Meows the Fantasia Audience Away
The first thing that usually jolts the first-time Fantasia International Film Festival visitors are the elusive meows that are heard
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Fantasia Fest 2024: 10 Most Anticipated Movies To Watch
For the past three years, it’s been a privilege for this writer to cover Fantasia Fest for a different outlet.
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‘The Fall Guy’ Doubles As Great Rom-Com and Love Letter To Stunt Performers
‘The Fall Guy’ is a stunt-filled, romantic, and funny movie that celebrates the industry while giving the masses a fun time.
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Review: ‘We Can Be Heroes’ Documentary About Kids and LARPing
I’m getting to that age where I look at the opportunities teenagers have today and think old person thoughts about
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‘Omni Loop’ Review: ‘Groundhog Day’ Sci-Fi Comedy Gets Weird
Remember when, in the depths of COVID lockdowns and isolation, we all became obsessed with a new Groundhog Day-style time
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‘We’re All Gonna Die’ Review: A Boy-Meets-Girl Sci-Fi Story Stretched Too Far
There’s a good short film hiding somewhere inside Matthew Arnold and Freddie Wong’s grief-tinged sci-fi feature film debut, We’re All
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Review: ‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ Shown at SXSW 2024
If anyone ever complains to you that there’s nothing new under the sun in the world of cinema, please kindly
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