BETTER MAN MOVIE REVIEW Oh My God, It Was Earth All Along, You Finally Made a Monkey Out of Me. It was a missed opportunity not to have iconic singer Robbie Williams belt out a version of the Troy McClure song in the biopic about his life Better Man. Why? Because the part of Robbie […]

THE APPRENTICE MOVIE REVIEW Get ready for the movie that gives you the story of why we live in such an insane world. The story of Donald Trump and how he got to be…well…like he is. Sebastian Stan takes on Trump with a measured performance as we see him at first as a young man. […]

HOUSE OF SPOILS MOVIE REVIEW Ariana DeBose plays Chef, who has just gotten her big shot thanks to an enthusiastic investor (Arian Moayed) to run her own restaurant. It’s going to be very high-end, set in a crumbling mansion way out in the countryside. Expectations are high and she is ready to deliver, despite being […]

TRIZOMBIE MOVIE REVIEW In another ‘probably only at Fantastic Fest’ movie, one of the few zombie entries this year was the Belgian film Trizombie. In most ways this is a traditional zombie story with a group of survivors who must make a trek across zombie infested areas in order to reach their goal. The difference […]

DON’T MESS WITH GRANDMA MOVIE REVIEW There are a lot of home invasion films out there these days, some of ’em pretty scary and intense. That is NOT the vibe that Don’t Mess With Grandma (formerly Sunset Superstar) is going for. Michael Jai White plays Jasper, a gentle giant and a big Dio fan who […]

DEAD TALENTS SOCIETY MOVIE REVIEW It’s odd to describe a film with as much gore and supernatural scary stuff in it as Dead Talents Society as ‘delightful’ and even ‘heartwarming’, but here we are. It’s the sort of thing that can happen at Fantastic Fest. This Taiwanese film takes place on Earth, but from the […]

THE WILD ROBOT MOVIE REVIEW Dreamworks Animation is here with another big prestige project, The Wild Robot. With Chris Sanders at the helm, who directed Lilo & Stitch, How To Train Your Dragon, and The Croods, you can be reasonably sure it’s going to be a good one. And lo, it delivers. The story takes […]

HEAVIER TRIP MOVIE REVIEW One of the low-key hits of 2018 among folks who actually go to see bizarro foreign films at movie fests was Heavy Trip. The story followed the four members of the metal band Impaled Rektum and their insane misadventures. Basically, Wayne’s World in Europe but with a more surreal and very […]

SATURDAY NIGHT MOVIE REVIEW The story of Saturday Night Live’s beginnings is one of a show hindered by chaotic creatives, unconvinced executives, drugs, sex, and one very beleaguered but determined showrunner. Director Jason Reitman brings us the story of the 90 minutes before SNL went live for the first time and how close it came […]

ANORA MOVIE REVIEW Writer/director Sean Baker hits Fantastic Fest with the Palme d’Or winner at Cannes this year, Anora. Ani (Mikey Madison) is a stripper whose life in New York City is filled with parties, sex, and fun. Because she can speak Russian, her boss connects her with a young Russian son of an oligarch […]