CRIMES OF THE FUTURE MOVIE REVIEW

Director/writer David Cronenberg returns to the Body Horror genre he pretty much created with Crimes of the Future, the first such film in the genre by him since 1999’s Existenz. And you better strap in because it’s gonna be a wild and disturbing ride. Viggo Mortensen plays Saul Tenser, a performance artist that can grow new organs inside his body. Along with his partner/lover Caprice (Léa Seydoux) using a bizarre bio-mechanical ‘autopsy machine’ they perform the removal of the bizarre new organs once they have fully grown in front of a weirdly sexually excited audience. But wait, there’s more. Humans have begun evolving in strange new ways and there are some from the government with secret agents who want to figure out how to stop it, and there are secret organizations promoting this evolution. It’s a helluva thing, to be sure and we got Chris, Tessa, Marco, and Wright to talk about it. Check out their review here.

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DIRECTED BY: David Cronenberg

STARRING: Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Don McKellar, Scott Speedman, Welket Bungué, Lihi Kornowski, Tanaya Beatty, Yorgos Karamihos, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Nadia Litz, Sozos Sotiris

 

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Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)

Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas in 1992 where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this community of critics. While Brian eventually followed his heart to a new family, Chris continues on with a cast of colorful folks from all over the country (and a few others). You can also check out Chris in his videocast, along with Martin Thomas and Danni Danger, that One Of Us does with our friends at Bell of Lost Souls: Crossover Event. He also regularly guests on the video game website Rage Select. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.

 

 

Tessa Morrison (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, Unstabletop Gamers)

Well-rounded nerd and artist, Tessa Morrison grew up in the misty mountains of West Virginia and was constantly ridiculed for being a “weirdo.” Then moved to Austin in 2009 where people said the same thing, but in an endearing tone. Tessa works an office day job, creates puppets and fiber art, cosplays, models for gaming and animation studios, and volunteers for various organizations. One of which is the Other Worlds Film Festival, Austin’s first SciFi film fest, working in the capacity of Outreach Director and programmer. Another is local DIY-comedy-wrestling league,