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… Read More »Infestation: Fantastic Fest 2024 – Saturday Night

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… Read More »Infestation: Fantastic Fest 2024 – Anora

TERRIFIER 3 MOVIE REVIEW One of the best things about Fantastic Fest is how there’s something very nichey for every taste. And if your taste runs to unbelievably explicit gore and goofy clown killers, then you already know all about director/writer Damien Leone’s Terrifier series. The third entry dips into the beloved subgenre of Xmas… Read More »Infestation: Fantastic Fest 2024 – Terrifier 3

THE RULE OF JENNY PEN MOVIE REVIEW John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush play two men in a nursing home who go to war with each other. That’s certainly enough of a selling point alone for the Fantastic Fest film, The Rule of Jenny Pen. But the film we saw wasn’t exactly what we expected. Rush… Read More »Infestation: Fantastic Fest 2024 – The Rule of Jenny Pen

Párvulos Movie Review Mexican director Isaac Ezban returns to Fantastic Fest this year with his new post-zombie-apocalypse film Párvulos. The story centers around a house in the middle of nowhere where a teen boy and his two much younger brothers eke out a scant survival. Both parents are gone, ostensibly dead but it appears as… Read More »Infestation: Fantastic Fest 2024 – Párvulos

WHAT HAPPENED TO DOROTHY BELL? MOVIE REVIEW Found footage horror isn’t always everyone’s favorite, but if it’s playing at Fantastic Fest, it generally is better than most. Such is the case for What Happened to Dorothy Bell? written and directed by Danny Villanueva Jr. The film follows Ozzie (Asya Meadows) who has lost much of… Read More »Infestation: Fantastic Fest 2024 – What Happened to Dorothy Bell?

BOOKWORM MOVIE REVIEW You just can’t keep Elijah Wood away from New Zealand. And who can blame him? It’s goddamn gorgeous. He gets to revisit the scenic countryside in his second collaboration with director Ant Timpson, Bookworm. The tale starts with Mildred (Nell Fisher) and her mom who don’t get along well. Mildred lives a… Read More »Infestation: Fantastic Fest 2024 – Bookworm

U ARE THE UNIVERSE MOVIE REVIEW What would you do if you were an astronaut on a deep space mission and discovered the Earth had blown up? If you were Ukrainian space trucker Andriy, then probably not much different. You’d continue to tolerate terrible dad jokes from your onboard robot trying to cheer you up,… Read More »Infestation: U Are The Universe

TIME BANDITS SERIES REVIEW Remember as a kid when it was super cool to have a favorite dinosaur? When day-dreaming of sailing the world with vikings like Leif Erikson was a perfectly normal and healthy thing to do? When you could tell the difference between Greek and Roman history without extra scrutiny? Kevin (Kal-El Tuck)… Read More »Screener Squad: Time Bandits

THE SUBSTANCE MOVIE REVIEW We’ve never seen Demi Moore like this before. Coralie Fargeat’s, director of Revenge, second feature film The Substance is a wild combination of David Cronenberg’s body-horror and Frank Henenlotter’s exploitation sensibilities. Demi Moore plays Elizabeth Sparkle, whose stardom has faded from Hollywood icon to hosting a tv workout show ala Jane… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: The Substance