The 2021 iteration of the Chattanooga Film Festival provided a variety of various films, some of which I had actually already seen before (and loved!) What follows is my full list of coverage for the festival, as well as full review links when applicable. Films BLOOD CONSCIOUS Full review at the link. BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION … Continue reading Chattanooga Film Festival 2021 Wrap-Up
Film Review: Long Story Short
★★ Long Story Short is a disposable, time-jumping romantic dramedy, with a general premise that doesn’t seem as novel as it did before. By this point, I am so burned out from time-jumping, day-repeating, and throwaway rom-coms. A fresh spin on a tired formula is always welcomed with open arms; however, Long Story Short does … Continue reading Film Review: Long Story Short
Film Review: Siberia
★ Willem Dafoe has a storied history of making what you would classify as ‘unconventional’ movies. His filmography, which includes mainstream selections like Spider-Man, is also host to the stunning-but-strange The Lighthouse (a personal favorite) and the violent, brazenly bizarre Antichrist. Siberia, the new highly symbolic dream-exploration drama, is—bar none—the most frustrating and baffling film … Continue reading Film Review: Siberia
Film Review: The Unhealer
★★★★ If you’ve seen one bullied-kid-gets revenge tale, you’ve seen them all, eh? Taking obvious inspiration from films like Carrie and Tamara, The Unhealer presents a fresh spin while remaining consistent with a style that evokes 90’s horror. Director Martin Guigui and writers J. Shawn Harris and Kevin E. Moore find the dark humor in … Continue reading Film Review: The Unhealer
Pit Stop: The Harry Potter Store New York
Calling all muggles, witches, and wizards! On June 3rd, the world’s largest Harry Potter store (21,000 square feet!) officially opens its magical doors—right near the Flatiron building on Broadway (22nd St between Fifth Ave and Broadway). I was lucky enough to explore these hallowed walls with my partner, Allison; to say that we were both … Continue reading Pit Stop: The Harry Potter Store New York
Film Review: Skull: The Mask
★★ When a film fails to do anything more than showcase flashy, admittedly impressive special effects, can it really be recommended? The new Shudder slasher, Kapel Furman and Armando Fonseca’s Skull: The Mask, sadly has little depth beyond its blood and gore. The clunky opening starts us in 1944, where the Mask of Anhanga, an … Continue reading Film Review: Skull: The Mask
Atlanta Film Festival 2021 Wrap-Up
The Atlanta Film Festival really selected a phenomenal slate of for its 2021 lineup, and several of their choices I already caught at previous fests. In total, I watched 16 of the narrative offerings, and honestly enjoyed the majority of the ones I watched. I rounded up all viewed from the fest, and provided links … Continue reading Atlanta Film Festival 2021 Wrap-Up
Film Review: Mortal Kombat
★★★★ Mortal Kombat is so engrained in my childhood that just hearing the phrase is enough to perk me up. My earliest memories of the series are playing the Mortal Kombat Trilogy cartridge for the N64, where my favorite characters to play were Kung Lao, Kitana and Sindel. I’ve been following every major installment of … Continue reading Film Review: Mortal Kombat
CIFF 2021: Spaceboy
★★★★ Set in April of 1986, Spaceboy is a colorful and cutesy French film very much in line with the works of Wes Anderson. Space-obsessed 11 year-old Jim (Basile Grunberger) moves to a new town with his astrophysicist father (Yannick Reiner) and immediately clashes with some of the kids at school. When he is grouped … Continue reading CIFF 2021: Spaceboy
SFFILM 2021: Strawberry Mansion
★★★ Strawberry Mansion is a trippy and bizarre film about a dream auditor (Kentucker Audley) sent to audit an old woman’s dreams that’s filled with muchness to the point of explosion. It tries to cram in so many ideas that it becomes overwhelming. Bizarre, poetic dialogue adds only a thin layer of understanding to the … Continue reading SFFILM 2021: Strawberry Mansion