Movies
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Fantastic Review: ‘A Boy and His Samurai’ Is a Custard and Joy Filled Pleasure
Writer/director Yoshihiro Nakamura is no stranger to cross genre perfection as evidenced by his last two films, Fish Story and Golden Slumber. The former puts…
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Fantastic Review: ‘A Lonely Place to Die’ Is an Exciting Place to Be Until It Isn’t
For some people the great outdoors doesn’t get any more frightening than the 1988 Dan Aykroyd/John Candy film, but genre fans know that nature is…
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Fantastic Review: ‘Rabies’ Finds the Madness In Mankind Then Laughs At It
Genre films follow a certain set of rules, and that’s rarely more evident than it is with slashers. If four young people go into the…
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Blood, Sweat and Latex: The Predator Experience (Part 2)
by Shannon Shea By now, most fans credit Steve Wang and Matt Rose for the creation of the Predator. However, in my conversations with Steve, in…
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Fantastic Review: ‘Blind’ Is a Must-See Thriller
Min Soo-ah (Kim Ha-neul) is a police cadet in training who takes it upon herself to look after her younger brother. Her latest attempt to…
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Fantastic Review: ‘Revenge — A Love Story’ Is an Unusual Mix of Cruelty, Morality, and…
Police in a small town outside of Hong Kong are called to the scene of a brutal crime. A pregnant woman has been gutted, her…
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Fantastic Review: ‘The Squad’ Is Atmospheric But It Meanders When It Should Engage
An outpost atop a fog shrouded mountain has fallen out of contact, so an outside squad is sent in to establish their whereabouts. The base…
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Aural Fixation: How Cliff Martinez Scored With ‘Drive’
It’s difficult to walk away from Drive and not feel affected ‐ whether by the performances, the style, the music or the overall feel of…
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7 Movies My Past Boyfriends Forced Me to Watch That Made Me Who I Am Today
Sometimes personal growth is a film away.