It’s that time of year again and this year is the very special 30th anniversary of aGLIFF, the Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Sept 7 – 10th). Today, they … Read More
Fantasia IFF 2017 Part 1: Animals, Le Manoir, Pork Pie
Animals Animals is a strange, fascinating, and often funny journey through a collapsing relationship. Anna’s husband has been sleeping with their upstairs neighbor. In an effort to rekindle … Read More
What’s out on Blu-ray 07/18/2017: Stalker, Buster’s Mal Heart.
Stalker In future Russia, there is a place called the Zone that was the site of a former disaster(the actual Chernobyl exclusion zone would happen later, making this film a … Read More
Shout Factory Blu-ray Reviews: The Ticket, Car Wash, Trespass, Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie, The Autopsy of Jane Doe
The Ticket James (Dan Stevens), who has been blind for most of his life, wakes up one morning to find that his tumor has shrunk and his eyesight is restored. … Read More
What’s Out on Blu-ray 5/16/2017: Beyond the Gates, Willard, Ben
Beyond the Gates Gordon (Graham Skipper) returns to his hometown to help his estranged brother John (Chase Williamson) pack up their father’s VHS video store after he goes missing and … Read More
What’s Out on Blu-ray 3/21/2017: Multiple Maniacs, Firestarter
Firestarter This is the adaptation of the early Stephen King novel of the same name. A little girl and her father are hunted by a government agency that experimented on … Read More
What’s Out on Blu-ray 1/31/2017: Poltergeist II and Poltergeist III Collector’s Editions
Poltergeist II Enough decades have passed that for many who have seen the Poltergeist films, but not recently, a lot of the events and plot elements can blur together. I … Read More
What’s Out on Blu-ray 12/13/2016: Dreamscape, Black Christmas
Dreamscape Alex Gardner (Dennis Quaid) is a psychic that uses his powers to cheat at horse racing. A group of scientists (played by actors including Max Von Sydow and Kate … Read More
Blu-ray Review – Dead Ringers, Rabid
Dead Ringers – Available Nov 15th Elliot and Beverly (both Jeremy Irons) are identical twins and gynecologists who have had a lifelong obsession with biology and human anatomy. Elliot, the … Read More
Blu-ray Review – Men & Chicken
Men & Chicken After the death of their father, Elias (Mads Mikkelsen, Hannibal, though I can assure you this role is as far from that as possible) and Gabriel (David … Read More
Blu-ray Review: What We Become
What We Become We open with a picturesque suburban neighborhood in Denmark, Sorgenfri, in northern Copenhagen, where the Johansens and their two children are enjoying a block party on a … Read More
#FantasticFest2016 Festival Film Review – Elle
Elle Michele, a wealthy business woman in France, is attacked and brutally raped in her home. She decides against calling the police for personal reasons and instead handles the issue … Read More
#FantasticFest2016 Festival Film Review – The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden Handmaiden is such a spider’s web of Hitchcockian paranoia, twists, and intrigue that there is no way to discuss the plot without spoilers; which is the absolute last … Read More
#FantasticFest2016 Festival Film Review – Arrival
Arrival For the last several years we’ve had this trend of a really compelling ‘not too distant future’ science fiction film being released in the fall/early winter. It started with … Read More