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#FantasticFest 2017 Review: Junk Head

Adam Ruhl09.2017Film FestivalLeave a Comment

Junk Head In the far, far future, humans learned to extend their lives, but it cost them the ability to have children. They built clone workers who eventually rebelled; now … Read More

Adam Ruhl#FantasticFest 2017 Review: Junk Head09.29.2017

#FantasticFest 2017 Review: Bad Genius

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Bad Genius Lynn is an exceptionally bright student in Thailand who gets a full scholarship to an honors high school. While there, she develops a method of giving other students … Read More

Adam Ruhl#FantasticFest 2017 Review: Bad Genius09.23.2017

#FantasticFest 2017 Review: 3ft Ball and Souls

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3ft Ball and Souls It’s a goofy name for an admittedly goofy and yet very entertaining movie. Four strangers in Japan have met on the internet and made a suicide … Read More

Adam Ruhl#FantasticFest 2017 Review: 3ft Ball and Souls09.22.2017

#FantasticFest2016 Festival Film Review – Elle

Adam Ruhl10.2016Film FestivalLeave a Comment

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

Adam Ruhl#FantasticFest2016 Festival Film Review – Elle10.06.2016

#FantasticFest2016 Festival Film Review – The Handmaiden

Adam Ruhl10.2016Film Festival, MiscellaneousLeave a Comment

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

Adam Ruhl#FantasticFest2016 Festival Film Review – The Handmaiden10.05.2016

#FantasticFest2016 Festival Film Review – Arrival

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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

Adam Ruhl#FantasticFest2016 Festival Film Review – Arrival10.04.2016

#FantasticFest2016 Festival Film Review – Faultless

Adam Ruhl10.2016Film Festival, MiscellaneousLeave a Comment

Faultless Constance’s luck in Paris has run out. She finds herself homeless, blacklisted from her career in the real estate industry, and out of other options. She moves back to … Read More

Adam Ruhl#FantasticFest2016 Festival Film Review – Faultless10.03.2016

#FantasticFest2016 Festival Film Review – Dearest Sister

Adam Ruhl10.2016Film Festival, MiscellaneousLeave a Comment

Dearest Sister A young woman named Nok is brought from her village to the city to help take care of her cousin Ana by Ana’s European husband. Ana is suffering … Read More

Adam Ruhl#FantasticFest2016 Festival Film Review – Dearest Sister10.02.2016

#FantasticFest2016 Festival Film Review – A Dark Song

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A Dark Song Sophia, in the deepest despair of grief over her lost child, takes the extreme measure of spending her life savings on a magic ritual to be able … Read More

Adam Ruhl#FantasticFest2016 Festival Film Review – A Dark Song10.01.2016

#FantasticFest2016 – Final Wave of Films Announced!!! -UPDATED WITH PHOTOS!!

Adam Ruhl09.2016Film Festival, Horror, MoviesLeave a Comment

  We are just over two weeks away from what is sure to be one of the best Fantastic Fests ever. The final wave of films is announced and it … Read More

Adam Ruhl#FantasticFest2016 – Final Wave of Films Announced!!! -UPDATED WITH PHOTOS!!09.07.2016

#FantasticFest2016 – First Wave of Films Announced!!!

Adam Ruhl08.2016Comedy, Film Festival, Horror, MoviesLeave a Comment

Fantastic Fest 2016 has just dropped the first wave of titles for this year’s line up which appears to have an Indian circus theme. I’m going to cut the chatter and … Read More

Adam Ruhl#FantasticFest2016 – First Wave of Films Announced!!!08.02.2016

Fantastic Fest 2015: Second wave of titles announced!

Adam Ruhl08.2015Film FestivalLeave a Comment

The second wave of titles for Fantastic Fest 2015 dropped today and there is a ton of great stuff to look forward to this year. Some of the titles announced … Read More

Adam RuhlFantastic Fest 2015: Second wave of titles announced!08.26.2015

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