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[Fantasia 2021] Audio Review: The Sadness (2021) by Bede Jermyn

[Fantasia 2021] Audio Review: Mad God (2021) by Bede Jermyn Download HERE While viral outbreaks have been the subject of many films over the pass few decades, it’s no surprise that some filmmakers would use the current COVID-19 pandemic as inspiration for their film’s story. Depending on how the filmmaker in question approaches this topical … Continue reading →

[Fantasia 2021] Audio Review: Mad God (2021) by Bede Jermyn

[Fantasia 2021] Audio Review: Mad God (2021) by Bede Jermyn Download HERE If you don’t know the name of Phil Tippett, you may know his legendary work as a visual effects supervisor/stop-motion animator behind such films as RETURN OF THE JEDI, ROBOCOP, HOWARD THE DUCK, WILLOW, STARSHIP TROOPERS and JURASSIC PARK, the latter of which … Continue reading →

[Fantasia 2021] Review: When I Consume You (2021) by Marcus Wilturner

There’s something to be said about the eternal bond of siblings. As an only child, this humble schmoe has always pondered what it would be like to have a brother or sister to share a life with. To be connected by blood. To experience your lives together by learning, growing, striving, and having each other’s … Continue reading →

[Fantasia 2021] Review: Glasshouse (2021) by Marcus Wilturner

In a world of lockdowns, multiple quarantines, pandemics, civil unrest, and an abundance of ignorance, this small, sealed off feature further taps into our times. The loneliness of our times. And definitely the isolation of our times. Not the first film to accomplish this feat during this tumultuous year, but an adequate feat nevertheless. You … Continue reading →

[Fantasia 2021] Review: Baby Money (2021) by Marcus Wilturner

It’s been a while since I watched a straight-up crime drama and this definitely fits the proverbial bill in spades while also implicitly annoying and frustrating me on how unfortunate it turned out to be. In Baby Money (2021), pregnant stripper Minny (Danay Garcia) is near the end of her pregnancy and trying desperately to … Continue reading →

[Fantasia 2021] Audio Review: Brain Freeze (2021) by Bede Jermyn

[Fantasia 2021] Audio Review: Brain Freeze (2021) by Bede Jermyn Download HERE It’s definitely over the pass decade, zombies have become a very huge part of pop culture. Whether it be films, television, games etc., you would have to look far to something that didn’t have zombies a part of it. While the zombie trend … Continue reading →

[Fantasia 2021] Review: The Last Thing Mary Saw (2021) by Marcus Wilturner

Religion – An act of faith, worship, and the education of stories and fables that revolve around a supreme being of great omnipotence. Jesus Christ, God, Allah, and many other distinct versions fall into this category across the globe. For centuries, countless have used this practice to guide and shape their lives in happiness and spirituality, … Continue reading →

[Fantasia 2021] Audio Review: Strawberry Mansion (2021) by Bede Jermyn

[Fantasia 2021] Audio Review: Strawberry Mansion (2021) by Bede Jermyn Download HERE There films are very hard to categorize what they are. While it’s a pretty easy to watch something that’s made in a specific like sci-fi, horror, action etc. Other films take a different approach by many tackling a mixture of genres at … Continue reading →

[Fantasia 2021] Audio Review: Mother Schmuckers (2021) by Bede Jermyn

[Fantasia 2021] Audio Review: Mother Schmuckers (2021) by Bede Jermyn Download HERE Gross-out comedies are a sub-genre of film that can be very tricky thing to pull off properly. Some people them as unfunny films that cater to the lowest common denominator and have no value in them whatsoever. However if done correctly, gross-out … Continue reading →

[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: The Paper Tigers (2020)

[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: The Paper Tigers (2020) Download HERE The Paper Tigers (2020) focuses on three former best friends, who reunite after 30 years when their Kung Fu master SiFu Cheung (Roger Yuan) passes away. No longer quite the martial artists they once were, these three men go on a new journey that … Continue reading →

[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: Special Actors (2019) by Bede Jermyn

[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: Special Actors (2019) by Bede Jermyn Download HERE After striking it big on the international film circuit with his critically acclaimed and ambitious “shot in one-take” zombie horror/comedy ONE CUT OF THE DEAD, director Shin’ichirô Ueda instantly became a filmmaker-to-watch for audiences. Now he has returned with his latest film … Continue reading →

[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: The Block Island Sound (2020)

[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: The Block Island Sound (2020) Download HERE The Block Island Sound (2020) is the latest project from The McManus Brothers, who’s credit’s include Netflix’s American Vandal (2017) and Cobra Kai (2018), taking on a feature length film that acts as both a fractured family drama and a slow burn unsettling … Continue reading →

[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: The Mortuary Collection (2019)

[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: The Mortuary Collection (2019) Download HERE The Mortuary Collection (2019) is a stunning horror anthology from writer/director Ryan Spindell, taking place at Raven’s End Mortuary, as mortician Montgomery Dark (Clancy Brown) recounts stories of terror through the decades to a young woman Sam (Caitlin Fisher). The wrap around and the … Continue reading →

[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: Crazy Samurai Musashi (2020) by Bede Jermyn

[Fantasia 2020] Audio Review: Crazy Samurai Musashi (2020) by Bede Jermyn Download HERE The life of legendary Japanese swordsman and philosopher Miyamoto Musashi has been the subject of countless films, TV shows, books, animes and mangas over the years. Most notably the SAMUARI trilogy (1954-1955), which starred legendary actor Toshiro Mifune in the role … Continue reading →