ANOTHER SLEEPLESS NIGHT IN SNOWTOWN: DAY SIX OF FANTASTIC FEST 2011
There should be a term for when the brain shuts down and everything you’ve done over the past week becomes a dream. That’s how I felt on Day Six of Fantastic Fest…
Posted on September 29, 2011 by Noah Lee
SUCH A FANTASTIC FEUD: DAY FIVE OF FANTASTIC FEST 2011
Day Five was highlighted with Cuba’s first horror movie, one of the worst things I’ve seen at the festival, one of the best things at the festival, the awards, a movie starring a blind man, and the annual Fantastic Feud game show…
Posted on September 28, 2011 by Noah Lee
ARCADE COMIN’ AT YA: DAY FOUR OF FANTASTIC FEST 2011
Halfway through the festival and that’s when a bit of sadness kicks in. It’s a similar feeling to knowing you have to go to work the next day on a Sunday night…
Posted on September 26, 2011 by Noah Lee
SNOWMAN’S LAND
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  Year Released: 2011 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 95 minutes |
2011 FANTASTIC FEST OFFICIAL SELECTION! If one is looking for a crime drama, this is not it. For those who are fans of the darker edges of comedy and don’t mind a little violence, this is a worthy watch…
Posted on September 25, 2011 by Noah Lee
YOU’RE NEXT: DAY THREE OF FANTASTIC FEST 2011
By Day Three, things can start to become hazy when you’re seeing 5 movies a day at a festival. Downing several beers at the Highball in between is surely not helping the cause…
Posted on September 25, 2011 by Noah Lee
HEADHUNTING WITH EXTRATERRESTRIALS ON THE YELLOW SEA: DAY TWO OF FANTASTIC FEST 2011
Unlike the outlandish first day of films I had, the second day was wrapped up in more conventional storytelling…
Posted on September 24, 2011 by Noah Lee
CALIBRE 9
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  Year Released: 2011 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 84 minutes |
2011 FANTASTIC FEST OFFICIAL SELECTION! This is a roller coaster ride of a movie that starts off insane and then ratchets up the crazy as it proceeds…
Posted on September 24, 2011 by Noah Lee
PEDOPHILIA, EUTHANASIA AND HUMAN CENTIPEDES: DAY ONE OF FANTASTIC FEST 2011
Pedophilia, euthanasia, human centipedes and a slow burn thriller kicked off my Fantastic Fest on Thursday. Three out of the four movies I saw delivered and one… well, let’s just say it delivered on its promise, only to its detriment…
Posted on September 23, 2011 by Noah Lee
FILM THREAT RETURNS TO FANTASTIC FEST!
If you’re a movie genre geek living in the United States, there is no greater film festival than Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX…
Posted on September 21, 2011 by Noah Lee
THE WEIRD WORLD OF BLOWFLY
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  Year Released: 2011 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 89 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE! For any fan of soul and hip-hop music history, “The Weird World of Blowfly” is an engaging, if sometimes shallow, look at a man that time has forgotten…
Posted on September 16, 2011 by Noah Lee
ATTACK THE BLOCK
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  Year Released: 2011 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 87 minutes |
2011 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! “Attack the Block” has many successes, the strongest being its young cast of newcomers paired with a few key veterans…
Posted on July 15, 2011 by Noah Lee
THE BEAVER
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
Much will be made about Mel Gibson’s starring role given his recent past, but his portrayal of Walter Black, a man who has now chosen to use a beaver puppet to convey his true emotions, is so believable and heartfelt, I never once thought about his social life…
Posted on May 7, 2011 by Noah Lee
SOURCE CODE
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Year Released: 2011 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 94 minutes |
“Source Code” is story that on a basic level will appease an audience looking for a quick thrill ride but one that never quite gives a straight answer…
Posted on March 31, 2011 by Noah Lee
A BAG OF HAMMERS
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Year Released: 2011 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 87 minutes |
2011 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT PREMIERES SELECTION! When movie goers are under a constant barrage of indie films looking to tell a heartwarming story that’s been told a hundred times before, it’s nice to find one that just works…
Posted on March 25, 2011 by Noah Lee
WASTED ON THE YOUNG
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  Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 97 minutes |
2011 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL FAVORITES SELECTION! There must be a market for “rich kids with problems” movies out there because people keep making them…
Posted on March 20, 2011 by Noah Lee
