Day Three was a very good day for film at Fantastic Fest. It went from “Fish Story” to “Toy Story” to Takashi Miike’s “Yatterman” to the one-two horror/comedy punch of George Romero’s “Survival of the Dead” and D. Kerry Prior’s “The Revenant.”
“Fish Story” - rock fist way up
Considering Fantastic Fest usually leans towards […]

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Fantastic Fest day 2 brought Lars Von Trier’s “Antichrist,” a Danish film called “Terribly Happy,” a Japanese comedy called “Robo Geisha,” the George Clooney-Ewan McGregor comedy “Men Who Stare at Goats,” and the British horror comedy “Doghouse.”
Maybe it had something to do with the fact that it was the last movie I saw beforehand, […]

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Paranormal Activity review, Gentlemen Broncos review, Solomon Kane review, Van Diemen’s Land review
Historically, the first day of Fantastic Fest is pretty light on film, but I still managed to get four movies in.  Of the four, three featured filmmakers or actors in attendance and spirited Q&As.
“Van Diemen’s Land” - Minor Rock Fist Up
“I am […]

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What is Fantastic Fest?
It’s an eight-day genre film festival that takes place primarily at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, TX in late September every year.
It’s a movie-geek fantasy camp.  As a kid, I used to watch R-rated movies in secret and dream. Fantastic Fest is that dream.
It’s a celebration of horror, martial arts, fantasy, science […]

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Our friend and sometimes co-host Ryan Magnuson has started a new original web series called “The Sports Buddaye” and although episode two was released last Friday, I just found out about it today. Oops.
 
Here is episode two, which covers week one of the NFL and the continuing woes of Kansas City sports organizations. […]

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Sure, it’s a cheap promotion for Mike Judge’s new movie “Extract,” but it sure is nice to see Beavis and Butthead in a video again. We’ll have the review of the movie on Friday!

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ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com has boiled down Clint Eastwood’s 2004 Best Picture winner “Million Dollar Baby” to about 5 seconds and a hilarious punchline. I shouldn’t have to issue a HUGE SPOILER ALERT for a movie that’s five years old, but I am. So please, if you’re ever thinking of watching this movie, don’t watch this now. If […]

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Well, the hype surrounding James Cameron’s “Avatar” reached a fever pitch last week when the trailer for the long-anticipated flick premiered online and in theaters. Well…Hitler, for one, is not impressed. This fan-made mash-up of “Downfall” is strangely timely, thanks to QT’s “Inglourious Basterds.” It’s also not safe for work! Enjoy.

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Director Timur Bekmambetov has reportedly figured out a way to raise Angelina Jolie’s character from the dead for a sequel to the violent male fantasy “Wanted,” but will they be able to afford to pay her?
A movie about a fictional “Soul Train” concert tour is in the works and The Onion’s AV Club rightfully calls […]

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Back in 2007, J.D. and I were contestants on VH1’s second (and last) season of “World Series of Pop Culture.” We immediately felt a nerdy trivia kinship with all the other competitors, so when castmates Warren McPherson and Smitha Chadaga said they were making a mockumentary about what happens to game show contestants AFTER the […]

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