CRAZY SAMURAI MUSASHI – FANTASIA 2020 REVIEW

The limitations of the one take have consistently been tested to it’s very limits in the last decade or so. Especially after the critical smash that was Birdman or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance, contemporary filmmakers have been attempting to use the one take technique to either enhance realism or create a surreal way of […]

I WeirDO – FANTASIA 2020 REVIEW

Ah yes, the desperate craving for normalcy. In our current pandemic lock-down mode, we’ve all experienced a glimmer of nostalgia of a life that used to be. Whether it’s reminiscing about a favorite restaurant joint or even just the basic nature of human contact, the last five months or so have been a devastating blow […]

DINNER IN AMERICA – FANTASIA 2020 REVIEW

From an external perspective, America looks like one hell of ugly looking place. And I’m not just talking exclusively about politics here. The gentrified suburbs that pander to the central white demographic have been consistently parodied and criticized in most nuanced horror flicks and satires regarding the subject. Truth be told, America’s modern suburbia is […]

SPECIAL ACTORS – FANTASIA 2020 REVIEW

At one point in our lives, we’ve all experienced the miscellaneous experience of acting. Whether if it was just a one-day workshop or even a full mandatory school course where your credit and diploma was dependent on this weirdly specific elective, the art of drama and theatrics is a very intriguing universal trade. Right off […]

THE RECKONING – FANTASIA 2020 REVIEW

Neil Marshall must be having one hell of a year. Allegations of blackmail and extortion, recovery from the box office and critical flop of the Hellboy reboot from 2019, and now the world premiere release of his latest genre flick on a limited digital platform; you can’t help but wonder if the guy is actually […]