@TigersMS78 reviews...Director: Justin McConnellWriter: Justin McConnellStars: Elitsa Bako, Lora Burke, Jack Foley, Sam James White, Steve Kasan, Bill Oberst Jr., Rachel VanduzerReviewLifechanger is about a lost love and the need to reclaim it at the expense of all others and it is all entwined in a body swapping tale.Drew (Oberst Jr) - whom we only... Continue Reading →
Film Review: Blue My Mind
@lcfremont reviews...Director: Lisa BrühlmannWriter: Lisa BrühlmannStars: Luna Wedler, Zoë Pastelle Holthuizen, Regula Grauwiller Review Swiss film Blue My Mind is not to be missed. This debut feature from writer/director Lisa Brühlmann is a body horror/coming of age tale drenched in melancholy and violence.Fifteen-year-old Mia (Luna Wedler) has just moved to a new school and she... Continue Reading →
Film Review: Knuckleball
@TigersMS78 reviews...Director: Michael PetersonWriter: Kevin Cockle, Michael PetersonStars: Munro Chambers, Michael Ironside, Kathleen Munroe, Luca VillacisReviewKnuckleball is a very well paced thriller that pits a child against a damaged psychopath in a heavy snowstorm.Baseball mad Henry (Villacis) is dropped off at his Grandpa Jacob's (Ironside) farm by his seemingly indifferent father and his mother who... Continue Reading →
Fantasia 2018 Comes To A Close, Breaks Records, Announces Additional Awards, Sells Projects & More!
Fantasia Film Festival...The Fantasia International Film Festival wrapped its 2018 edition on August 2nd with the sold out Canadian Premiere of Panos Cosmatos' MANDY, and announced that it - for the sixth year in a row - welcomed nearly 100,000 attendees to its three weeks of films, events, and parties. The long-running Montreal genre fest... Continue Reading →
Fantasia 2018 – Film Review: Rondo
@TigersMS78 reviews...Director: Drew BarnhardtWriter: Drew BarnhardtStars: Ketrick Copeland, Reggie De Morton, Grant Benjamin Leibowitz, Iva Nora, Brenna Otts, Kevin Sean Ryan, Gena Shaw, Luke Sorge, Joseph M. VealsReviewPlaying at Fantasia 2018 Rondo is a sleazy, odd, confronting and violent exploitation-esque film that plays by its own rules...and I love it.Military vet Steven has some issues. As... Continue Reading →
Fantasia 2018 – Film Review: Hurt
@lcfremont reviews...Director: Sonny MallhiWriter: Sonny MallhiStars: Emily van Raay, Andrew Creer, Michelle Treacy, Stephanie Moran, Bradley HamiltonReviewSonny Mallhi has been building up an impressive resume in the horror community, his third feature film, premiering at the 2018 Fantasia Fest Film Festival, is a layered look at horror, both real and fake and how we consume... Continue Reading →
Fantasia 2018 – Film Review: Pledge
@lcfremont reviews...Director: Daniel RobbinsWriter: Zachary WeinerStars: Phillip Andre Botello, Erica Boozer, Zachery Byrd, Cameron Cowperthwaite, Aaron Dalla Villa, Jean-Louis Droulers, Joe Gallagher, Jesse Pimentel, Melanie Rothman, Zachary Weiner ReviewCelebrating it’s World Premiere at the 2018 Fantasia Film Festival, Pledge also announces a new name on the horror scene that commands you to sit up and... Continue Reading →
Fantasia 2018 Announces Its Award Winners!
Fantasia 2018 Announces Award Winners...Dans la brume, Microhabitat, Cam, and more nab jury accolades at North America's premiere genre fest.The Fantasia International Film Festival is very proud to announce the award winners of the juried sections of its 22nd edition, which celebrates its Closing Night on August 2, 2018.The festival’s Best Film Award was presented... Continue Reading →
Raven Banner Nabs Knuckleball For Canada
Knuckleball...Just before it premieres this Saturday July 21 at Fantasia Film Festival, Raven Banner Releasing slides in to pick up the rights to Knuckleball for Canada.Raven Banner likes a good twisted thriller and Knuckleball hits it right out of the park with this nail-biting horror.Directed by Mike Peterson (Lloyd The Conqueror) this is a feature... Continue Reading →