Infestation: SXSW 2026 – Buddy
March 25, 2026
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BUDDY MOVIE REVIEW “It’s Buddy” is an older children’s tv show centered around a lovable orange unicorn who lives in a clubhouse with lots of Pee-Wee’s Playhouse style anthropomorphic friends (the mailbox, the couch, a child’s backpack, etc). A group of human children sing with and learn lessons from Buddy. Only, sometimes one of them isn’t so interested in Buddy
Infestation: SXSW 2026 – Kill Me
March 25, 2026
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Chris Cox, Festival, film, Infestation, Martin Thomas, Movie Review, podcast, SXSW, Wright Sulek
KILL ME MOVIE REVIEW Jimmy (Charlie Day) wakes up in his bathtub, filled with his own blood from his slashed wrists. He manages to call a 911 dispatcher named Margot (Allison Williams) who sends in paramedics to save his life. His family (Aya Cash and Jessica Harper) gather around him in his hospital room; this isn’t their first time dealing
Infestation: SXSW 2026 – Beast Race
BEAST RACE MOVIE REVIEW The director of the legendary City of God returns for his first Portuguese language film since that one, teaming up with two other directors for Beast Race. Set in a post-climate disaster Rio de Janeiro, the city has come under the control of the very rich who host a violent race for the poor. Called a
Infestation: SXSW 2026 – I Love Boosters
March 25, 2026
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I LOVE BOOSTERS MOVIE REVIEW Writer/Director Boots Riley made his bizarre debut in 2018 with the enormously popular Sorry to Bother You. There’s been much anticipation for his second film I Love Boosters and for fans of his socialist surrealism there’s plenty to like here. Keke Palmer plays Corvette, the leader of a group of women who regularly shoplift high-end
Screener Squad: She Dances
SHE DANCES MOVIE REVIEW She Dances stars Steve Zahn as Jason, a divorced father who owns a successful whiskey distillery with his best friend and business partner, Brian (Ethan Hawke). They’re in the middle of negotiations to sell their company for a lot of money, when Jason receives a call from his ex-wife Deb, (Rosemarie DeWitt). A family emergency has
Screener Squad: The Mortuary Assistant
March 23, 2026
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film, horror, Kate Chambers, Lewayne White, Marco Noyola, Movie Review, podcast, Screener Squad
THE MORTUARY ASSISTANT MOVIE REVIEW Based on the video game of the same name, The Mortuary Assistant stars Willa Holland as Rebecca, a young woman with a troubled past who has just completed her training as a mortician. One night, her boss, the mysterious Mr. Delver (Paul Sparks), asks her in to come in and cover for him. It seems

