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Infestation: Fantastic Fest 2025 – Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE MOVIE REVIEW Despite the ‘official’ premiere of the first Gore Verbinski film in eight years being at Beyond Fest on 9/28, the ACTUAL world premiere was at the final secret screening of Fantastic Fest on 9/25. His new film Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die is a dystopian sci-fi satire of films like Terminator,
Infestation: Fantastic Fest 2025 – Bugonia
BUGONIA MOVIE REVIEW Based on a 2003 South Korean film called Save The Green Planet!, the latest film from Yorgos Lanthimos unsurprisingly stars his new muse Emma Stone but it is her co-star Jesse Plemons who steals the show. Bugonia was a secret screening this year and we were here for it (in both a literal and enthusiasm sense). The
Infestation: Fantastic Fest 2025 – One Battle After Another
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER MOVIE REVIEW At Fantastic Fest every year they have a series of ‘secret screenings’. These can vary from tiny films you’ve never heard of to premieres of giant films. Way back when, the fest got on the map when they did the premiere of There Will Be Blood at a secret screening. Many years later, Paul
Infestation: Fantastic Fest 2025 – When We Were Live
WHEN WE WERE LIVE MOVIE REVIEW In his documentary about Public Access Television in Austin, Texas in the 80s and 90s, director John Spottswood Moore had a LOT of material to sift through. Austin’s station was by far one of the most prolific in the country (second only to NYC, I believe). Let me tell you, there was some seriously
Heart/Felt – Ep 3 – An Innocent Meeting the World: The Great Muppet Caper
HEART/FELT – AN INNOCENT MEETING THE WORLD: THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER In this episode of Heart/Felt, I’m joined by writer and podcaster Frank Calvillo to talk all things The Great Muppet Caper, Jim Henson’s dazzling and chaotic follow-up to The Muppet Movie. We dig into its playful tone, inventive visuals, and how it captures the Muppets at their most delightfully
Infestation: Fantastic Fest 2025 – Sisu: Road To Revenge
SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE MOVIE REVIEW Actor Jorma Tommila returns to his character in Sisu (no, his name is not Sisu) in a bigger, bloodier, more insane affair, as you would expect to a sequel to Sisu. Road to Revenge has him returning to the part of Finland that he used to live with his family but that now is
