13 Assassins
Here’s a movie you don’t want to miss. I saw 13 Assassins back at Fantastic Fest last year and now it’s in limited release in the US; here in Austin it’s showing at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar. I...
View ArticleFantastic Fest 2011 Starts Tomorrow!
And now for a break from the usual RPG fun – it’s Fantastic Fest time again this year! FF is a genre movie festival in Austin, with all the zombie and martial arts and slasher and whatever else weird...
View ArticleFantastic Fest 2011 Day One
I was way too busy watching movies over the last week to blog about it, but now I’ll catch up! I saw lots of great genre stuff at Fantastic Fest. Having a VIP badge this year means that I didn’t …...
View ArticleFantastic Fest 2011 Day Two
Okay, a light first day got me in the mood for movies, and today I did the full grueling day of five. Five movies, especially five subtitled and/or demented movies, gets your brain boiling it its own...
View ArticleFantastic Fest 2011 Day Three
Day Two was solid, so can it get better for Day Three? Yes it can! El Narco (8/10) – (aka El Infierno) This movie is about Mexican drug gangs and the way of life they have become south of the …...
View ArticleFantastic Fest 2011 Day Four
Sunday! This was a light day for me, at least movie-wise – for the second year, my company scheduled its employee appreciation day where they rent out Six Flags Fiesta Texas on a Fantastic Fest day. I...
View ArticleFantastic Fest 2011 Day Five
Whew, only halfway done and it’s already fading into the past, I need to pick up the pace. Fantastic Fest 2011! Day five! Monday! Most of the filmmakers bail out, and it’s second screening time for the...
View ArticleAnother Bad Dungeons & Dragons Movie
Why is the preeminent fantasy franchise, Dungeons & Dragons, doomed to horrible movies? The first one with the Wayans brother and Ewok village was godawful and I didn’t see the second. This...
View ArticleGeek Movie Review: Jack Reacher
Welcome to the first Geek Movie Review! Each year I have done a spate of movie reviews tied into Fantastic Fest, the super cool Austin genre film festival, but I’m going to expand that into my...
View ArticleGeek Movie Review: Django Unchained
On my second attempt, I finally got to see Django Unchained at the lovely Alamo Drafthouse here in Austin. I had mixed expectations. In general, Quentin Tarantino has begun to wear on me. He’s big...
View ArticleFantastic Fest 2015 – Overview
I just happened upon Fantastic Fest on a lark back in 2009 – I had a bunch of vacation to use or lose, saw an ad for it, thought “a genre film festival here in Austin? OK, done!” It was … Continue...
View ArticleFantastic Fest 2015 – The Best
There were four movies that I unreservedly enjoyed this festival. They are the best of the ones I saw (of course one person can only see a minority of the films at Fantastic Fest). Spoilers are...
View ArticleFantastic Fest 2015 – The Decent
Here’s the Fantastic Fest 2015 midfield. There were a pretty decent batch of movies I enjoyed, though with some issues. Spoilers abound. In somewhat order from ones I liked more to ones I had more...
View ArticleFantastic Fest 2015 – The Frustrating
Part 3 of my Fantastic Fest movie reviews. Spoilers abound, so be warned. Sadly there’s a lot of movies in this category this year. Most of them had promise and aren’t all bad, but took a wrong turn –...
View ArticleGeek Recreation Day: Boozin’ and Streamin’
In a somewhat-of-a-stretch Beastie Boys homage, I thought I’d bring you all a geeky report on the televisual marathon some of our gaming group just had… The last episode of the first season of Man In...
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