fantasia 2014 reviews

Into the Storm (Fantasia Review)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: A series of devastating tornados wreak havoc on a small town. In the midst of the mayhem, a local dad (Richard Armitage) teams up with a gang of storm chasers to find his lost son. REVIEW: A lot of...

Review: Space Station 76 (Fantasia Film Festival)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: The lives and loves of the crew of Space Station 76, a lonely refueling outpost whose uneventful existence is shaken up by the arrival of a new second-in-command, Jessica (Liv Tyler), who immediately clashes with the station’s commander, the...

Wolfcop (Fantasia Review)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: An alcoholic small-town cop transforms into a werewolf after being cursed by a pagan cult. REVIEW: I’ll give WOLFCOP this; it makes for one hell of a trailer. An affectionate B-movie, Canucksploitation (Canadian Exploitation) throwback, WOLFCOP takes it’s one...

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 40th Anniversary (Fantasia Review)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: A group of friends taking a road trip through Texas to their old family homestead run afoul of a family of cannibals. REVIEW: I’m ashamed to admit it but I’ve never seen THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (or the...

Aux Yeux des Vivants (Fantasia Review)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: Three French schoolboys cut class to go explore an abandoned, remote movie studio. To their horror, they discover that it’s not quite as abandoned as they thought. REVIEW: Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury made quite a splash in the...

The One I Love (Fantasia Review)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: Ethan (Mark Duplass) and Sophie (Elisabeth Moss) are a couple on the verge of a split. Their therapist (Ted Danson) suggests they spend a weekend at his country-retreat; a spot which he says has worked wonders for many of...

Creep (Fantasia Review)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: A videographer (Patrick Brice) answering a Craigslist ad is summoned to a remote cabin in the woods by Josef (Mark Duplass), who says he’s dying and wants to leave a video behind for his son. As they day goes...

Predestination (Fantasia Review)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: A time-travelling lawman, or rather “temporal agent” (Ethan Hawke) tries to prevent a terrorist bombing. REVIEW: To those of you reading this review, I don’t blame you for no doubt thinking that my plot synopsis is pretty bland. Sounds...

In Order of Disappearance (Fantasia Review)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: A snow-plough driver (Stellan Skarsgard) living in Norway goes after the crime syndicate responsible for the death of his son. REVIEW: “A father has to avenge his son.” That’s the sole explanation given by Skarsgard’s Nils as he cuts...

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