Friday, August 05, 2016

League of Gods

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I joke every year about needing to pull out of Fantasia slowly, and it's not really necessary; I just wanted to see the new Jet Li movie...
Monday, August 01, 2016

Fantasia 2016.09 (22 July 2016): Shelley, The Inerasable, Seoul Station, and Kiyamachi Daruma

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Kind of bummed I didn't get to the second screening of The Unseen , but it was going to be iffy with it starting at 12:45 and the plan b...
Saturday, July 30, 2016

Fantasia 2016.08 (21 July 2016): Aloys, Kaiju Mono, and She's Allergic to Cats

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Sometimes, you know just from looking at the schedule that you're making a bad decision, but you figure, hey, do I want to see a likely-...
Friday, July 29, 2016

Star Trek Beyond

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Another quick break from posting Fantasia reviews (and, sort of, seeing Fantasia movies) because nobody else at EFC gave the new Star Trek ...
Tuesday, July 26, 2016

The Fantasia Daily 2016.07 (20 July 2016): Momotaro: Sacred Sailors, Lights Out, and Library Wars: The Last Mission

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Good gravy, but I do lose stuff here. A couple years ago it was my passport; last year my badge (fortunately, that was on the very last add...
Monday, July 25, 2016

For a Few Bullets

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I talk about the changes in how Chinese cinema is coming to North America a lot, enough that it's probably kind of boring, but I think i...
Sunday, July 24, 2016

The Fantasia Daily 2016.06 (19 July 2016): The Throne, The Lure, and Baaghi

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So, I think I'm going to retire the idea of daily run-down of what I saw, at least for this year; the environment just isn't conduci...
Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Fantasia 2016.05 (18 July 2016): White Coffin and La Rage du Démon

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Short movie day at the festival, because basically every movie I'd seen elsewhere - The Eyes of My Mother , Three , Karaoke Crazies , an...

Fantasia 2016.04 (17 July 2016): Parasyte: Part 2, The Bacchus Lady, Bad Cat, In a Valley of Violence, and As the Gods Will

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Another busy weekend day, although a little more compact than Saturday. First guest of the night was Will Blank, who made a pretty good ...
Monday, July 18, 2016

Fantasia 2016.03 (16 July 2016): Parasyte: Part 1, Outer Limits of Animation, Terra Formars, The Master Cleanse, and Bed of the Dead

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Fun day Saturday, though the type that causes delays in postings because there's a lot playing the next day as well and because I saw a ...