The Girl on the Train
“Isn’t scandalous or outrageously batshit crazy enough to elevate the material it demands.”
Fantastic Fest Review: Zoology
Ivan I. Tverdovskiy’s “Zoology” is certainly one of the tamer features I’ve ever seen at Fantastic Fest. There isn’t a single drop of blood, no deadly creatures, no body mutilation, no gross-out humor, or anything of the kind onscreen that can often be associated with this Drafthouse-based film festival. But it’s that lack of such content that makes Tverdovskiy’s second feature film such an incredible feat of storytelling. It may not feature the usual characteristics of genre films that play the festival, but it is reaches cathartic depths that other films of its type never even dream of.
Fantastic Fest Review: Don’t Kill It
Of all the films that open with multiple family massacres, “Don’t Kill It” is the funniest of the bunch. The new film from Mike Mendez (“Big Ass Spider!”) deftly blends humor and action to create a wickedly entertaining ride destined to become a cult classic.
Masterminds
“Zach Galifianakis’ affectations only distract from the okay-enough humor on display.”
Fantastic Fest Days 1 & 2 Recap: Turtles, Creepy Elevators & Everything in Between
After a one-year absence, I finally ventured north was again to Austin for Fantastic Fest. Honestly, those 365 days felt much longer. I missed the people, the sense of community, and the celebration of all things film. I had to bow out of attending 2015’s Fantastic Fest since I was busy planning my wedding. Not that I’m complaining. Not really. Besides, this year I get to bring my favorite movie buddy and new bride with me, and I’m definitely not complaining about that.
The Magnificent Seven
“A pop-culture western. It’s been a while since a western was played as an action movie.”
Blair Witch
“Ideas [are] brought up and abandoned too quickly; mythology never gets expanded upon.”
Ep. 88 – Sully, Transpecos, and the various delights of cable TV programming
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/4658647/height/100/width/480/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/standard” height=”100″ width=”480″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] This week on The CineSnob Podcast, Cody and Jerrod review Sully, Transpecos, talk about watching movies they own on TV, what cable networks can get away with saying, and brainstorm an idea for a podcast covering some as-yet-undetermined terrible new Netflix sitcom. [00:00-30:11] Intro/cable […]
The Light Between Oceans
“Bathed in exquisitely aching restraint and soul-rending inner turmoil, its potboiler escapist theater.”
Yoga Hosers
“What the hell happened to Kevin Smith and his ability to tell a funny story on a movie screen?”
Ep. 87 – Yoga Hosers or, just what the hell happened to Kevin Smith?
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/4643472/height/100/width/480/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/standard” height=”100″ width=”480″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] On this Labor Day weekend edition of The CineSnob Podcast, Cody and Jerrod tackle writer/director Kevin Smith’s worst movie ever in “Yoga Hosers” and remember the good times they once had with Smith’s work. They also talk college, water park injuries, recap “RiffTrax Live: […]
Greater
“Worth watching, particularly for fans of fighting-giants, feel-good athletics films.”