Source: Fantastic Fest/Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Austin, TX – Thursday, October 1, 2015 – Fantastic Fest is pleased to announce this year’s Fantastic Fest Award winners. It has been an outstanding year for features and shorts, making the job of honoring a select crop all the more difficult, but our esteemed team of jurors have done… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2015 News: AWARD WINNERS
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Trailer: SPECTRE
Source: Sony Pictures Moviegoers can see this final trailer for Spectre this weekend in theaters everywhere. A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond (Daniel Craig) on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia Sciarra (Monica Bellucci), the beautiful and forbidden widow of an infamous criminal. Bond infiltrates… Continue reading Trailer: SPECTRE
Fantastic Fest 2015 Review: THE KEEPING ROOM
By Liz Lopez Rating: B Drafthouse Films, The Keeping Room, directed by Daniel Barber, was one of the Opening Night Films at Fantastic Fest on Thursday, September 24th at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin. Brit Marling was in attendance for The Keeping Room screening, as well as writer Julia Hart for the Austin premiere. They walked the… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2015 Review: THE KEEPING ROOM
Review: COMING HOME
By Liz Lopez Rating: A There is no doubt in my mind the film, Coming Home, written by Zou Jingzhi and directed by Zhang Yimou, will be a film that leaves my memory very soon. Based on the novel The Criminal Lu Yanshi by Yan Geling, the film is set during the Cultural Revolution and… Continue reading Review: COMING HOME
Fantastic Fest 2015: OVER THE HUMP REPORT
By Mark Saldana As I am writing this piece, it is Monday and Fantastic Fest has just passed the halfway point of the festival. Many movies have been seen by myself and many others. People are functioning daily with caffeine and perhaps alcohol in their systems. As I look upon the masses of Festers who… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2015: OVER THE HUMP REPORT
Review: PAWN SACRIFICE
By Liz Lopez Rating: B+ Whether or not you are a fan of, or play chess, director/producer Edward Zwick’s feature film about American chess legend Bobby Fischer- Pawn Sacrifice – is definitely a film to watch. It is so much more than watching people play the game. Although Steven Knight’s screenplay does not delve heavily… Continue reading Review: PAWN SACRIFICE
Review: THE INTERN
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Written and directed by Nancy Meyers (It’s Complicated, The Holiday), The Intern initially struck me as a sappy, overly saccharine movie attempting to make women cry and some men cringe in their seats. Well, at least that was my impression of the promos I had seen… Continue reading Review: THE INTERN
Review: HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Maybe Adam Sandler is better suited for children’s movies. Well, I have to say his work in family animated fare works a hell of a lot better than his attempts at raucous comedy. Sandle co-writing with Robert Smigel and having Genndy Tartakovski return to direct proves… Continue reading Review: HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2
Screening Pass Giveaway: THE MARTIAN
TVR is giving away passes (good for two people) to this advance screening scheduled for Tuesday, September 28 at 7:oo p.m. NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY. Must be 18 or older to enter. See this movie early and free of charge before it opens in theaters! THE MARTIAN | Official Trailer: During a manned mission to… Continue reading Screening Pass Giveaway: THE MARTIAN
Movie Trailer: THE BIG SHORT
Sources: Paramount Pictures & Regency Pictures When four outsiders saw what the big banks, media and government refused to, the global collapse of the economy, they had an idea: The Big Short. Their bold investment leads them into the dark underbelly of modern banking where they must question everyone and everything. Based on the… Continue reading Movie Trailer: THE BIG SHORT