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Reviews: I Fell in Love With A Z-Grade Director in Brooklyn from Fantasia Festival 2025

July 31, 2025

Final Rating: 4/5 Kenichi Ugana’s charming romantic comedy I Fell in Love with a Z-Grade Director in Brooklyn tells the story of Shina, a…

Reviews: Juliet and the King from Fantasia Festival 2025

July 30, 2025

Juliet and the King is an Iranian animated film about how the Shah wanted to mount a production of Romeo and Juliet, despite the countries protestations.

Reviews: Good Game from Fantasia Festival 2025

July 28, 2025

Good Game is an e-sports drama about a former champion trying to re-find his game and drag a team of nobodies to the spotlight.

Reviews: Every Heavy Thing from Fantasia Festival 2025

July 25, 2025

Every Heavy Thing is a technothriller about a man who gets pulled into a killer’s dangerous game that sees women as his target.

Reviews: Iracema: Uma Transa Amazônica – Restoration

July 24, 2025

Final Rating: 4.5/5 Iracema: Uma Transa Amazônica by Jorge Bodansky and Orlando Senna is one of the most noteworthy films of the last fifty…

Reviews: La mort n’existe pas from Fantasia Festival 2025

July 22, 2025

Final Rating: 2/5 A young activist’s apparent lack of commitment to the cause is explored in the movie La mort n’existe pas (Death Does…

Reviews: Oh, Hi!

July 21, 2025

Oh, Hi is the comedy of the summer, where Molly Gordan stars as a woman who doesn’t understand why her boyfriend of several months doesn’t want a relationship.

Reviews: Nintama Rantarō: Invincible Master of the Dokutake Ninja from TJFF 2025

July 7, 2025

Invincible Master of the Dokutake Ninja is the latest in the Nintama Rantarō films. Here the young ninja’s must investigate the disappearance of their missing teacher.

Reviews: 40 Acres

July 3, 2025

40 Acres is a post apocalyptic thriller about a black and indigenous family fighting to save their family and homestead as they are attacked.

Reviews: Drop – Physical Release

July 2, 2025

Drop is an exciting whodunit thriller, where a woman is tormented by a drop sharing app to do unspeakable things to her date.