Movie Reviews

GBFF 2019: Tom Botchii Skowronski’s ‘Artik’ Is A Brutal, Personal Apocalypse

Some things cling to you long after they should like the sweat of a hot day. You worry, even after a shower and enough time out of the sun, that it’ll never come off. Certain kinds of horror movies like Gerald Kargl’s Angst or JT Petty’s S&Man can stay with …

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‘American Killing’ Movie Review: A Movie Inside A Movie

American Killing properly represents the direction that horror cinema is headed in. While it doesn’t go full-on meta, it does capture that “movie inside a movie” aspect that a lot of films aim for these days. It contains characters that are disenchanted with their personal lives and delves into some of …

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GBFF 2019 Review: Ruckus and Lane Skye’s ‘Reckoning’ (2019)

Earlier this year, a film called Reckoning (2019) popped up on my radar. I honestly didn’t know much about it, aside from the host of top-notch talent from the Georgia film scene attached to it. My ears perked up even more when the film took the Best Georgia Feature award at the …

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GBFF 2019 Review: Mark Beal’s ‘Bloodsucker’s Planet’ (2019)

Bloodsucker’s Planet is an independent sci-fi entry about a team of space explorers that get a call to go to another planet. While the budget appeared to be very low, this space-themed film did its best to blend genres, mixing sci-fi, comedy, and horror. This film was written and directed …

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GBFF 2019 Review: ‘Jessie’s Super Normal Regular Average Day’ (2019)

I can’t lie… I’m pretty much a fan of everything Brian K . Williams and Ellie Church have done (especially together), so to say I have been looking forward to Jessie’s Super Normal Regular Average Day would be an understatement. I backed the Kickstarter campaign, but was prepared to wait …

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Vinegar Syndrome’s ‘Decoder’ (1984) 2K Restoration Blu-ray Review

Once again, it’s time for our regularly scheduled Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray release! For the end of summer 2019, we’ve got the 1984 indie sleeper hit, Decoder. Never heard of it? That’s probably because you weren’t a part of the antiestablishmentarianism counterculture of the early ’80s. Disco was dead and punk …

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Halloween Is Already Here! Luke Jaden’s ‘Boo!’ (2019) Movie Review

Are you a fan of horror films based around Halloween? How about supernatural films? If your answer is yes, then you may be interested in Luke Jaden’s film, Boo! Check out the trailer below! https://youtu.be/5neKJYLeCFw Boo! was directed by Luke Jaden (Dark, Deadly, and Dreadful) and written by Luke Jaden …

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GBFF 2019 Review: ‘Swing Low’ Is An Art House ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’

Swing Low

Bathed in the golden glow of the waning sun, a lone figure, gun slung over her shoulder, strides into view to the pulsing beat of a grinding soundtrack. This gorgeously filmed, perfectly framed opening of debut director Teddy Grennan’s Swing Low would look at home in any cool independent art …

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