I confess a near-total ignorance towards the work of Yoshihiro Nakamura before I saw "Fish Story" at last year's Fantastic Fest. That movie made it to #17 on my list of favorite movies last year, and i...
We're still basically only halfway through the month. A little more than halfway, actually, since it's the 17th, but it feels like the halfway mark for me since I'm writing coverage of two different film festiva...
Wow. Just as I'm gearing up to start posting some of the Toronto coverage we've already been working on here at HitFix for you, this shows up in my inbox. I can't believe I'm going to enjoy the lunacy...
It's just plain silly how excited I am about September.
The Toronto International Film Festival is a great way to kick off a month, and if that was all that was going on during the month, that would make it one ...
In a festival season where news is normally made at festivals in places like Venice, Toronto, and Telluride, it's not often that one of the most significant moments takes place at Film4 Fright Fest before any of the o...
A few weeks ago, I went to the opening night of this year's Rolling Roadshow tour, and it was lovely to sit out under the flight path of planes landing at LAX watching "Jackie Brown." I wish I'd h...
Fantastic Fest officials have announced they will open the Texas Genre-fest with the U.S. Premiere of the kid-vampire movie "Let Me In" starring Chloe Moretz (Kick Ass), and Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road.)
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There may have been boos directed at Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige after a fan asked why Ed Norton has been dropped as Bruce Banner from the upcoming "The Avengers" movie, but those frowns turned upside do...
Oh, boy... just as I'm getting ready for the madness of Comic-Con, this happens and I find myself suddenly looking at the first announcement of titles for Fantastic Fest in September. I love that the year i...
It may be a horrible summer for the touring business, but that doesn’t mean that it’s a bad one for fans. With promoters desperate to put butts in seats, there are some great bargains for consumers out the...
