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SIFF Film Review – Southside With You
I kind of hate it when movies are about real people because you can never really get rid of the baggage that comes with a recognizable name. No fictional movie is 100% factual (no matter what the filmmakers want to you believe) because things inevitably…
READ MORESIFF Film Review – Carnage Park
I like gore. I really, really like it. In my opinion, most movies would be better with a little eyeball popping or face stabbing. Shooting is okay as long as there is lots of blood spurts, and, thankfully, I got some in Mickey Keating’s new…
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As part of Seattle Pride Fest 2016, The Twist of Pride film festival is presenting the world premiere of Brides to Be, directed by Kris and Lindy Boustedt. It’s a drama/horror hybrid about wedding preparations gone very, very bad. (The description says it is a…
READ MORESIFF Double Feature – Tag and The Lure
Tag: Here is what I think happens in this movie directed Sion Sono; it’s kind of hard to tell because this is some crazy shit. Dreamy schoolgirl Mitsuko (Reina Triendl) and her friends are on bus when a mysterious gust of wind shears the bus…
READ MORESIFF Film Review – Love & Friendship
While a lot of people love Jane Austen books and the movies based on them, many dismiss her work because there is romance involved. I don’t think romantic love is a trivial subject considering how much time we spend looking for it in our lives…
READ MORESIFF Double Feature – Warehoused and Ceviche’s DNA
Warehoused: Unemployed for two years, Nin (Hoze Meléndez) starts his first day as the warehouse-manager-in-training at Salvaleon (Mexico’s second largest producer of aluminum flag poles and ship’s masts) under the watchful eye of Mr. Lino (José Carlos Ruiz), manager for the past 28 years. Mr.…
READ MORESIFF Double Feature – Weiner and Resilience
Weiner: Holy crap is Anthony Weiner a dumbass. He’s also idealistic, brash, attention seeking, quick to anger, a great public speaker, politically motivated, and married to a very smart woman whom he just cannot seem to stop humiliating. To refresh your memory, Weiner was a…
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