Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...an increasingly deranged door-to-door salesman in this forgotten home invasion masterpiece...."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sisu

Gruesome guffaws in this Nazi-smashing Finnish action-comedy

"...its duration as a way to fight off Soviet invasion (with most Finns unaware that, in 1939, the Germans..."

April 28, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant

War flick about the US exit from Afghanistan sabotaged by a weak script

"...informing viewers in a slapdash rundown of the American invasion of Afghanistan. Like most of the following narrative, broad..."

April 21, 2023 Movie Review by Dex Wesley Parra

Knock at the Cabin

M. Night Shayamalan takes on the end of the world

"...to Shyamalan within the book. The story turns the home-invasion thriller on its head into a unique moral and..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...music thread comes in, with new documentaries about British Invasion mainstays the Zombies (Hung Up on a Dream), '60s..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Wandering Earth II

China's sci-fi apocalypse blockbuster gets an equally massive prequel

"...the ruins of a major city with an all-out invasion of Mars. Much like the first film, this combination..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

All Quiet on the Western Front

Shocking, graphic, and mournful adaption of the World War I epic

"...and wine, hyped on war propaganda about the German invasion of France, but their future has been selected for..."

Dec. 30, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Slash/Back

Smart Canadian horror sets Indigenous teens against alien invaders

"...join that company on the success of her alien invasion horror-comedy Slash/Back...."

Oct. 21, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Alienoid

Time-travelling SF wire fu thriller is as overpacked as it sounds

"...On the other is a very contemporary, CG-heavy alien invasion flick, and even that is subdivided into a fun,..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin Punk Chronicles: "Hard, Fast & Unapologetic" – Raul's Shifts Into Fourth Gear

In the wake of the one-night debut of the Skunks and the Violators, Austin punk begins in earnest in Chapter 5, Part 2 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...played "sharp, hard-edged blues things" from the harder British Invasion outfits like the Yardbirds and the rowdier early UK..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Nope

Jordan Peele's sci-fi horror/satire on minor celebrity is a "yeah"

"...big debt to Shyamalan's 2002 homage to 1950s alien invasion flicks, and its perfect jump scare...."

July 22, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Attack on Finland

Mediocre action thriller is accidentally timely

"...May to join NATO in the wake of Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine. Here, the possibility of Finnish membership..."

July 1, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Review: Penfold Theatre Co.'s A War of the Worlds

All's Wells that ends Welles in this uneven but innovative reenvisioning of a radio sci-fi landmark

"...wunderkind Orson Welles' as-if-it-were-actually-happening presentation of H.G. Wells' Martian invasion adventure – and reconfigured it so that the Mercury..."

June 10, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"..."to uphold its obligations to protect our state from invasion ... and whether Texas has the sovereign power to..."

April 22, 2022 News Feature

Dispatches From the Center of Alt-Reality With Mark Zuckerberg at SXSW

The Meta CEO beams in to predict his future and little else

"...terrible war has broken out in Ukraine and the invasion over there. So I just wanted to take a..."

March 18, 2022 SXSW Post by Tom Cheredar

Demonic

Neill Blomkamp takes us head first, straight to Hell

"...and short films leading up to his 2009 alien invasion classic District 9, but seemed to pinwheel off target..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Forever Purge

The politics are still there, but the kills and thrills disappoint

"...Right-wing America has long fueled the flames of an invasion myth; this fact is not lost on director Everardo..."

July 2, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Occupation: Rainfall

Part two of the Australian alien invasion epic

"...going on. Fortunately, it's dependent on so many alien invasion tropes that, even when you have no idea who..."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Into the Darkness

Danish World War II drama sketches and stretches out its own moral complexities

"...two low-flying Messerschmitts drop leaflets announcing Hitler’s relatively bloodless invasion of Denmark (non-aggression pact be damned), the film wastes..."

May 21, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Demon Slayer – Kimetsu No Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train

Japanese anime blockbuster screams into the nightmare void

"...Corps who fell in the endless battle against hellish invasion...."

April 30, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Skylines

Bonkers SF franchise finally goes into space

"...Season of the Witch?) but with the Skyline alien invasion story, the trick to watching them is to forget..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Toward the Skylin3s With Liam O'Donnell

How the alien invasion franchise took the fight into space

"...In 2010, he wrote and produced surprise hit alien invasion flick Skyline, a throwback to '50s interstellar monster movies..."

Nov. 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Freaky

Vince Vaughn is screamingly funny in this Freaky Friday horror remix

"...about creativity and timing. Starting with an excellent home invasion massacre by the masked Butcher (at this point still..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Be Filled With Dredd For Other Worlds

Judge Dredd retrospective plus new hits for SF fest

"...already announced Skylin3s, the latest in the Skyline alien invasion franchise, as this year's opening night film. Now Danny..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Under the Skin: Brandon Cronenberg on Possessor Uncut

Behind the flesh of the bodyswap hitman horror

"...Brandon Cronenberg: It started with the idea of invasion. ... I wanted to write a script about a..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Dark and the Wicked

Gone to Hell, gone to Texas in this intergenerational horror

"...and latest films truly share is ambiguity. His home invasion classic stood out from the pack because you were..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Save Yourselves!

Affable alien invasion comedy is really a lightweight relationship story

"...find themselves screaming Save Yourselves! in this amiable alien invasion comedy, the quick answer is "No." The long answer..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Returns to Celebrate Itself

Global genre gathering announces streaming lineup

"...retro leap-back for one of their first movie roasts, Invasion of the Bee Girls), the annual Fantastic Feud, the..."

Sept. 10, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Becky

Because sometimes you just have to deal with a few neo-Nazis the old-fashioned way

"...who breaks into the wrong house in unhinged home invasion thriller Becky...."

June 5, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Brahms: The Boy II

The well-dressed, porcelain, miniature killer is back. Um … how?

"...(Convery), move to a country house following a home invasion that leaves the boy so traumatized that he goes..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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