An invisible entity is awoken by young people over a period of decades.
$POSITIONS [Fantasia 2025]
A crypto-addict loser’s bad decisions pile upon one another, leading to his life falling apart in the anxiety comedy $POSITIONS, written and directed by Brandon Daley, and presented through the Fantasia International Film Festival.
Every Bugs Bunny Ever: Broom-Stick Bunny (1956)
Broom-Stick Bunny (1956)
Directed by Chuck Jones
Story by Tedd Pierce
Animation by Richard Thompson, Ken Harris, Ben Washam, Abe Levitow
Music by Milt Franklyn
The character of Witch Hazel only co-starred as a Bugs Bunny adversary in three Golden Age cartoons: “Bewitched Bunny” (1954), which was strictly okay; “A Witch’s Tangled Hare” (1959), which was among the weakest of the series; and in today’s cartoon, “Broom-Stick Bunny,” which is not only the best of the trio but, IMHO, is among the very best of the Bugs Bunny canon.
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The Naked Gun (2025)
Detective Lieutenant Frank Drebin, Jr, is on the case to stop a villain’s plan in the worthy legacy sequel, Naked Gun, directed by Akiva Schaffer.
If you read nothing else, know this: I laughed long, hard, and often during the run time of Naked Gun. For that, it succeeds wonderfully. If you like the ZAZ-spoof subgenre of comedy, you’ll be mighty pleased.
Hellcat (2025) [Fantasia 2025]
During one rough night, a woman wakes up in a trailer with a disembodied voice talking to her from outside her space. Soon, she finds another woman and she starts to panic even more.
Buffet Infinity [Fantasia 2025]
The downfall of a Canadian town is detailed with Lovecraftian comic-absurdity through faux TV programs and commercials in writer-director Simon Glassman’s Buffet Infinity, presented as part of the Fantasia International Film Festival.
Oldboy (2003) [Comic Book Month 2025]
A man imprisoned in a room for 15 years is suddenly released and tasked with finding the person responsible for his kidnapping, exacting bloody revenge on everyone he can find.