As it is the 30th Anniversary of Fantasia, we (well, I on behalf of the team and site) will reshare reviews we’ve done for the fest including those done during the fest and those done for films that have played at the fest that we reviewed at other times to give an idea of the scope of Fantasia and how important it is for the film industry as a whole.
A Greek soldier tries to get home while his wife and son try to keep it safe in Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of the classic tale of The Odyssey. While filled with magic and monsters, Nolan finds a heartfelt humanity in a grand, but grounded, epic, a fantastical triumph of confident filmmaking.
A man with secrets lives in Mexico on an avocado farm with his partner goes back to fighting to make a bit of money before finding himself fighting a much bigger enemy.
Now available on VOD.
A set of busty and bouncy superheroines takes down monstrous mutilated males in Rise of the Super Tromettes, directed by Mercedes the Muse. Now on Blu-ray by Troma and MVD.
An outlaw and a samurai hunt down a sword, gold, and revenge in Terence Young’s 1971 Western, coming to 4k UHD & Blu-Ray form Arrow Video.
A group of martial artists, including Jackie Chan, make their way across a strange and dangerous mountain, in 3-D (if you want), in Wei Lo’s 1978 flick The Magnificent Bodyguards, now on Blu-Ray in 3D & 2D via 88 Films
Kara Zor-El, Superman’s cousin, on a galaxy-wide birthday bender, is pulled into a young girl’s quest for revenge in Craig Gillespie’s Supergirl. The second DCU film is a fun, quick-paced, albeit saddled with a generic plot and villain, space adventure.