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Fantasia Review: In Jovanka Vukovic’s RIOT GIRLS, A Love Story With A Body Count

It’s a “bittersweet cocktail” indeed as the official Fantasia Festival summary for director Jovanka Vuckovic’s new road thriller, Riot Girls, elucidates. Darkly comedic, wry and plentifully violent with a lively pulse thanks to its soundtrack, the film is fully loaded with adventure and exceptional performances from its young cast, and a cute pug. Set in an alternative 90s period where a mysterious anomaly has eradicated the world of adults, Vuckovic’s dystopian suburban tale introduces Nat (Madison Iseman) and Scratch (Paloma Kwiatkowski), two girlfriends on the road scavenging for items. Their domain lies within the East side of Potter’s Bluff, a rural township divided opposite its authoritatian West side, annexed by the Titans, a self-styled regime of toxic teenage jocks who rule any, every and all, coming and going. They all reside at the same camp with Nat’s brother, Jack (Alexandre Bourgeois) who helps their camp survive off what he can […]

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Fantasia Review: In Rob Grant’s HARPOON, A Boatload Of Long-Begotten Baggage And Bloodthirsty Betrayal

While most small-scale high-seas thrillers I’ve watched in recent years turned out to be a little too pedestrian for my tastes, Rob Grant’s own Harpoon proves itself a cut above others. Turbo Kid and Knuckleball star Munro Chambers has become one of the most upstanding performers in film today and he’s joined by an equally livening cast with Christopher Gray and Emily Tyra. Actor Brett Gelman paints a vivid overture that coalesces with a sheer burst of violence as Richard (Gray) suddenly attacks Jonah (Chambers) in his own home with Richard’s girlfriend Sasha (Tyra) stepping into mitigate. Upon being gifted a harpoon for his birthday, fallout over the incident ensues with Jonah and Sasha downplaying Richard’s notions of infidelity between them, and Richard looking to make amends in part with all three spending the day on his family’s yacht. The three eventually, seemingly settle the score with Richard letting Jonah […]

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KNUCKLEBALL: ‘Turbo Kid’ Turns Creepy AF Dude Next Door In The Chilling New Trailer

Completely doing away with the noble and heroic Turbo Kid image is consumate actor Munro Chambers now poised to creep us all out this Fall in Michael Peterson’s new thriller, Knuckleball. After screening at this year’s Fantasia Festival, the new contained thriller will release in select theaters abd on VOD and Digital HD beginning October 5. After his Grandfather unexpectedly dies in the night, 12 year old Henry finds himself cut off and alone on an isolated farm. When his nearest neighbor, Dixon realizes that the boy has no one to protect him, Henry becomes a target for reasons he cannot understand. With his parents at least 24 hours from returning, and a massive snowstorm brewing Henry retreats into the house and prepares for a siege. What follows is a desperate battle for survival that will also unlock the terrifying connection between his family and the killer next door. Penned […]

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Watch The Rad New Trailer For TURBO KID!

From its short film inception in 2011 to its subsequent development and production in the last four years, R.K.S.S. Collective directing trio Anouk Whissell, François Simard and Yoann-Karl Whissell have made sheer headway in the festival circuit with their new retro-powered sci-fi action epic, Turbo Kid. From Sundance and SXSW to Fantaspoa and Neuchatel, the new film sets a tone for a niche long keen on nostalgic tropes with dazzling special effects and much of them being delightfully practical between costume design and the visbly gory action sequences. There’s a certain genius to this kind of filmmaking though, and not a lot of filmmakers can do this as much as they may try. That said, Turbo Kid certainly lends itself the cult status it is being given by many who have seen it, including the charmed critics lucky to catch this one in earlier screenings, and when you have a majority […]

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