It was the busiest year ever for this film fan, and my co-writer Paul Gratton were on the ground hitting as many movies. I know I was even more hardcore than he was as I was doing 5-6 movies a day and risking my health, sleep and coffee addiction to the max! But this is […]
Fanastic Fest 2026 – Get Your Genre On
While Paul & I are finishing off this year’s Toronto International Film Festival and couldn’t be having a better time, our hero Anna Hanks is in Austin covering the 2026 edition of this year’s Fantastic Fest, taking place entirely While I (Jason) be there as TIFF is running at the same time, I have covered […]
TIFF 2026 – All Reactions from Paul Gratton!
Our Paul Gratton has been hard at work viewing almost everything humanly possible at this year’s edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. Read below for all of his capsule reviews so far, with many more to come throughout the week! International Films Ah Girl (Singapore) Set in Singapore in the 1990s, the world is […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2026 – Jason’s Festival Diary From A to Z!
I watch so many movies at the Toronto International Film Festival that I hardly have time to write in-depth about them….but I DO take my notes! For the 2026 edition, along with our feature reactions and my Top 10 of the fest along with Paul, I also present my notes of (nearly) everything I am […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2026 Edition – Two Movie Buffs Collide In Toronto
Has it been 51 years already? The 2026 edition of Toronto International Film Festival starts Thursday, and I am back in the big city to take on as many movies as possible in 11 days without passing out on King Street next to a streetcar. As I get older and ascend into 20+ years of […]
Fantastic Fest Reaction – 5 More Minutes
Time loop movies are a fickle product. The formula is simple: take one moment, repeat that moment, make that moment into a story that means something. That’s far easier said than done. This Spanish language movie from director Javier Ruiz Caldera manages to achieve that difficult task. Enter Antonio (Berto Romero) and Barbara (Belén Cuesta) off […]
Fantastic Fest 2026 Reaction – Flapjax
The best genre films are often the ones that you just don’t see coming. The ones where it seems you are on the highway traveling at a high rate of speed in one direction, and then suddenly you are on an exit you never saw coming, headed somewhere totally different. That’s exactly what happens in […]
TIFF 2026 Reaction – I Play Rocky
One of the biggest movies coming to theaters this fall is I Play Rocky, the highly anticipated Sylvester Stallone bio-pic that you and I both know is going to light up cinema screens to big numbers. Both Paul & I were lucky to see I Play Rocky which, as you will soon read, is one […]
TIFF 2026 Reaction – Fjord
Paul & I are rolling into press screenings at the legendary 14-screen Scotiabank Theatre like a boss! We wound up seeing a few of the same movies but eventually, these two writing movie souls must go their separate ways and cover the heck out of the 2026 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. Here’s […]
Mutiny Reaction – Statham Under Siege
Our Paul Gratton takes a look at the new Jason Statham actioner Mutiny, now in release in North America. About: After his billionaire industrialist boss is murdered in front of him, Cole Reed is set up to take the fall for the crime — leaving him on the run as he works to uncover an […]
Onslaught Reaction: Drive-In Dullsville
From the filmmaker who not only brought you Godzilla vs Kong but also some genre hits like You’re Next, The Guest and also rebooted Blair Witch, Adam Wingard is back with a smaller movie than his monster mash. Paul takes a look below! About: When a rogue squad of genetically engineered super soldiers break loose […]
By Any Means Reaction – Bring In The Mob!
We’re at the end of summer and near festival season, so our Paul takes a look at By Any Means, now in major release in North America. About: Based on a true story, a young Black FBI agent (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is sent into 1960s Mississippi to investigate a wave of brutal killings targeting civil […]
Dear You Reaction – Finding Your Way Home
Our Paul Gratton takes a look at the new WellGo USA release DEAR YOU, now in limited release in the US and Canada. About: A debt-ridden grandson travels to Thailand to find the grandfather he believes abandoned their family, hoping the man behind years of qiaopi letters and remittances can help pay his debts. Instead, […]
Buddy Reaction – He Is Not Your Friend
Our Paul Gratton takes a look at the new horror movie BUDDY that seems to have quite a few wacky twists & turns up its sleeve! Read on for more. There is a strain running through contemporary horror films that seems to take particular pleasure in skewering sacred childhood icons and turning them into murderous […]
The Dog Stars Reaction – Perfect For The Dog House
What did both Paul & myself think of the latest Ridley Scott opus The Dog Stars? The movie features Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley & Guy Pearce, among others, in a post-apocalyptic survival tale. Read on! Paul’s Reaction: A handsome, smoothly directed feature from the prolific Ridley Scott that suffers from the sheer over-familiarity […]