Fantastic Fest 2026: Kylgor In The Grisly Abyss
I have missed sword and sorcery movies and fantasy that isn’t J. R. R. Tolkien, George R. R. Martin, and especially Harry Potter. I want more weird fantasy. I want more low fantasy I want more barbarian heroes, more weird creatures, more eccentric worlds created by eccentric weirdos who aren’t afraid to have a narrator read backstory over maps and illustrations for 3 minutes before … Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2026: Kylgor In The Grisly Abyss
I’m going to Fantastic Fest 2026!
I’m lucky enough to be attending Fantastic Fest again this year! This time I will be attending remotely strapped into a chair of the CG Viewatorium (and Sachin Hingoo might be if he survives TIFF 2026). I’ll be sharing first impressions and reviews here at Monstrous Industry and at the Gutter. In the meantime, here’s some of the movies I’m interested in this year. Every … Continue reading I’m going to Fantastic Fest 2026!
No Longer Prey: On Situational Awareness, A Wounded Fawn (2022), and Kuroneko (1968)
One afternoon, I was out listening to music on a walk. A guy stopped me on the sidewalk in front of a church to inform me that walking around outside with both earbuds in isn’t safe. He thought I didn’t realize it’s important to be able to hear my surroundings. I listened, bemused, because any grown woman, no matter how sheltered you believe her to … Continue reading No Longer Prey: On Situational Awareness, A Wounded Fawn (2022), and Kuroneko (1968)
“Mad Bruv Summer with AEW All-In 2026!”
Every year my pal Sachin Hingoo shares his predictions and thoughts about the outcomes of AEW’s annual All-In wrestling extravaganza with Jeffery X Martin and other sickos at Biff Bam Pop. I’m not exactly a sicko, so I was honored when he asked if I’d be willing to share any predictions or thoughts. Summertime, and the living is easy for wrestling fans craving the grandeur … Continue reading “Mad Bruv Summer with AEW All-In 2026!”
Fantasia 2026: Attack On Paradise (Netherlands / Belgium, 2026)
Attack on Paradise is a thoroughly satisfying action movie. It embraces the conceits of 1990s and early 2000s action movies that Jason Statham has been the current standard-bearer for. It’s a throwback to fun Hollywood stuff starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Jet Li in his later career. It’s not as polished or well-funded as Hollywood and Hong Kong action movies, but if we’ve learned anything … Continue reading Fantasia 2026: Attack On Paradise (Netherlands / Belgium, 2026)
