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Fantastic Fest 2010 Day One
It’s September in Austin and that means it’s time for Fantastic Fest! Their new online ticket ordering system totally crapped out in the face of a thousand simultaneous clicks in the morning, so we...
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Fantastic Fest 2010 Day Two
Man, I’m lagging behind with the blogging, this schedule is brutal. Fantastic Fest Day Two, and even getting to the theater at 9:30 to wait in line to pick up tickets for noon showings means you are...
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Fantastic Fest 2010 Day Three
The third day of Fantastic Fest kicked off for me with a large selection of shorts. As is traditional, they ranged from the “meh” to “really good” to “that’s messed up, I need to write that down and...
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Fantastic Fest 2010 Day Four
This was Sunday, and I took off most of the day to go to an amusement park with my daughter; my company had rented out Six Flags Fiesta Texas for Family Day so it was too good to miss. But it’s...
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Fantastic Fest 2010 Day Five
Day five, and the second week of Fantastic Fest. All the weekend partiers have left, and Fantastic Arcade rolls up its mat. Now it’s just the hardcore movie watchers. First, I saw The Man From...
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Fantastic Fest 2010 Day Six
Day 6, I wasn’t going to mess around – I put down five movies like they were unruly hookers. First up, the awesome Rare Exports (8/10). Scandinavians have weird myths, and this one delves into the...
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Fantastic Fest 2010 Day Seven
Son of a bitch. I just wrote up a huge long post and WordPress ate it. Sorry, I’m not going to do it all again, here’s the highlights though. Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (7/10) HK...
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Fantastic Fest 2010 Day Eight
One week isn’t enough for Fantastic Fest! No, it’s a week and a bonus day. And good thing; I saw my favorite two movies of the fest on this last day. After a week of being in a movie theater, and...
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Fantastic Fest 2010 Summary
I had a great time at Fantastic Fest, and plan to attend again next year. For what it’s worth, here’s my stack ranked films from most to least favorite along with ratings. Compare to my similar list...
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Fantastic Fest 2011 Starts Tomorrow!
And now for a break from the usual RPG fun – it’s Fantastic Fest time again this year! FF is a genre movie festival in Austin, with all the zombie and martial arts and slasher and whatever else weird...
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Fantastic Fest 2011 Day One
I was way too busy watching movies over the last week to blog about it, but now I’ll catch up! I saw lots of great genre stuff at Fantastic Fest. Having a VIP badge this year means that I didn’t have...
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Fantastic Fest 2011 Day Two
Okay, a light first day got me in the mood for movies, and today I did the full grueling day of five. Five movies, especially five subtitled and/or demented movies, gets your brain boiling it its own...
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Fantastic Fest 2011 Day Three
Day Two was solid, so can it get better for Day Three? Yes it can! El Narco (8/10) – (aka El Infierno) This movie is about Mexican drug gangs and the way of life they have become south of the border....
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Fantastic Fest 2011 Day Four
Sunday! This was a light day for me, at least movie-wise – for the second year, my company scheduled its employee appreciation day where they rent out Six Flags Fiesta Texas on a Fantastic Fest day. I...
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Fantastic Fest 2011 Day Five
Whew, only halfway done and it’s already fading into the past, I need to pick up the pace. Fantastic Fest 2011! Day five! Monday! Most of the filmmakers bail out, and it’s second screening time for the...
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