Fantastic Fest launches its 19th film and television festival this fall at the world-famous Alamo Drafthouse in Austin. This year’s event will feature 28 world premieres, 23 international and North American premieres, and 15 US premieres, as well as plenty of special events and famous guests.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is a franchise revival that feels like it understands what made the original games so much fun. The gameplay is fast, frantic, and often delightfully violent, while the game throws a surprisingly large number of systems and mechanics at you. Thankfully, most of them feel
"Universal Monsters: The Bride of Frankenstein Lives #1" is an intriguing start to the four-part story of the classic monster's origin.
For a film called All Of A Sudden, very little happens suddenly in Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s sensitive portrayal of friendship and care. The director (Drive My Car) has a particularly patient style of filmmaking that is not universally appealing, but it captures humanity in all its messy earnestness.
