Some Freaks

Some Freaks is not the typical type of picture you would expect to find playing at a world-renowned genre festival, but then again, Fantasia isn’t your typical genre fest. Hence, the darkly empathetic, teen-coming-of-age drama fits in perfectly alongside films by Takashi Miike and Mike Flanagan. Some Freaks is John Hughes meets Todd Solondz (or moreContinue reading “Some Freaks”

Pontypool

A prickly Don Imus-type, Grant Mazzy, takes over hosting duties at a small-market radio station in Pontypool, Ontario. He’s a gnarly shock jock clearly dealing as much with personal demons as he is with this not exactly top-flight gig, where the “eyes in the sky” traffic report is actually being done by a terrestrially-bound guyContinue reading “Pontypool”