September 26, 2006
Fantastic Fest: Day 5
Bug - based on a play by Tracy Letts with Ashley Judd, Harry Connick Jr. and featuring Michael Shannon who originated the role — and was in attendance for the screening. A woman whose husband just got out of prison is on the edge when she meets a man who says the Army experimented on him before he got away. Then things really unravel. This is definitely an arthouse film, but a good one. Fine performances from the entire cast and an excellent script.
The Host - Read all the way through this review. When I say “Korean Monster Movie” don’t dismiss this film like a man in a rubber costume. This is a thrilling sci-fi flick with a great family dynamic. This is one of the best films of the festival and well worth seeing.
RIP - hillarious still motion animation short about a dream and reality. good stuff.
Nightmare - a film-school director meets and bags a girl at a wrap party then wakes up the next morning to find a camera at the foot of the bed with a tape that shows he and his conquest pulling a Natural Born Killers in the same room…that is spotlessly clean. He shows up late to class and in a desperate move offers his previous night’s escapades as an idea for the class’s next project. Rinse, repeat until solved and you have another overly long Outer Limits episode.
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