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Toronto After Dark Film Festival: Geeking Out With the City's Most Dedicated Genre Fans

Toronto After Dark Film Festival: Geeking Out With the City's Most Dedicated Genre Fans

By Thom Ernst

PreviewJim SlotekOctober 20, 2022Toronto After Dark Film Festival, Genre films, Adam Lopez, Scotia Theatre Toronto, Prey for the Devil, Daniel Stamm, Jacqueline Byers, H4Z4RDComment

Fair Game: Reissued Ozploitation Thriller a Queasy Look Back at Female Vengeance Genre

Fair Game: Reissued Ozploitation Thriller a Queasy Look Back at Female Vengeance Genre

By Thom Ernst

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 20, 2022Fair Game, Ozploitation, 1980s, Re-release, Female Vengeance, Mario Andreacchio, Australian, Cassandra Delaney, Peter Ford, Don Barker, Garry Who, Thriller, Outback, Genre filmsComment

See For Me: Okay, It's Only Mid-January, But Here's the Year's Best Thriller

See For Me: Okay, It's Only Mid-January, But Here's the Year's Best Thriller

By Thom Ernst

ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 11, 2022See for Me, Randall Okita, Skyler Davenport, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Kim Coates, Canadian film, Thriller, Genre, Genre filmsComment

Mondo Hollywoodland: ‘Shrooming in the Dream Factory

Mondo Hollywoodland: ‘Shrooming in the Dream Factory

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekNovember 3, 2021Mondo Hollywoodland, Janek Ambros, Chris Bim, Marcus Hart, Comedy, Shot of iPhone, Mondo, Genre films, comedyComment

She Never Died: Canadian genre wiz Audrey Cummings delivers a finger-fuelled fallen angel, flaky sidekicks and stylish horror

By Jim Slotek

PODCAST! Ep. 21. Is Avengers: Endgame good for us or bad for us?

By Jim Slotek, Karen Gordon, Bonnie Laufer and Thom Ernst

PodcastJim SlotekApril 26, 2019Avengers: Endgame, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Disney/Marvel, Corporate manipulation, Emotional manipulation, Genre films, Fandom, Superhero films, Critic-hating, Emilio Estevez, The Public, Mary Kay Place, Diane, Andrea MartinComment