{"id":101,"date":"2011-10-07T15:23:03","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T15:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/10\/07\/my-blastr-piece-on-fantastic-fest\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:25","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:25","slug":"my-blastr-piece-on-fantastic-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/10\/07\/my-blastr-piece-on-fantastic-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"My Blastr piece on Fantastic Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Using the heading of &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/blastr.com\/2011\/10\/9-indie-pics-with-enough.php\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">9 indie pics with enough buzz to become next year&#8217;s sleeper hits<\/a>,&quot; I reviewed some essential science fiction\/fantasy\/horror films from <a href=\"http:\/\/fantasticfest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Fantastic Fest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blastr.com\/assets_c\/2011\/10\/FantasticFest2011-thumb-500x375-72668.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"genmed\"><b>Quote:<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"quote\">Several sci-fi, fantasy, and horror films worth watching made their world, North America, U.S. and\/or regional premiere at this year&#8217;s Fantastic Fest. The largest genre film festival in the U.S., Fantastic Fest features horror, fantasy, sci-fi, action and just plain fantastic movies from all around the world.<\/p>\n<p>In years past <span style=\"font-style: italic\">There Will Be Blood<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Apocalypto<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">City Of Ember<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Zombieland<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Gentlemen Broncos<\/span> and <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Timecrimes<\/span> all premiered there.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a selection of the must-see movies from the Festival you&#8217;ll be sure to hear more about in the coming months.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"postbody\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blastr.com\/assets_c\/2011\/10\/FestPosters100511-thumb-550x266-72665.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been reading the blog over the past two weeks, none of it should surprise. But check it out anyway. The <a href=\"http:\/\/blastr.com\/2011\/10\/9-indie-pics-with-enough.php\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Blastr article<\/a> includes trailers for the nine films.<\/p>\n<p>Since I was limited to only s\/f\/h movies, I sadly couldn&#8217;t include the excellent crime films <a href=\"http:\/\/fantasticfest.festivalgenius.com\/2011\/films\/theyellowsea_hongjinna_fantasticfest2011\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Yellow Sea<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/fantasticfest.festivalgenius.com\/2011\/films\/headhunters_mortentyldum_fantasticfest2011\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Headhunters<\/span><\/a> nor the crude hilarity of <a href=\"http:\/\/fantasticfest.festivalgenius.com\/2011\/films\/clown_mikkelnrgaard_fantasticfest2011\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Clown<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using the heading of &quot;9 indie pics with enough buzz to become next year&#8217;s sleeper hits,&quot; I reviewed some essential science fiction\/fantasy\/horror films from Fantastic Fest. 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