AFI Fest Archives – Nerd Report

AFI Fest Review: Cold War – Love And War Are Both Hell

November 25, 2018

Cold War transports you back in time not only to mid-20th century history before many of us were born, but back in time to how movies were made actually decades before this one takes place. From 1949 to 1964 ... Read More...

AFI Fest Review: Destroyer – Get Out Of Her Way

Fred Topel

November 25, 2018

Movies, Review

Nicole Kidman stars as Erin Bell in Karyn Kusama's DESTROYER, an Annapurna Pictures release. If the worst case scenario is a female driven Heat, that would still be worth doing. There’s more than that going o... Read More...

AFI Fest Review: Mary, Queen of Scots – There Can Be Only One

Fred Topel

November 20, 2018

Movies, Review

Saoirse Ronan stars as Mary Stuart in MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, a Focus Features release.Credit: Liam Daniel / Focus Features European History was never my best subject in high school. I probably learned more from... Read More...

AFI Fest: Bodied Q&A with Joseph Kahn, Calum Worthy, Dizaster, Prospek and Shoniqua Shandai

Fred Topel

November 22, 2017

Nerd Stuff

After premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness, where it won the Audience Award, and winning another at Fantastic Fest, Bodied came to L.A. for AFI Fest. It would win a third Aud... Read More...

AFI Fest: Thoroughbreds Q&A with Writer/Director Cory Finley

Fred Topel

November 21, 2017

Interview, Movies

Thoroughbreds was a hit at the Sundance Film Festival so Focus Features nabbed the distribution rights. It played again at AFI Fest where writer/director Cory Finley spoke in a Q&A following the screening. ... Read More...

AFI Fest Review: Mr. Roosevelt – Wells Wells Wells

Fred Topel

November 17, 2017

Movies, Review

Noel Wells' voice has been sorely missed from Saturday Night Live and the second season of Master of None, so it's great to get 90 unadulterated minutes of Wells in Mr. Roosevelt. Wells writes, directs and star... Read More...

AFI Fest Review: Paterson – Jim Jarmusch’s Speed

Fred Topel

November 21, 2016

Movies, Review

Paterson is Jim Jarmusch's Speed. It's even got an action scene where the bus breaks down and a heroic Adam Driver has to evacuate all the passengers to safety on the sidewalk! Driver plays a bus driver name... Read More...

AFI Fest Review: The Comedian – The King of Comedy

Fred Topel

November 13, 2016

Movies, Review

There’s nothing Robert De Niro can’t do. If a role requires a new skill, he will immerse himself in that craft and become excellent at it. The Comedian cast De Niro as a standup comic and it is totally worth it... Read More...

AFI Fest Review: Rules Don’t Apply – Worth Bull

Fred Topel

November 13, 2016

Movies, Review

Rules Don’t Apply made me lament all the characters Warren Beatty could have played in the last 15 years but did not. He is very good as Howard Hughes, and could surely bring that to other roles he may not have... Read More...

The Big Short Blu-Ray Review: Nothing Short of Brilliant

Fred Topel

March 15, 2016

Bluray/DVD, Movies, Review

This one is really personal for me. Back in 2006 I was saying that these mortgages are crazy and there’s no way the values will match the loans. After it all went down, people said I was only saying that in hin... Read More...

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