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[VFF’15] Where do the Scares Belong in It Follows? A Review

By Ed Sum (The Vintage Tempest)

it_follows_xlg 9:15pm Feb 14
Odeon Theatre

Fans of minimalist horror will love what’s created in a simple tale of terror, It Follows and to find where it will screen next requires carefully paying attention to film festival or this movie’s own Facebook page for where it will play next.

Students of the occult will want to figure out what the entity is and to figure out what the monster represents can be studied in film analysis class but is any of the above really needed at all? Most likely not, but in a film that certainly delves into themes about sexual awakening, this tribute to 80’s sentimentality certainly delivers the thrills in an effective manner that even John Carpenter would approve of.

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[VFF’15] The Infinite Man Searches for Love, A Review

By Ed Sum (The Vintage Tempest)

177130-the-infinite-man-0-230-0-341-crop Big budgets are not always needed to make a mixed-genre film successful. When Infinite Man searches for love across time, just what results is hilarious! This movie offers the best in what science fiction can look like using outdated 70’s technology, how romance crafted Aussie-style can become universal and where comedy can go with only three performers carrying the film.

To keep track of which version of Dean (Josh McConville) is whom is not all that difficult because this actor manages to nuance every iteration of himself with subtle differences to show the wisdom gained as he tries to figure out how to escape the mother of all Groundhog Day. Phil Connor never had it that difficult.

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Date Due: The Librarians to Return by the End of Year

Good news, fellow adventure book lovers. TNT announced today that the series The Librarians is renewed for a second season! That means there will be ten new episodes featuring Rebecca Romijn, Christian Kane, Lindy Booth, John Kim and John Larroquette, and these episodes will broadcast sometime in the later part of this year.

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[VFF’15] Come Sail Away with Me with the Song of the Sea

By Ed Sum (The Vintage Tempest)

When young Ben (David Rawle) gets charged with taking care of his young sister, Saoirse (Lucy O’Connell), and she finds a sea-shell ocarina that she wants to learn how to play, the “Song of the Sea” that gets discovered is nothing but pure magic. For this young girl attempting to play this musical instrument, she discovers the Selkie, mythical seals who have the ability to transform into humans. Their connection with the sea is important, but not everyone in the family agrees.

Granny (Fionnula Flanagan) wants to take them away from life by the ocean. They lost their mother and while Conor (Brendan Gleeson), their father, does his best to maintain the lighthouse out in Northern Ireland, located near glen Colm Cille, (Writer/director Tomm Moore reveals it’s a fictional place that’s actually based on two other lighthouses, Fastnet and Hook Head, located elsewhere in this country), his lament becomes nothing but pure misery on the anniversary of her death.

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[VFF’15] A Music Otaku’s Guide to Tennis Pro’s Big In Japan! Review & Interview

bij_POSTER 9:45pm Feb 6
2:00pm Feb 8
Odeon Theatre

Little known Seattle-based rock band Tennis Pro is having problems with notoriety and in what they realize is that they are not getting the attention that they deserve. When Alex Vincent (AKA Alex Shumway) of Green River fame takes notice and offers them the chance to pursue recognition in the land of the rising sun, perhaps their fame will truly be “Big in Japan.”

This rockumentary blends actual concert moments with a fictionalized narrative to tell the story of what guitarist David Drewery, drummer Sean Lowery and bassist Philip Pearson faced while in this country. From total culture shock in not quite realizing where they are to figuring out how to survive on a budget, the humour just happens naturally.

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[VFF’15] The Boy and the World, A Review

The Boy and the World is a kaleidoscope of crayon, pen and ink images made to give life to a world where Cuca (Vinicius Garcia), a young boy, is desperate to see his father come home.

By Ed Sum (The Vintage Tempest)

3:00pm Feb 9
Mary Winspear Centre
Charlie White Theatre

6:00pm Feb 9
The Vic Theatre

The Boy and the World is a kaleidoscope of crayon, pen and ink images made to give life to a world where Cuca (Vinicius Garcia), a young boy, is desperate to see his father come home. He hopped a train in search for work, but in the weeks that follow, everything he experiences are that of loss, hope and necessity.

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