Fantasy Filmfest 2009

Sunny weather, warm evenings and a lot of guys spend whole days in the theater. Yes its time for Fantasy Filmfest 2009! Like last year I'm going to spend some time (not whole days) in the Cinecitta Nuremberg. I already made my list of movies I'm going to watch:

• Wasting Away (finally a zombie movie!)
• Push (for free)
• District 9
• Black Dynamite

So that is my first choice. But there is a lot of stuff I want to keep an eye on. There is Doghouse which is in the line-up next to Shaun of the Dead, which I like very much...

Other previews sound good, but won't bring me into the theater. Lake Mungo is a documentation like flick - does somebody said Blair Witch Project? Sounds great - but actually I got sick seeing a movie filmed with these shaky cameras...

What I miss this year are the movies, which already get called "shocking" in the preview. I remember last year's Martyrs. After reading the preview we hesitated to buy the tickets. It seems that the current agenda is filled with more comedy (OSS117 - Lost in Rio, Black Dynamite) and more high class productions. You can also see more stars this year: Renée Zellweger (Case 39), Jackie Chan (Shinjuku Incident), Tommy Lee Jones and John Goodman (In the Electric Mist). Even first class producer Peter Jackson takes part with District 9. Actually I can't find any cheap productions anymore...

Anyway, the current Fantasy Filmfest seems to be somehow themed: Children! There are a lot of movies about kids - of any age and creepiness. Examples are The Children, Hansel and Gretel and Grace. But I actually think movies about scary children are not that cutting-edge...

To get the point: I'm really looking forward for Friday with my first movie Wasting Away. See all the reviews at www.entertain-me.tv!