DoomRocket

I realize I’m still relatively new to the Chicago Critics Film Festival, but is it possible this is its friskiest fest on record? My thoughts on this year’s spicy offerings:

CCFF In Review: The Invite, Carolina Caroline, Decorado, I Want Your Sex, Chili Finger doomrocket.substack.com/p/ccff-in-revi…

.@AVPotts' devastatingly funny WAS THAT NORMAL? asks modern life's most pressing question doomrocket.substack.com/p/was-that-nor…

HOT PRESS 4/9/26: The Drama drama doomrocket.substack.com/p/hot-press-49…

Bizarro begins, Daredevil's latest #1, and MAD spoofs DC (gently) doomrocket.substack.com/p/bizarro-begi…

"Visual Vengeance's release looks and sounds as good as Highway to Hell ever will or perhaps should, a happy ending for a movie that, for folks who don’t scrounge around for movies like Highway to Hell, has long been easy to overlook." doomrocket.substack.com/p/hot-press-31…

Razor Blade Smile immortalized 90's vampire chic before it was cool doomrocket.substack.com/p/razor-blade-…

The saga of Red Sonja might not be particularly thrilling, but we won't deny that its silliness is fun. Our review of @ArrowFilmsVideo's new 4K presentation: doomrocket.substack.com/p/in-review-re…

RE/PLAY In Review: Red Sonja, Sakuran doomrocket.substack.com/p/in-review-re…

.@GroovyBruce found a blue suede groove in Bubba Ho-Tep doomrocket.substack.com/p/bruce-campbe…

HOT PRESS 3/16/26: Oscar-bate, Highway to Hell doomrocket.substack.com/p/hot-press-31…

My post-Slamdance horror cleanse, for better or worse:

HOT PRESS 3/2/26: Slamdance ranking, Blood Barn, The Behemoth doomrocket.substack.com/p/hot-press-32…

Slamdance In Review: Clovers, Matapanki, The Bulldogs doomrocket.substack.com/p/slamdance-in…

Slamdance In Review: Santa Zeta, Snowland, Tony Odyssey doomrocket.substack.com/p/slamdance-in…

In Slamdance Mode all week. Follow along, why don'tcha:

THE PROJECTIONIST: A lyrical ode to movies and a full-circle moment for director Alexandre Rockwell, who returns to the monochrome and crime textures of IN THE SOUP and delivers a career highlight for Vondie Curtis-Hall. From Slamdance, my review: doomrocket.substack.com/p/slamdance-in…

Slamdance In Review: The Projectionist, House 4, The LeMieurs, BRB doomrocket.substack.com/p/slamdance-in…

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