Jason Seaver

I watch and write about movies, obsess over the Red Sox, and wish certain things had been cooler when I was 13. He/him. Mostly at @jayseaver.bsky.social .

[Jason Seaver @JaySeaver]

On the blog: A WRITER'S ODYSSEY 2 is a notch below the first, which I didn't love as much as some.

https://t.co/JdS0bcSMO2

[Jason Seaver @JaySeaver]

On the blog: @FantasiaFest 2025.08 featured "Methuselah", A GRAND MOCKERY, EVERY HEAVY THING, THE HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS, the "Things That Go Bump in the East" shorts, and I FELL IN LOVE WITH A Z-GRADE DIRECTOR IN BROOKLYN.

https://t.co/e4TCkGJoaS

#FantasiaFest

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On the blog: @FantasiaFest 2025.07 featured STINKER, "First Rites", SWEETNESS, PEAU A PEAU, "A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers", and CONTACT LENS.

https://t.co/ZA1nFLfRK9

#FantasiaFest #Sweetness #PeauAPeau #ContactLens

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On the blog: @FantasiaFest 2025.06 featured CIELO, JAPANESE AVANT-GARDE PIONEERS, HONEKO AKABANE'S BODYGUARDS, DOG OF GOD, and short "The Traveler & The Troll".

https://t.co/pb1B3BScBX

#FantasiaFest #HonekoAkabanesBodyguards

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On the blog: @FantasiaFestival.com 2025.05 featured the International Sci-Fi Short Film Showcase, THE BATTLE WIZARD restored, and long-awaited sequel TAMALA 2030: A PUNK CAT IN DARK.

https://t.co/N6qDiTOmrd

#FantasiaFest #Tamala2030

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On the blog: @FantasiaFest 2025.04 featured the Anime no Bento block; other shorts "The Story of the Three Sisters" and "Check Please"; and features THE DEVIL'S BRIDE, BLAZING FISTS, and GOOD BOY.

https://t.co/AMZR0Qk6n2

#FantasiaFest

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On the blog: @FantasiaFestival 2025.03 featured short "Sounds of Glass", features THE BEARDED GIRL and FIND YOUR FRIENDS, and the first four episodes of anime "Nyaight of the Living Cats".

https://t.co/lzbcdEdv6H

#FantasiaFest

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On the blog: @FantasiaFestival 2025.02 featured shorts "Atom & Void", "Skulk", and "Floor", plus features REFLET DANS UN DIAMANT MORT, THE WAILING (2024), and NOISE

https://t.co/3txVhhvXWl

#FantasiaFest #Fantasia2025

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On the blog: Opening night for #FantasiaFest 2025 featured "Last Night Together", Korean drama FRAGMENT, and Indonesian thriller THE VERDICT, whose unexpected WIP status was only part of it being a kind of chaotic day for me.

https://t.co/414P2CQ2tG

[Jason Seaver @JaySeaver]

The stuff Flanagan does well outpaces the stuff that falls apart between the theater and the subway by quite a bit.

My ★★★★ review of The Life of Chuck (2024) on @letterboxd: https://t.co/cQsNEKmF3L

[Jason Seaver @JaySeaver]

The world of John Wick seems like a wide-open canvas, but there's actually not much you can do there that the four main films didn't cover.

(Besides a flamethrower fight)

My ★★½ review of Ballerina (2025) on @letterboxd: https://t.co/vAvcOPdiBL

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On the blog: Western THE UNHOLY TRINITY gets much more fun once Pierce Brosnan and Samuel L. Jackson shove the protagonist out of the way.

https://t.co/We54xoEQ3H

#TheUnholyTrinity #PierceBrosnan #SamuelLJackson

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Seems like an awful lot of money spent on a movie these same people had already made, but it's still pretty darn good for all the reasons the animated film was.

My ★★★★ review of How to Train Your Dragon (2025) on @letterboxd: https://t.co/VEzczQiYB1

[Jason Seaver @JaySeaver]

THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME is the best version of what one is always afraid a Wes Anderson movie is going to be.

My ★★★½ review of The Phoenician Scheme (2025) on @letterboxd: https://t.co/KBVowg4PMT

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On the blog: BIG DEAL is a pretty decent Korean film about financial skulduggery.

(Last shows in the Boston area today)

https://t.co/xaCtvTUg9I

#BigDealMovie #BigDeal #YooHaiJin #LeeJeHoon

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On the blog: A way-too-late look at #BUFF25.05, including the animated shorts, BEST WISHES TO ALL, FUCKTOYS, and ESCAPE FROM THE 21st CENTURY.

https://t.co/RilIp54sgE

#EscapeFromThe21stCentury #BestWishesToAll #Fucktoys

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On the blog - DETECTIVE KIEN: THE HEADLESS HORROR is a pretty fun Vietnamese take on a period detective tale with potential supernatural stuff.

https://t.co/0yMjmkNKCA

#DetectiveKien #VictorVu #DinhNgocDiep #QuocHuy

[Jason Seaver @JaySeaver]

Huh, Corey Lewis is crowdfunding his stuff now? Huh. Well, I liked SHARKNIFE and PENG!, so...

I just backed GUNBRAIN: COMIC BOOK on @Kickstarter https://t.co/3BnVHzpYMQ

[Jason Seaver @JaySeaver]

Always a fun anthology and, holy cow, The Tick!

I just backed Planet Comics: Book Six on @Kickstarter https://t.co/vflYBbi8uJ

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A little too much (potential) finale gravitas, but the big action bits are still impeccable.

My ★★★★ review of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) on @letterboxd: https://t.co/wBZKROxQcT