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Florida Film Festival 2026 Reviews

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As part of episode 645 of Cinema Crespodiso, Chris reviewed a few movies from the 35th annual Florida Film Festival. Here are reviews of Normal, Frogtown, and Kikuyu Land, as well as a partial review of an unnamed movie out of respect for the artists premiering the film and looking for distribution. There was also a weird moment that made Chris feel like he was in high school again, and not in a good way, although it was also pretty funny.

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2025 Florida Film Festival Movie Reviews

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Excerpted from episode 619 of Cinema Crespodiso.

In this episode, Chris Crespo has spoiler free reviews of The Legend of Ochi, Somnium, Death & Taxes, Under The Burning Sun, and It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This.

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#614 – Defamation and Tech Diffs

In episode 614, Chris and Drew do the thing and Chris reviews Companion, Anora and Saturday Night, and Drew reviews Tom Green’s I Got a Mule and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and they talk about the current Oscar-related controversies, Rob Liefeld calling out Marvel, Will Forte calling out Warner Bros Discovery, Harrison Ford’s reaction to Indy 5’s flop, Andie MacDowell’s reverse nepotism, Tom Cruise dancing at Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday party, and more!

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#611 – Nosferatalk with Chris and Drew

In episode 611, Chris and Drew do the thing and review Nosferatu and Chris reviews Juror #2 and Drew reviews Love Lies Bleeding, and they talk about Dune: Prophecy, PLUS it’s that time of year for the 2025 Movie Preview, plus a crush of headlines at the end about Jason Mamoa as Lobo, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, the delay for The Batman 2, and much more! With appearances from Werner Herzog, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, and Gerard Butler!

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#610 – Merry Cresmas 2024

In episode 610, Chris and Drew do the thing and review The Substance, and Chris reviews Queer and Maria, and Drew reviews The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, and they talk about the re-issues of Intersteller, Interstella 5555, and White Christmas, plus they discuss Dune: Prophecy, The Agency, Alec Baldwin’s crusade for truth, Brian Cox’s vendetta against the Oscars, trailers for 28 Years Later and Karate Kid: Legends, Luca Guadagnino’s American Psycho starring Austin Butler, an actual release date for Magazine Dreams, and much more! Plus Werner Herzog pitches a vampire Christmas movie that actually sounds do-able. Merry Cresmas and Crappy Drew Year!

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#609 – Cher’s Creature Commandos

In episode 609, Chris and Drew do the thing and review Gladiator II and Chris reviews Wicked Part One, and they talk about Skeleton Crew, The Agency, Dune: Prophecy, Creature Commandos, The Summit, David Cronenberg’s Flashdance, Alfonso Cuarón’s James Bond film, James Gunn’s hyperbolic quotes, Sam Mendes’ ambitious Beatles quadrilogy, Masters of the Universe, Voltron, Matchbox, and much more! Plus appearances from Russell Crowe, Batman, Gerard Butler, and John Cena!

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#587 – Cross Bosch Reacher

In episode 587, Chris and Drew do the thing and Chris reviews Infested, and they discuss Fallout season 1, The Sympathizer, a negative Dwayne Johnson piece in The Wrap, Vince McMahon’s next big moves, Jake Paul versus Mike Tyson, televised magic, Amazon dad shows, the King of Anamorphic Widescreen Fred Schepisi, Canadian celebrities being friends, and much more!

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#586 – 30 Odd Foot of Cosmo Jarvis

In episode 586, Chris and Drew do the thing and Chris reviews The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, as well as Florida Film Festival movies New Life and Sleep, and they talk about Fallout, Shogun, X-Men ’97, World War II documentaries, 30 Odd Foot of Grunts, roller coaster thrillers, nepo baby actors and directors, Al Pacino as an exorcist, Furiosa’s 15-minute action sequence, and much more!

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FCK’N NUTS – An Interview with Sam Fox

Last year’s Florida Film Festival had a short film called The Blood of the Dinosaurs that was a trippy children’s show gone wrong, and the same production team is back with director Sam Fox’s new surrealist comedy short film FCK’N NUTS. A 12-minute movie about a young woman’s fear of losing her boyfriend when he finally meets her family and sees her home life, this is a funny and wild movie that takes a pun and pushes it into a weird and gross direction that is quite memorable. FCK’N NUTS is a part of the Midnight Shorts program at this year’s Florida Film Festival, and the following is a quick interview with Sam Fox regarding this film, what it means to her, and what the future has in store.

Chris Crespo: You said previously in another interview that the inspiration for this short was your own upbringing, specifically, living in a home with an alcoholic and drug addicted parent and not being able to bring people over to your house without exposing your reality to them. We know art is a great way to work through our emotions, thoughts and pain, so how has it been to take FCK’N NUTS around to different cities and film festivals and have these conversations with people?

Sam Fox: I’ve noticed that the real catharsis has taken place in my press process. Between festival screening Q&A’s and the amazing press and interviews we’ve garnered, I’ve had the opportunity to expose a very dark part of myself and my upbringing. When making FCK’N NUTS, we were so deep in it, all the stress of trying to get it right and hit the beats, I didn’t have a chance to process the story I was trying to tell. I also wanted to avoid imposing too much of my own story on Vincent and Maddie as they discovered their characters during rehearsal. When releasing FCK’N NUTS to the world, I made the decision to be vulnerable and honest in all press. I’m sick of lying at my expense to protect other people. I spent so much of my life playing a character and manipulating myself to fit everyone else’s needs. I have to admit, it’s incredibly challenging for me to go against everything that was instilled in me growing up, but in the process I am learning to be open and authentic. I think as an artist that is my number one responsibility.

#585 – Never Not Do Robots

In episode 585, Chris and Drew do the thing and Chris reviews Civil War, as well as the Florida Film Festival movies Water For Life, Secret Mall Apartment, The Way We Speak, Booger, and Paradise, plus they talk about X-Men ’97, 3 Body Problem, The Sympathizer, Fallout, Ninja Kamui, Scary Movie 6, Now You See Me 3, Sonic 3, the Chris Farley biopic, Edgar Wright’s remake of The Running Man, and much more!

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