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Though it’s still a full eight months away, the third annual Fantastic Fest is already gearing up, and badges officially went on sale today at noon. If you missed our coverage of last year’s fest, here’s a quick primer: Fantastic Fest is an eight-day festival showcasing the very best in new horror, sci-fi, fantasy, Asian and cult films (supplemented by various genre retrospectives and classic horror). The festival is curated by AICN's Harry Knowles, Big...

While we were busy watching Funky Forest, Mel Gibson made a surprise appearance at Fantastic Fest to present an advance screening of his upcoming Apocalypto. This is going to go down in history as one of the most talked about Fantastic Fest events ever. We nabbed this photo from Matt Dentler's blog, where he has an in-depth review of the film and the event. So check it out. And if you were lucky enough...

Fantastic Fest continues this week at the Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar. So many great movies are playing at this festival that it’s a little overwhelming to try to take them all in. For our first four days at the fest, we decided to concentrate on the low-budget indies and international. After all, the major label flicks will be in theaters or on DVD soon. But who knows when we might have another opportunity...