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Since his foray into the superhero genre, James Gunn has been praised for his Guardians of the Galaxy films, his take on The Suicide...
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The Roman Empire lasted for nearly 1500 years. HBO’s Rome couldn’t make it to its third season. Like Firefly and Deadwood, it’s part of...
by Mark Voger Published by TwoMorrows Based on his earlier books, including Monster Mash, Groovy, and Holly Jolly, I’m fairly convinced that author...
I may be the only person in the world who wasn’t head over heels for this film. I tried and tried and even watched...
Since his foray into the superhero genre, James Gunn has been praised for his Guardians of the Galaxy films, his take on The Suicide...
I should love this film. Except… I am so mad at Gareth Edwards. I am so angry at David Koepp. I am extremely disappointed...
Lethal Weapon was one of my dad’s favorite movies. He didn’t have many, and another one was Curly Sue, so I don’t know what...
What happens when movies become “content,” and the art of discovery is reduced to a scroll? In Lost in the Stream: How Algorithms Redefined...
Written by Edward Gross Published by BearManor Media Edward Gross is a prolific author of pop culture books and articles and his works...
Written by Joshua Williamson Art by Tom Reilly, Jordie Bellaire Published by Skybound/Image Comics Who would have thought that Robert Kirkman’s Energon Universe...
Before Dangerous Minds, Freedom Writers, or whatever the latest “tough teacher saves troubled teens” movie is, there was Lean on Me—a no-nonsense, bat-wielding,...
Simply, Murder, She Wrote is the TV equivalent of a warm cup of tea on a rainy day—or maybe more like a cup...
For most of my life, I have associated the name of Blake Edwards with comedies, and with Julie Andrews. 1962’s Experiment in Terror is...
Whew. This movie is A LOT. Before he gave us bat nipples or the greatest incel, white privilege movie of the 90s, Falling Down,...
If there’s anything that makes you appreciate the Warner Archive, it’s the combined efforts of Senior Vice President of Theatrical Catalog Marketing at Warner...
First off, M3GAN 2.0 has no right to be as good as it is. This film is an utter romp of a time that...
ORIGINS & INFLUENCES — THE SUMMER THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING In the summer of 1975, I was six years old — already obsessed with monsters,...
Steven Spielberg’s deeply personal, slightly voyeuristic 2022 drama The Fabelmans ends with a killer coda: a 16-year-old wannabe filmmaker gets five surreal minutes with...
JAWS is 50 this year. It is also the 10th anniversary of the death of my father. I mention this because he hated JAWS....
JAWS, unquestionably the most watchable film of all time, still attracts new fans every year five decades after it’s original release. As a born...
Forty minutes into Jaws, we think we know why Martin Brody is getting drunk. He tried to shut down the beach and Mayor Vaughn...
Ellen Brody hosts a dinner party in Peter Benchley’s “JAWS,” the novel, to reconnect with her waspish roots. It’s one of many tiresome subplots...
The 1970s were good to the three men in the boat. In fact, by 1975 it would have been hard to point out a...
On Saturday, June 21, 1975, my Mom took me to the Mann Hastings Ranch Theatres in Pasadena, California to see a movie. Previously, whenever...
“Chief Brody?” “Yes?” SLAP! “I just found out that a girl got killed here last week. And you knew it. You knew there was...
50 years ago, audiences were introduced to a rather unique lawman for the time. In the early 1970’s, police in movies were typically going...
“Nothing can be more hopeless than to attempt to explain this similarity of pattern in members of the same class…” – Charles Darwin, On...
One of the most striking moments in Steven Spielberg’s JAWS occurs about seventeen minutes in: Chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) is seated upon a...