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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...
Fredrick Forsyth’s 1971 debut thriller The Day of the Jackal is one of the greatest works of “airport literature” ever made. The book’s...
When X was released in 2022, it proved to be a playfully dark tale of lust and terror, subverting expectations that it would simply...
Every now and then, an action film comes along that achieves something extraordinary in the genre, which at times results in a handful of...
I first saw Luc Besson’s Le Femme Nikita in 1992 during my second year of college. It was one of a dozen or...
Just as Starman feels, in part, like John Carpenter pulling back from the unhinged alien horror of his previous masterwork The Thing, Matinee feels...
There really are two directors called Luc Besson. There’s the one who came to worldwide prominence through Subway and continued to make his name...
Midway through Glory, there’s a scene where Matthew Broderick cuts down watermelons with a sword. As Union Colonel Robert Gould Shaw—commander of the all-Black...
To many, 1984’s Ghostbusters was lightning in a bottle, and to some, it became a cornerstone of a lifelong dedication to the franchise...
“Whatever you think I am, that’s what I’m not…” – Grant Morrison Grant Morrison is considered a rock star of comics, leaving a trail...
The old expression says that gentlemen prefer blondes. It’s a well-known fact that Sir Alfred Hitchcock did. Long before Tippi Hedren and Grace Kelly,...
Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Marco Checcetto and David Messina Published by Marvel Comics I was a big fan of the original...
There are some fantasy, science fiction, and horror films that not every fan has caught. Not every film ever made has been seen by...
Writer/Director Paul Schrader’s favorite subject is the solitary man who, upon finding that the world will not bend to his will, shuts himself...
Cord Jefferson– who penned an episode of the inventive (if somewhat reductive) sequel to Alan Moore’s Watchmen— has settled into the director’s chair,...
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever is…… a movie. So, that’s a good start, I suppose. It’s a popcorn movie for sure. It’s got guns and...
Making With the Waters Works I was working as a (very) junior flunky at Universal Pictures marketing in early 1990 when a fax came...
Having an altogether more somber tone than most kaiju films, last years’ Godzilla Minus One was well-received by audiences and critics alike, thanks...
This past year, several years after it’s original run ended, audiences rediscovered the legal drama Suits via various streaming platforms, finding greater success that...
Two of the three great Hitchcockian nightmares are on full display in Anthony Waller’s forgotten thriller classic Mute Witness: first, the idea that...
Bad Lieutenant is an NC-17 grimy, vicious, and shocking New York crime film from one of the most talented exploitation directors, Abel Ferrara, that...
Guy Ritchie returns with yet another of his trademark action capers, this time turning his attention to the declassified files of Winston Churchill,...
Written by Joshua Williamson Art by Tom Fowler Published by Skybound / Image Comics This was one of the first spin offs from...
Edited by Craig Yoe Published by Dark Horse Comics Available on 11/5/2024 NOTE: BY WAY OF FULL DISCLOSURE, I DID SOME RESEARCH AND PROOFREADING...
If there is one sub-genre that has ruled horror in recent years, it is the religious horror. New entries seem to find their way...
Death is one of the few phenomena that is both a mystery and an inevitability. What form we take afterward, the circumstances of our...