MonsterKids, winner of the 2018 Rondo Award for Best Documentary, is like the perfect dinner guest. It brings a spirit of fun, tells great stories, and doesn’t overstay its welcome. Director James-Michael Roddy embodies all of these qualities while offering up a breezy valentine to […]
Movie Reviews Movies & TV“This island does not want us here. Before this beacon was built, she took hundreds of lives. Perhaps she is still hungry.” –Thomas Griffiths The sea is a harsh and unyielding mistress. Those who work her can testify that she doesn’t give an inch when […]
Movie Reviews Movies & TVAuthor Harlan Ellison died in his sleep on June 28th at the age of 84. I’ve written and deleted that sentence about two-hundred times over the past 48 hours. I have no idea what to follow it with, because I have no idea how to […]
Authors Books & ComicsMy husband and I decided to take in an afternoon showing of Ari Aster’s Hereditary recently, curious to see if it lived up to the hype of being called the scariest movie ever, or to see if it was deserving of the hate that it’s […]
Movie Reviews Movies & TVDoki Doki Literature Club! is a visual novel developed by Team Salvato and released in September 2017. It’s a game I’d heard about in passing, and it’s almost impossible to wander far on the internet without running into a meme or reference to it as […]
Games & ToysMonochrome is an upcoming action thriller from the UK and the good people at Devilworks. Writer/director Thomas Lawes gives us a unique version of the all too common game of cat and mouse involving a young lady on the run (Jo Woodcock), and the investigator […]
Movie Reviews Movies & TVI just watched the latest offering from Uncork’d Entertainment, called The Nursery. Written by Christopher A. Micklos, and directed by both Micklos and Jay Sapiro, I got excited by the teaser trailer for this film when I laid eyes on it, and immediately jumped on […]
Movie Reviews Movies & TVAs one AMC juggernaut sees its ratings dip, along comes another series that just may very well blow all other series out of the water (no pun intended). The Terror recently wrapped up its 10-episode first season. It’s rare for a show to start off […]
Movies & TV TV ReviewsHollywood is more about restaurants than marquees. Most wannabe actors make their jing slinging hash and waiting tables, not emoting before the cameras. Acting gigs are scarce and the competition is fierce. And then there’s the matter of who you know. As buddy Sam (voice […]
Movie Reviews Movies & TVIn House on Elm Lake an unsuspecting family moves into a lake house that had been abandoned due to a terrible act of violence that occurred there years earlier. Of course, as angry spirits are wont to do, the evil awakens when the new homeowners […]
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