When the dust settles and the history of late twentieth and early 21st century cinema is written, I predict that our preeminent fantasist will not be George Lucas, Peter Jackson, or the Wachowskis, but Guillermo Del Toro. Fighting words, when a good 95% of you […]
Movie Reviews Movies & TVPardon me real quick while I adjust my horn-rimmed glasses before starting. Now that everything is in place, I can begin. I was into wrestling before it was cool. Before Hulk Hogan’s heel turn at the 1996 installment of Bash at the Beach and before […]
Event Coverage Music & EventsI have a confession to make. When A Plague So Pleasant crossed my desk as a potential review item, I chose it for entirely selfish reasons. You see, I am teetering on that uneasy precipice between “completely tired of zombies” and “aching to see something […]
Movie Reviews Movies & TVRemember how Star Wars fans felt about Jar Jar Binks? That’s how I feel about American Horror Story. Both represent the same sort of disdain for the source material, but whereas Jar Jar just shat on one franchise, American Horror Story has, for four seasons […]
Movies & TV TV ReviewsFor a show that got off to a slow start, Fear the Walking Dead proved itself to be a solid zombie series by the end of its inaugural season. With the initial season of six episodes now complete and aired, we’re left with the desire […]
Movies & TV TV ReviewsEd McBain, real name Salvatore Lombino, burst onto the crime fiction scene in 1956 with Cop Hater, not only one of the best titled books in history, but also one of the most unique. Rather than one detective, McBain gave his crime novels a whole […]
Book Reviews Books & ComicsI’ve become quite a fan of Brian Mooreland over the years. From Vagrants to The Devil’s Woods, I have yet to be let down by his stories. Mooreland’s smooth prose draws you in yet it never feels like he is writing down to his audience. […]
Book Reviews Books & ComicsAt six feet, ten inches tall, Robert Mukes has always stood out. Hailing from Indianapolis, Indiana, Mukes has enjoyed a life and career that has seen him dot the globe, from acting in Hollywood to playing basketball in Europe. A devoted father of two girls, […]
Movie Interviews Movies & TVThe Werewolf Goes West! Somethin’ is kickin’ up dust in the entertainment world, pardner. It seems that inch by inch, the Western is starting to crawl its way out of the grave and back into the public consciousness. Sure, it’ll probably never reach the heights […]
Movie Reviews Movies & TVWidely considered the first true horror film from Belgium, director Jonas Govaerts brings us a solid directorial debut that asks the question, “What’s wrong with Sam?” As if the woods weren’t creepy enough, Cub (Artsploitation Films) drapes audiences in a skin-crawling paranoia that someone is […]
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