Friday, September 14, 2018 marks the official US theatrical release of The Predator, the sixth film in the extended Predator franchise (which includes two Alien vs Predator films) written and directed by Shane Black (of the first two Lethal Weapon films, The Monster Squad, and of course the role of Rick Hawkins in the original…
Currently in theaters is The Happytime Murders, a raunchy comedy from Brian Henson (yes, as in those Hensons) starring Melissa McCarthy. Well, okay… can I really say it’s starring Melissa McCarthy, per se? I mean, yes, technically she’s in it, but the main “star” is really Phil Philips (voiced by Bill Barretta) a disgraced former…
Where should I start with Hereditary? I can make cliche comments about how it’s sure to be a sleeper success. Or how it’s more of an experience than a jump-and-scare movie. How about “It’s emotionally grating but not a typical horror movie”? I can focus on the fact that it tears on you as a…
Back in 2009, the World Wide Web was introduced to the Slender Man, an unnaturally tall, faceless, demonic entity that terrorized the realm of of internet horror fiction (AKA:”creepypasta”) and has since appeared in just about every single form of digital media. From video games to web-series, to an episode of the TV series Lost…
Currently touring the film festival circuit is LIVESCREAM, the latest film from Octopunk Media and writer/director Michelle Iannantuono. To begin with, it’s very difficult to properly categorize this film, as there are very few, if any, films made quite like this. The entire film is presented as a video gaming live-stream (much like you’d find…
Close to a hundred episodes of the long-running BBC science-fiction show Doctor Who are considered lost or are incomplete. With the renewed popularity in the show since its revival in 2005, the BBC has been aggressively trying to find, with some success, the missing episodes or reconstruct them using original audio tracks, modern animation and…
Another book I stumbled upon late last year is A Darker Shade of Magic by: V.E. Schwab. The cover looked interesting and the jacket offered an interesting look at three different Londons and magic. I thought, “what the heck,” and bought it. It starts in the first of the three Londons, Grey London, which is our…
