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Broker Will Get You Sentimental About a Human-Trafficking Crime Family

Per Matt Thinking back, it’s been a while since I’ve watched a film that featured the exploits of a group of social outcasts who come together to form an unlikely and unconventional “family,” while paired with an infant. The original… Continue Reading →

Dark Secrets Haunt Perpetual Grace, LTD

Per Matt Life is complicated, and as the characters of the EPIX TV show learn the hard way, nothing ever happens according to plan. Eventually, though, they get into the rhythm of Season 1 in Perpetual Grace, LTD, which only… Continue Reading →

Annabelle: Creation, That Doll is the Devil

What does an isolated location, an orphanage, self-playing record players, demons, demented children, dark wells, face masks, Catholic priests and scary dolls all have in common? They are all common horror movie tropes… and they are all in this movie,… Continue Reading →

Creating Actual Horror With Annabelle: Creation

I don’t often have anything complimentary to say about big-studio horror movies. Most end up being watered down, PG-13 knock-offs of popular themes in the genre with a certain degree of fan service and pseudo-self awareness meant to be clever,… Continue Reading →

The Miss P Trilogy Checks Out With Library of Souls

It is true we live in a strange world, but the imagination of author Ransom Riggs is particularly peculiar. In Book Three of his first series of novels (nicknamed Miss P by his fans), he has created an astounding one where children with… Continue Reading →

Trying to Make Sense of The Orphanage

Some low-budget films are hidden gems that take us by surprise. Unfortunately, many are clunky and poorly conceived.

Into the Badlands

Into the Badlands offers a post-apocalyptic peek into a worn-down world ruled by martial arts.

Star Trek: The Manga – Shinsei/Shinsei

Celebrating 40 years of Star Trek, this is the first manga anthology, created by Tokyopop. Star Trek: The Manga Volume 1, Shinsei/Shinsei offers five new stand-alone stories, each one could be considered a new episode. 1. In Side Effects, the… Continue Reading →

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