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Disney has Nearly Perfected the Remake Formula with The Little Mermaid

When all ideas of creating new movies are exhausted, Hollywood loves returning to remakes. Maybe it’s been happening for a long time, and I am just now realizing it, but only recently have I seen a deluge of studios taking… Continue Reading →

Here We Go! The Super Mario Bros. Return to the Big Screen!

Being a gamer with a love of film, I wondered how well a movie about the Mario brothers would translate to the big screen. In the ’90s, my life was consumed by the Nintendo Entertainment System. So, in 1993, when… Continue Reading →

April 4, 2023

The 2022 #HauntLife Movie Awards

I have watched tons of films in 2022. Some good, few great. However, the majority of films were just barely passable as entertainment, let alone being in the mix for the Oscars. Still, it is my hope to at least… Continue Reading →

January 27, 2023

The Last Wish Redeems Puss in Boots

It has been over a decade since we got our last installment in the Shrek movie series. 2011 was a different world, when Puss in Boots debuted, riding a wave of fans clamoring for more fairytale stories from DreamWorks. Since… Continue Reading →

January 7, 2023

A24 Gets Family Friendly with Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

A24 is a studio whose name is synonymous with some of the best films in modern time. It’s given us a couple of truly horrifying movies from Ari Aster in Hereditary and Midsommar, along with Kevin Smith’s Tusk. Last year,… Continue Reading →

January 2, 2023

Jordan Peele and Henry Selick Raise Hell with Wendell & Wild

Per Matt From the outside looking in, once I heard the director of animated gems like The Nightmare Before Christmas and Coraline was releasing a new film, I was immediately stoked. Then, when I heard he was teaming up with… Continue Reading →

December 12, 2022

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is Visually Amazing, But Lacking Overall

As a dad, I have experienced many, many hours in front of the television watching cartoons. My kiddo loves modern stories like Frozen, Pokemon and Big Hero 6. But every now and then, I get her to watch some of… Continue Reading →

December 6, 2022

Genndy Prepares for a Another Emmy with Primal’s Second Season

Per Matt Something is definitely amiss if you don’t recognize the name Genndy Tartakovsky in the year 2022. The multi-hyphenate filmmaker rose to prominence working on The Powerpuff Girls and Batman: The Animated Series, later creating Dexter’s Laboratory and Star… Continue Reading →

September 19, 2022

BotCon Brings The Transformers to Tennessee!

Per Matt There will be more than meets the eye in downtown Nashville this weekend as The Original Transformers Fan Convention, BotCon, has finally arrived in Tennessee!

August 26, 2022

Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head Takes Paramount+ By Storm

As a kid growing up in the ’90s, I loved my MTV — before the non-music-related shows took over the network. The channel just played music, or had countdown shows. There were hosts for each of the segments, known as… Continue Reading →

August 12, 2022

Geek Culture, Zombies... and Other Monsters

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