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Corporate Retreat is HR’s Worst Nightmare

Corporate team-building exercises always sound like a great idea in the conference room. “Let’s strengthen relationships, improve communication and build trust.” After sitting through enough PowerPoint presentations filled with stock photos of people high-fiving, you start to believe it might… Continue Reading →

30 Years Later, Toy Story Still Has Magic

Woody and Buzz watch as Bonnie and her mom look at her new Lilypad tablet in Toy Story 5

In 1995, I was 17 years old and working at a video store. While most people remember Toy Story for introducing them to Woody and Buzz, what I remember most is the feeling that I was watching the future where… Continue Reading →

June 22, 2026

Blind Cop 2 is the Sequel Nobody Asked for… and That’s the Joke

When I was in high school, I worked at Video Quest, a small video rental store in my hometown. This was back before streaming services put thousands of movies at your fingertips. If you wanted to watch a movie, you… Continue Reading →

June 8, 2026

Hacked: A Double Entendre of Rage Fueled Karma is Unhinged

I have worked in cybersecurity long enough to know that most people do not think much about digital security until something goes horribly wrong. Passwords, banking apps, fraud alerts and multi-factor authentication are just everyday annoyances until suddenly somebody loses… Continue Reading →

May 31, 2026

Send Help Is Proof That I Would Not Survive Anything

Rachel McAdams screams in pain while covered in blood in the film Send Help

There was a period of time, years ago, where I became completely convinced that I could win the TV show, Survivor. This confidence made absolutely no sense. I was already an out-of-shape man with a bad back, colorblind and the… Continue Reading →

May 11, 2026

Weekend at the End of the World: Two Friends, One Cabin and the Apocalypse

There was a night in college when my best friend showed up at my door, convinced he had cracked the code to winning back his ex-girlfriend. His plan was, in his words, “bulletproof.” We would drive to Myrtle Beach, stake… Continue Reading →

April 29, 2026

Buffet Infinity Captures Something Genuinely Unsettling

I was maybe 10 years old when I stumbled onto late-night cable TV. Not the stuff my parents wanted me watching, the weird margins of programming that existed between midnight and 4 a.m. Infomercials bleeding into public access. Commercials that… Continue Reading →

April 24, 2026

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice Blends Time Travel, Crime and Consequences

There’s a specific kind of regret that sticks with you longer than it should, the kind that randomly shows up when you’re trying to fall asleep just to remind you that, yeah, you really did that. Back in high school,… Continue Reading →

March 25, 2026

Vampires of the Velvet Lounge Brings a Beautiful Bloodbath

History books are generally written by the victors of war, so why should the stories of true-life legends be any different? Throughout the years, Hungarian noblewoman Elizabeth Bathory was known to be beautiful, smart and wealthy, but after her husband’s… Continue Reading →

March 20, 2026

Dead Lover: What Creative Freedom on a Limited Budget Looks Like

I’ve always had a soft spot for low-budget films. There’s something refreshing about watching a movie where the filmmakers clearly had more passion than money. When you strip away the studio budgets and the CGI polish, what you’re left with… Continue Reading →

March 18, 2026

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30 Years Later, Toy Story Still Has Magic

Hacked: A Double Entendre of Rage Fueled Karma is Unhinged

Weekend at the End of the World: Two Friends, One Cabin and the Apocalypse

Vampires of the Velvet Lounge Brings a Beautiful Bloodbath

Dead Lover: What Creative Freedom on a Limited Budget Looks Like