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Wicked: For Good and the Price of Playing the Villain

I have spent a large portion of my life pretending to be things I am very much not. In middle school, I pretended I understood whatever band everyone else suddenly swore had “changed their life,” nodding along like I’d memorized… Continue Reading →

Kiss of the Spider Woman Takes Flight Between Fantasy and Harsh Reality

There are moments in life when your brain decides it has had enough of reality and just wanders into fantasy without asking permission. It is not that I am bored. It is just that the world sometimes needs a little… Continue Reading →

November 14, 2025

Eddington Weaponizes Surrealism

Ari Aster has been on a heater lately. Hereditary turned grief into a haunted house you wear on your face, Midsommar made broad daylight feel like a nightmare you can’t blink away, and Beau Is Afraid… well, that one wasn’t… Continue Reading →

August 18, 2025

Special Ops: Lioness is Another Gem for Paramount+

This past weekend, I polled some of my friends to satisfy a question that came up when I was writing this review. The question was simple: When I say, “streaming service,” what are the first five platforms that come to… Continue Reading →

August 21, 2023

The Craft Brewers Conference Poured into Music City

Per Matt For only the second time, ever, Nashville, Tennessee hosted the Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo America trade show. From May 8th to the 10th, thousands of brewers and brewing industry representatives poured into Music City, bringing an energy… Continue Reading →

July 5, 2023

Marco Ortega Previews the Black is Beautiful Documentary at CBC

Per Matt Overall, the film industry doesn’t seem to have a whole lot in common with the brewing industry, but when certain topics can bring these two forces together, working for a common goal to improve life as we know… Continue Reading →

May 9, 2023

Easter Eggs Prep Pennyworth for a Comics-Based Storyline

Per Matt I suppose it takes a lot of looking inward, before you can finally let go of the past. Moving toward the future, Season 2 of Pennyworth did a whole lot of that. From the season premiere, the EPIX… Continue Reading →

May 2, 2021

Dystopian Disruptions Mar New Order’s Best-Laid Wedding Plans

Per Matt Protestors demanding change. Fires being started. Phone lines dying. Roads closing. Mass chaos. Nightly lootings. A revolution is taking place in Mexico, so it’s the perfect time for a lavish wedding, naturally. No, this isn’t a cinematic response… Continue Reading →

December 7, 2020

Santa Takes on the FBI in The Nights Before Christmas

Tis the season. Or at least the beginning of the season. The year 2020 is almost out of here. In less than 60 days, the year of coronavirus, lockdowns, civil unrest, depression and uncertainty will be over. Everyone has been… Continue Reading →

December 3, 2020

Seoul Station Should Be Renamed “Generic Cash-Grab Zombie Movie”

Old man zombie stares at you with white eyes and bloody mouth

For those of you who read my articles, you know that while I am critical of films, I also try to remove my own bias and rate films for what they are. Many times I have found myself hating a… Continue Reading →

July 11, 2020

Geek Culture, Zombies... and Other Monsters

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Special Ops: Lioness is Another Gem for Paramount+