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Lanterns Brings Green Lantern Down to Earth

WARNING: Spoilers for the first two episodes of Lanterns. I have owned or co-owned three comic book stores in my life. The first was Exodus Comics, which operated out of the rec room in my parents’ house. I later joined… Continue Reading →

The X-Files has a Frankenstein Problem

For good or for bad, the Zack Snyder Effect is alive and well within Hollywood. While movie studios previously released director’s cuts long before 2021, the DCEU filmmaker reintroduced the public to the process by dropping a black-and-white version of… Continue Reading →

August 17, 2026

The 2026 #HauntLife Midyear Awards: The Good, the Bad and the Backrooms

Last year, I introduced the #HauntLife Midyear Movie Missteps Awards, a completely unnecessary ceremony honoring the movies that confused, disappointed or irritated me during the first half of 2025. It was both petty and therapeutic in a way. It was… Continue Reading →

August 9, 2026

Mala’s Supernatural Horrors Become Psychological Terrors

Horror films come in all sorts of shapes and sizes through a variety of subgenres, so when a supernatural story blending South Asian mythology with psychological terrors made some noise in the film festival circuit and, in the process, became… Continue Reading →

August 3, 2026

Lars Shrike Walks the Night: Lost in More Than Space

For as long as I can remember, I’ve found myself wondering about the stories of complete strangers: The man quietly eating lunch by himself at a diner, the woman hurrying through the grocery store with a cart full of things… Continue Reading →

July 20, 2026

Rose of Nevada Navigates Nautical Nightmares

Cold Open: After a long-and-intentional panning of scenery slowly bleeds into partially spoken sentences as the audience deciphers a boat has mysteriously returned after 30 long years of being declared lost at sea, the story of Rose of Nevada (which… Continue Reading →

July 5, 2026

Pitfall Turns a Simple Hike Into a Nightmare

When I first heard about Pitfall, my mind immediately went to the old Atari 2600 game. For a brief moment, I wondered if someone had finally decided that a guy swinging across vines, dodging crocodiles and jumping over pits deserved… Continue Reading →

June 30, 2026

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

Eternia’s Error: Another Masters of the Universe Misfire

Why is it so difficult for Mattel execs and Hollywood filmmakers alike to create a big-screen He-Man adventure that actually stays true to its original source material? But what is its actual canon, for that matter? Does it religiously follow… Continue Reading →

June 14, 2026

The Rocky Horror Doc Takes a Strange Journey

For anyone who’s ever done the “Time Warp” again (and again and again) throughout the years, you might have a decent understanding of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, but a new documentary takes fans of the film (and its previous… Continue Reading →

June 3, 2026

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