If you have been to a shopping mall lately, chances are it doesn’t look anything like it did in the 1980s or 1990s. The bustling and vibrant atmosphere has been replaced by vacant storefronts, dimmed lights, and abandoned anchor stores. (I know there are exceptions to this but, by andContinue Reading
Whenever there is a country that Americans perceive as an enemy, someone eventually says, “We should nuke them back to the Stone Age” or something similar. It’s a comment meant to dehumanize the threat. It originates from ignorance, hate, or a combination of the two. If more people could seeContinue Reading
In 1993, a film called Fire in the Sky dramatized the story of Travis Walton, an Arizona logger allegedly abducted by aliens. When I reviewed the film in 2008, I said that the heavily fictionalized version of Walton’s story created more questions than answers. Now, a 2015 documentary called Travis:Continue Reading
Alexander Perlman’s documentary, Lot Lizard, follows the lives of several people who have worked or are currently working as truck-stop sex workers. The title of the film comes from the nickname given to them by truckers. Perlman focuses on the stories of three women, but will occasionally move away fromContinue Reading
When A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge was released in 1985, I was senior in high school. I remember having a conversation with a schoolmate about the movie on the Monday following its release. We both said we were a little disappointed with it compared to the firstContinue Reading
One might wonder, “Why would one choose to call themself a Satanist?” Why would one wish to worship or associate with something most consider to be evil? The answer isn’t as crystal clear as one might think. To most people — mainly those who don’t think about it much orContinue Reading
1972’s The Legend of Boggy Creek is one of the first movies that really scared me. I don’t mean a momentary cheap shock. I’m talking down-to-the-bone frightened for years. Since it was G-rated, I was five or six-years-old when my parents took me to see it. Although it seems quaintContinue Reading