Horror movie plots don’t always make a lot of sense. Sometimes, if you turn off your brain and roll with the ridiculous logic, there’s a good time to be had. Such is the case with Midnight Movie, a low-budget independent slasher film released in early 2009. The movie is centeredContinue Reading
An atomic-age update of Frankenstein, 1958’s The Colossus of New York takes Mary Shelley’s concept of man resurrecting the dead and puts a 1950s spin on it. Directed by Eugène Lourié (The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,) the film has some visual panache, but is hampered by a weak script andContinue Reading
To Catch a Killer opens in Baltimore on New Year’s Eve. As celebratory fireworks ring in the new year, a sniper uses the noise to mask a mass shooting. 29 seemingly random people are gunned down for no apparent reason. The only common thread is the almost inhuman accuracy ofContinue Reading
You may or may not be aware of the term “doomscrolling.” It means the tendency some people have of reading a negative or depressing news article and then searching for more information about the topic even though the information may be scary or even more depressing. Leave the World Behind,Continue Reading
If you were a hardcore fan of professional wrestling in the 1980s, you’ve likely heard of the Von Erich family. (I say “hardcore” because if you were a casual fan who only watched the WWF Superstars, you might not know of the Von Erich heritage.) I was not a hardcoreContinue Reading
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 is one of the most polarizing events in United States history. Some people believe it was a coup d’état by insidious forces within the U.S. government. Others think it was the act of a lone gunman who had someContinue Reading
If you’re a Star Wars fan and were old enough between the release of 1977’s Star Wars and 1980’s The Empire Strikes Back, you probably remember 1978’s The Star Wars Holiday Special. If you’re a Star Wars fan and weren’t born yet (or don’t remember that era,) you really needContinue Reading