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THE MAGNIFICENT MURRAYTHON: PART II
August 7, 2016 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

THE MAGNIFICENT MURRAYTHON: PART II

By Brad Grandrino For all the ceaseless nostalgic love the 1990s gets from folks all over the internet, the decade […]

THE MAGNIFICENT MURRAYTHON: PART I
August 5, 2016 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

THE MAGNIFICENT MURRAYTHON: PART I

By Brad Grandrino There are certain hive-mind mentalities among film fanatics – circle-jerks, as they’re crudely though commonly called. They […]

‘THE WITCH’: PRIMEVAL, PROGRESSIVE AND PETRIFYING
February 25, 2016 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

‘THE WITCH’: PRIMEVAL, PROGRESSIVE AND PETRIFYING

By Dan Poorman We will conquer this wilderness. It will not consume us! William, The Witch Sorry, Will, but it totally […]

THE TASTE BASKET PODCAST: A BASKETFUL OF CHRISTMAS!
December 18, 2015 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Multimedia

THE TASTE BASKET PODCAST: A BASKETFUL OF CHRISTMAS!

Sit beside a cozy fire, sip on some hot chocolate, and bask(et) in the Christmas glory as you listen to […]

POD-RACISM: THE HARMFUL DIVERSITY OF ‘STAR WARS’
December 17, 2015 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

POD-RACISM: THE HARMFUL DIVERSITY OF ‘STAR WARS’

By PJ Grisar When that definitive Star Wars text first crawled onto the screen in 1977, the world had never […]

‘KRAMPUS’ MAKES CHRISTMAS WHACKO AGAIN
December 6, 2015 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

‘KRAMPUS’ MAKES CHRISTMAS WHACKO AGAIN

By Dan Poorman A Christmas Story. Gremlins. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Home Alone. The Nightmare Before Christmas. Hell, even Jingle All The Way. These are the […]

A SATURDAY AT CASTLE DRACULA: REVISITING MY CHILDHOOD NIGHTMARE
October 28, 2015 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

A SATURDAY AT CASTLE DRACULA: REVISITING MY CHILDHOOD NIGHTMARE

By Kevin Redding On Saturday night, October 24th, I got comfortable in my second row seat at the glorious Alamo […]

SUMMER SCARES AND AUTUMN ABSENCE: HORROR BY SEASON
October 23, 2015 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

SUMMER SCARES AND AUTUMN ABSENCE: HORROR BY SEASON

By PJ Grisar Living, as I always have, in a place with seasons, fall has always had a homey air […]

REVISITING THE NIGHTMARES: A GLANCE BACK AT THE ‘NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET’ SERIES, PART TWO (FILMS 5-7)
September 26, 2015 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

REVISITING THE NIGHTMARES: A GLANCE BACK AT THE ‘NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET’ SERIES, PART TWO (FILMS 5-7)

By Brad Grandrino 1,2, Freddy’s coming for you. We all know the rest. Hell, you’re singing it either in your […]

REVISITING THE NIGHTMARES: A GLANCE BACK AT THE ‘NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET’ SERIES, PART ONE (FILMS 1-4)
September 25, 2015 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

REVISITING THE NIGHTMARES: A GLANCE BACK AT THE ‘NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET’ SERIES, PART ONE (FILMS 1-4)

By Brad Grandrino Every year when summer ends and mid-September arrives, I throw myself into full-Halloween mode and shift my […]

HEEERE’S RODNEY: A DISCUSSION WITH RODNEY ASCHER, DIRECTOR OF ‘ROOM 237’ AND ‘THE NIGHTMARE’
August 21, 2015 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

HEEERE’S RODNEY: A DISCUSSION WITH RODNEY ASCHER, DIRECTOR OF ‘ROOM 237’ AND ‘THE NIGHTMARE’

By Kevin Redding  At roughly 4 a.m. in the quiet dark, when most everybody else is well into their sleep, […]

PURE CINEPHILIA: A CHAT WITH CRAIG JOHNSON
July 3, 2015 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

PURE CINEPHILIA: A CHAT WITH CRAIG JOHNSON

By Kevin Redding If the movie really hypnotizes me, the sensation follows out into real life, and the world seems […]

MAD DAN: FURY BLOG, OR SOCIAL POLITICS & THE DESECRATION OF THE MODERN MOVIE EXPERIENCE
June 4, 2015 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

MAD DAN: FURY BLOG, OR SOCIAL POLITICS & THE DESECRATION OF THE MODERN MOVIE EXPERIENCE

By Dan Poorman These days you get in a lot of trouble no matter what you say, you know what […]

IT DOES: A REACTION TO ‘IT FOLLOWS’
April 1, 2015 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

IT DOES: A REACTION TO ‘IT FOLLOWS’

By Dan Poorman NOTE: This is spoiler-free. You’re welcome. I’m going to cut to the chase: everyone is talking about […]

ANIMATION NEW AND NEWER: THE 2014-2015 ROUNDUP
February 16, 2015 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

ANIMATION NEW AND NEWER: THE 2014-2015 ROUNDUP

By Cole Rothacker Last year was an interesting year for animated films. For the first time since 2006, we didn’t see […]

DOES JUPITER ASCEND?
February 11, 2015 1 Comment by danpoorman Film

DOES JUPITER ASCEND?

By Scott Interrante When I was in third or fourth grade, I started writing a novel—as third or fourth graders who are too […]

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