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
By Brad Grandrino There are certain hive-mind mentalities among film fanatics – circle-jerks, as they’re crudely though commonly called. They […]
A LOOK AT THE 2016 OSCAR-NOMINATED ANIMATED SHORTS
By Anna Gibertini This year marks the 88th Academy Awards and the 84th year that animated shorts have been a […]
‘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 […]
FIRST WATCH 2015: MEMORABLE FILMS AND TV, OLD AND NEW
By The Taste Basket Team It’s that time of year, when the world falls in love… with “Best Of” lists. […]
‘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
By Kevin Redding On Saturday night, October 24th, I got comfortable in my second row seat at the glorious Alamo […]
COUGAR’S KILLS: 10 REALLY MEMORABLE HORROR MOVIE DEATHS
By Cougar Garza Halloween is right around the corner, which means that horror movies are back on the menu. Whether […]
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)
By Brad Grandrino Every year when summer ends and mid-September arrives, I throw myself into full-Halloween mode and shift my […]
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’
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
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?
By Scott Interrante When I was in third or fourth grade, I started writing a novel—as third or fourth graders who are too […]
FIRST WATCH 2014: MEMORABLE FILMS, OLD AND NEW
It’s December, and you know what that means. It’s the last month of the year. Also, there are some holidays […]
THE FINAL CUT: RECOMMENDED VIEWING FOR HALLOWEEN NIGHT
Picture this: It’s Halloween night, you’re too old to go trick-or-treating and you don’t have a party to attend. Or, […]
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