April 20, 2020
“I Dream of Dieter” (short story)
“Scheisse!” bellowed Dieter Schmidt, almost dropping the splotched glass bottle in his sweaty and trembling hands. For over a decade he’d slept soundly at night, assured in his own safety,...
Read MoreMay 2, 2019
X-Men: Simon Kinberg’s ‘Dark Phoenix’ Will Have Intriguing Post-Holocaust Parallels
Far and away, the most interesting X-Men character in the live-action films from 20th Century Fox (at least for me) has always been Magneto, first played by Ian McKellen and...
Read MoreJanuary 30, 2019
What if ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ was real? A rabbi, an archaeologist, and more weigh in
I recently re-watched Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark for the umpteenth time and as someone who loves melding his religious/cultural background with pop culture, I began...
Read MoreJanuary 21, 2019
How M. Night Shyamalan Rejects the Modern Superhero Movie with ‘Glass’
WARNING! The following contains major, MAJOR plot spoilers for M. Night Shyamalan's Glass!!! Glass hit theaters this weekend and besides tying together a trilogy that began with 2000's Unbreakable (and continued...
Read MoreJanuary 15, 2019
Just Who are the Villains in Spider-Man: Far From Home? An Elementals Crash Course
With the first trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home now out and about on the Internet, it’s time to ask: “Who is/are the villain/villains of the film?” For months, Jake...
Read MoreNovember 16, 2018
‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ doesn’t shy away from the Holocaust—why that matters
WARNING! The following contains spoilers for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald! Enemies of the heir, beware! The mass genocide perpetrated by the Third Reich during World War II isn't...
Read MoreNovember 12, 2018
How ‘Overlord’ embraces its pulpy/serial roots and pays homage to ‘Indiana Jones’
Warning! The following contains plot spoilers for Overlord! Overlord, the latest cinematic offering from producer J.J. Abrams and Paramount Pictures, is not your average war movie by any sense of...
Read MoreOctober 23, 2018
Why the new ‘Halloween’ is basically a remake of ‘Terminator 2: Judgement Day’
I'm positive that I'm not the only one who noticed this while watching the new Halloween movie, but let's discuss the ways in which David Gordon Green's highly-anticipated horror sequel...
Read MoreOctober 15, 2018
Let’s talk about that ‘Pulp Fiction’ homage in Drew Goddard’s ‘Bad Times at the El Royale’
WARNING! The following contains spoilers for Bad Times at the El Royale! With its nonlinear storytelling, scattered title cards introducing characters, old school soundtrack, and abundance of bloody violence, Drew...
Read MoreSeptember 6, 2018
A Q&A with Larry Cohen: Why the “King of B movies,” really dislikes the term “B Movie”
Larry Cohen is the physical embodiment of the phrase, “if you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself.” If you offered the man a multi-million dollar budget for...
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