Marvel Monday - Ant Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
It was 1999. Star Wars Episode I had opened to…well, I’ll be generous and say mixed reviews. At the time, I’d been a huge fan of the...
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- Jun 2
- 8 min
Franchise Friday - A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 5: The Dream Child
Who knew Freddy could be so topical? Now, I have to admit, part of the reason why there was a long break in-between our looks at Part 4...
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SMR
- May 29
- 9 min
Because I Hate Myself - Zombie Tidal Wave
Well, haven’t used this headline in a while…but it couldn’t be more appropriate. You see, a ‘friend’ of the site recommended Zombie Tidal...
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SMR
- Nov 14, 2022
- 7 min
Movie Review - Thor: Love and Thunder
I hate to add on to the heap, but I have to confess, Thor: Love and Thunder is exactly what’s wrong with the most recent phase of Marvel...
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SMR
- Nov 11, 2022
- 8 min
Franchise Friday - A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 4: The Dream Master
In the retrospective documentary ‘Never Sleep Again’, which looks back at the entire Elm Street series, it was dubbed the MTV entry into...
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SMR
- Nov 7, 2022
- 7 min
Movie Review - Wonder Woman 1984
Even though this review is a little late…2 years to be exact…I can’t help but find it appropriate that Wonder Woman 1984 is my follow-up...
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SMR
- Nov 5, 2022
- 6 min
Franchise Friday - A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3: Dream Warriors
As a word of warning, this is gonna be one of those openings where I share too much. There’s always that one movie, isn’t there? You know...
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SMR
- Oct 31, 2022
- 10 min
Movie Review - Black Adam
It looks like we’re back on old familiar ground when it comes to Black Adam: critics are less than thrilled while audiences seem to be...
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SMR
- Oct 24, 2022
- 7 min
Movie Review - Halloween Ends
Legacy. While it’s an easy concept to grasp in real life, it’s a difficult concept to portray in popular culture and it’s nigh impossible...
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SMR
- Oct 21, 2022
- 8 min
Franchise Friday - A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Dreamlike. Wandering from scene to scene, sometimes with little to no connective tissue. In arthouse films, these can describe the works...
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SMR
- Oct 19, 2022
- 7 min
Werewolf Wednesday - Werewolf By Night
At the time of this writing, word came across that the production on Marvel Studios’ Blade had been halted. The director had quit and...
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SMR
- Oct 17, 2022
- 8 min
Movie Review - Hellraiser (2022)
As I read the credit, I had to ask myself “What movie needs a Gender and Sexuality Consultant?” Hellraiser. Hellraiser totally needed...
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SMR
- Oct 14, 2022
- 6 min
Franchise Friday - A Nightmare on Elm Street
Sometimes, it only takes one movie to build an empire. While this following confession might get my Mutant Family membership revoked, I...
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SMR
- Oct 10, 2022
- 5 min
Sex and Violence Movie Review Part 2 - X
Let me share the only time I spoke during the film: “Don’t go Fulci…Don’t go Fulci…aww shit. You went Fulci.” Now, you veterans of the...
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SMR
- Oct 3, 2022
- 6 min
Sex & Violence Movie Review Part 1 - Porno
Chekov’s Gun. It’s a principle in drama, both on stage and on screen, that if you allude to something in the first act, you need to have...
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SMR
- Sep 30, 2022
- 5 min
State of the Franchise - Friday the 13th
Now that we’ve come to the end of the Friday franchise, it’s time for another State of the Franchise address. Oh boy. As of this writing,...
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SMR
- Sep 26, 2022
- 6 min
Movie Review - Red State
An unlikely film from that Kevin Smith. That’s the tagline for Red State and boy…they were definitely going for understatement there,...
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SMR
- Sep 19, 2022
- 3 min
Movie Review - The Call of Cthulhu
Filming H.P. Lovecraft stories has always proven to be an interesting proposition. Hollywood has always shied a way from the material,...
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SMR
- Sep 16, 2022
- 7 min
Franchise Friday - Friday the 13th (2009)
I forgot just how much nudity was in this one. I mean, seriously, every single female on screen, save two, ends up unleashing those...
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SMR
- Sep 13, 2022
- 4 min
Movie Review - Slaxx
Yes, you could just as easily call Slaxx ‘Little Clothing Shop of Horrors’…but that would really sell it short. The trailer for the film...
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