From Book to Screen: It
We’re back at the Stephen King Book to Screen series! At long last, we reach one of the most anticipated and high-profile titles of the...
Wanna-Be Antihero ‘BLACK ADAM’ A Slave to Formula
Between A Rock and a Hard Place Heroes don’t kill. Or at least that’s what Black Adam tells us, seemingly having forgotten that arguably this same universe’s most famous hero, Batman, himself was beating criminals to a bloody corpse not five years prior. That Black Adam is predicated on the will-he-won’t-he of Dwayne Johnson choosing…
KING CRIMSON AT 50: Light On The Then, Heavy On The Now
IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING: KING CRIMSON AT 50 (Dir. Toby Amies, 2022) Today, Toby Amies’ new documentary about the legendary British...
Full Trailer: Hulu’s “Welcome to Chippendales”
Hulu has premiered the official trailer for its biographical drama series “Welcome to Chippendales” which premieres on November 22nd. Hailing from “Pam & Tommy” creator Robert Siegel, the darkly comedic and crime-ridden story follows Somen ‘Steve’ Banerjee (Kumail Nanjiani), the Indian-American entrepreneur who started the unique male revue label in the late 1970s/early 1980s which […]
THE LONELIEST BOY IN THE WORLD: An Obtuse, Odd Zomedy
Opening in a limited theatrical release somewhere today: THE LONELIEST BOY IN THE WORLD (Dir. Martin Owen, 2022) The genre of the undead flourishes...
‘HALLOWEEN ENDS’ Simultaneously a Weird and Rote Send-Off to a Killer Icon
Evil Goes Viral Even if Halloween Ends is a messy, weird, convoluted, predictable, and only quasi-satisfying conclusion to the 40-plus year Michael Myers saga, you have to give it credit for actually trying something new. For much of director David Gordon Green’s trilogy-capper and alleged conclusion to the franchise (at least for now), Mike Myers is…