Weeping Angels On Your Phone
In playing Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins, I accidentally took a screenshot of a blurry image of a statue. You’d better believe I deleted that from […]
Reviews
Cinequest 2021: Death Of A Rockstar
Te morituri, röck and röll. They did say that in the gladiator arenas, didn’t they? If not, let’s say they will in our future history, […]
Cinequest 2021: Slapface
Is there a relationship more special than that of a boy and his monster? Certainly the Virago doesn’t think so. After Lucas (August Maturo) and […]
Cinequest 2021: Six Minutes To Midnight
It’s two weeks before the start of World War II. As schoolgirls take their exercise on a British beach, one of their teachers finds himself […]
Cinequest 2021: Drive All Night
If you’ve walked in downtown San Jose by day, you might not have thought of it as a David Lynchian landscape. Maybe not even walking […]
Cinequest 2021: A Sexplanation
Let’s talk about sex. In documentarian Alex Liu’s mind, we don’t talk about it enough, or if we do, it’s not honestly enough. We may have […]
Cinequest 2021: A Hard Problem
“A memory is precious because it can be forgotten.” So memories get set in books, clothes, bric-a-brac, objects to sum up who a person was. […]
Cinequest 2021: Welcome To The Show
At a Cinequest years ago, I sat at a hotel bar with a director who specialized in interactive theater. He told me he thought it […]
Cinequest 2021: Everything In The End
Everything ends. That’s what gives it meaning. Or maybe it is all just meaningless. This may not be the year for you to contemplate that, […]
Two Cups Of Blood: Dracula Vs. King Arthur
“This is the cup of my blood; the new and everlasting covenant.” – Matthew, 26:28 Whether you are a Christian or not, you know the […]
Cinequest 2021: Echoes Of Violence
Sometimes it isn’t about bad things happening to good people. Sometimes bad things happen to bad people that are out of whack with how bad […]
Before The Finale, Martha Returns
Because you demanded it — yes, actually we got a request on the YouTube channel — Martha Garcia returns to talk about what it’s like […]
Superman And Lois: The Greatest Adventure Is Parenting
If you are a die-hard Superman fan, the first five minutes of Superman and Lois offers everything you could want. A quick run-through of the series’ […]
Uncovering Invisible Men: The Trailblazing Black Artists Of Comic Books
Most worked in “shops” where their main employers had no idea who they were. A couple passed as white. No matter: in the early days […]
MarthaVision: How Does WandaVision Play To The Average Viewer?
“Are you watching Wandavision, and are you able to explain in laymen’s terms what the F is going on, for those of us who’ve only […]
All The World Fears A Clown: Black Mask’s Pirouette
“The clowns do what they want, when they want.” Deep down, you probably suspected that. A grizzled malevolent clown calling himself The Duke hisses that […]
A Giant From The Unknown Returns
It wasn’t every Friday night I could sneak out to the family room at 11:30 and watch Creature Features. By middle school, though, it had […]
Supernatural Crimes In Manila: Trese Volume 1
A young woman lies dead on Balete Drive. It looks like a hit and run, just another sad and all too common tragedy. But it’s […]
Take Holiday Cheer From Star Trek’s Mirror Universe
Maybe a trip to Star Trek’s Mirror Universe doesn’t scream holiday cheer, but this ornament collection from Hallmark will still be something you want under […]
Crossover To The Department Of Truth
It is the day after a political pundit has been banned from YouTube and Twitter for calling for public beheadings. A believer in QAnon has […]