Nick Frost Tries to ‘Get Away’
“We’ve taken a holiday to a Swedish horror film.” I really, really hope that quote is on the movie poster…
comedy
When Marriage and Monsters Meet
Can a young couple make a go of their arranged marriage while fighting supernatural evil? Love has been built on less…
Happy Nerd Year 2024!
Nerdweek News returns to start 2024 off right — gently mocking the end of 2023 in nerditry. Good-bye to the DCEU and hello, Dune the Musical!
Amie Enriquez Is No Lightweight
Amie Enriquez turned her experience with eating disorders into a show with comedy, ghosts, and puppets… but probably not ghost puppets.
Filmmaker Wes Hurley Dreams Of America
Growing up queer in the Soviet Union but sustained by Hollywood comedies, young Wes Hurley was brought to America by his mother where he flourished.
WonderCon 2022: Lumpia With A Vengeance
It’s an eggroll. But did you know that in the right hands, it can be a deadly weapon? In fact, in the right hands, that […]
Foo Fighters Fight Demons, Not Foo
Not every rock band can play fictional versions of themselves the way the Beatles could. But if any band can do it and make us […]
Carlos And Jill-Michele And Mobsters And Zombies
Multi-talented comedians Carlos Alazraqui and Jill-Michele Meleán love working together, so they collaborated on the new horror comedy Witness Infection. When two mob families are put […]
Cinequest 2021: I Make Good Sounds At Parties
If a short film can cover insecurity, trauma, heartbreak, and hope in 8 minutes while telling a coherent story through a clever lens, you have […]
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 […]
Mumblypeg: Truth Or Dare
It’s the week before Halloween, so time to post this 1995 sketch about the scariest people on the planet: tween girls! Gale Brennan, John Mannion, […]
Cinequest 2020: Love Type D
Have you ever been dumped? Have you only ever been dumped? Maybe there’s a gene that explains why you are always the one getting dumped? […]
Cinequest 2020 John Pinette: You Go Now
I have a rule, and your mileage may vary with it. When I want to find the comedians whose work will really stand the test […]
Cinequest 2020: Survival Skills
So you’ve joined the police force of Middletown, U.S.A. It’s a fairly quiet place, but there are a few things you’re going to need to […]
Cinequest 2020: The Mimic
1 in 25 people is a sociopath. That’s not a random factoid to be funny; it’s a citation from Harvard psychologist Dr. Martha Stout, in […]
Flashback Friday: The Last Time We Got A New Batman
When news broke yesterday that Warner Bros. plans to cast Robert Pattinson as Batman, the internet went crazy. (It’s not a done deal, but it’s […]
Cinequest Flashback: “The Brownlist”
In what has to be a record for fastest time between the great Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival and one of the shorts getting released […]
Cinequest 2019: “The Brownlist”
Hollywood’s diversity problem won’t be solved in 6 minutes. But that is enough time to laugh at it. If you want to make Hollywood’s Brownlist, […]
Cinequest 2019: “Made Public”
In a world dominated by social media, we may be reaching the point where some people can’t make a decision without crowd sourcing. That’s not […]
Cinequest 2019: Bite Me
Vampires officially crossed into the mainstream long ago. The world premiere of Bite Me at Cinequest only reaffirms the popularity of the genre; however, Bite Me […]
