A Review of mother!, or How I Learned to Stop Being Dubious and Write Something about This Film
“Whatever exists, [the judge] said. Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent.” – Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West “There’s imagery there. The religious text is great mythology. Out of that…
Streaming Weekly September 2017 2.0
A brand new week, a brand new set of streaming picks to prioritize in your streaming queues. Our fabulous contributors are constantly at the ready to deliver exactly what you need for an (almost) fall Friday night. Enjoy these recommendations and have…
Oh! The Horror… | of IT (2017)
My personal history with the image of, specifically, Tim Curry’s 1990 incarnation of Pennywise the Clown is mired in chronological uncertainty and revisionist history. I don’t remember when I first came in contact with film, let alone the clown. When…
Review| To The Bone
It’s very apparent when you watch To The Bone that this story is authentic and extremely real to the people who are telling it. While difficult to watch at times, and I can imagine especially so for anyone who is…
Streaming Weekly September 2017 1.0
You blink and summer has disappeared. All of a sudden, it’s Labor Dabor and the school year has started. Before you know it, the weather will turn cooler and Fall will officially sweep in. Put aside all your fretting and trust…
Game of Thrones S07E07 – The Dragon and The Wolf
Well, now we’re all feeling it. You know, that gaping hole of emptiness in your chest left after the season finale of your favorite show. Why do things have to end, anyway? Who came up with that rule? Rhaegardless, if…
Oh! The Horror… | of Anthologies
There is something deeply satisfying about how peoples’ stories intersect and collide in the strangest ways. One of my good friends was recounting how he had gone to see the metal band, The Sword, in Fort Worth at Lola’s. As…
Game of Thrones S07E06 – Beyond the Wall
You know, sometimes you can figure out what is going to happen on this show. Book reader or not, the writers set up the good stuff and leave you on the edge of your seat before they spike it to…
Game of Thrones S07E05 – Eastwatch
Hoo boy there’s a lot goin on this week, and I don’t just mean in our favorite fantasy land of Westeros. Tough decisions are being made, old friends are reemerging from the depths of Flea Bottom, and the dead are…
Oh! The Horror… | of a Silent Scream
I was raised on a healthy diet of classic film and television growing up, everything from It Happened One Night to My Three Sons and so on. Once I set my sights on horror as a genre, it would not be long until…