In Ari Aster’s nightmarish Midsommar, a group of graduate students travel to a remote Swedish community to study its unique religious beliefs. Eager to escape the tragedy of her parent’s murder/suicide perpetrated by her sister, Dani (Florence Pugh) asks her… Read More ›
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DRAUG reminds us of older stories
There’s a charm and beauty to the stark Viking-themed horror film, DRAUG, where these gorgeous, dark forests seem to echo with the terror of old monsters. A Christian warrior with his foster daughter journey into the dark forests to seek… Read More ›
Breaking: Ad Astra Exec Confirms Brad Pitt Cast as The Vampire Louis to Traverse Space
By Emilia Barrett Speaking on condition of anonymity at a three martini breakfast, a former casting exec recalled the events leading to the studio’s pursuit of Brad Pitt for the role. “It had such a boring inner monologue of a… Read More ›
Skynet is gone. Legion has taken over.
I have a lot of things in my head right now. I’m teaching books that aren’t easy to leave at the door: Maus, a book about the Holocaust, and The Things They Carried, which if you don’t know is one… Read More ›
“Advantageous” directed by Jennifer Phang is a stark, feminist gaze upon body transfer and corporate dystopia
“That was an opportunity I didn’t want to pass up, because who funds short sci-fi about women’s issues?” – Jennifer Phang, interviewed for Wired about Advantageous So, I discovered this quiet, little gem of a film in the Netflix backlog.It… Read More ›
Pokemon Movie Reviews: Minccino Reviews LAUNDROMAT
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Christmas Specials for Fans of the Fantastic
By definition, the very notion of Santa Claus riding down from the toy workshop hidden in the frosty wasteland of the North Pole to deliver toys to all the good boys and girls of the world in a single nocturne… Read More ›
The History of Time Travel
Time is never ending, moving backward and forward only in our minds. As far as we know, the technology for time travel doesn’t exist. Yet any writer worth their salt who employs the trope knows that time travel will appear… Read More ›