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Horror is a dark bastion of the unshackled mind. Allowing access to shadowy intrusive thoughts bleeding out on to an unblemished page. It is a way of exorcising daemons without reprisal. Yet, when a true horror fan meets a non-fan, there is a sense that they are unhinged. Is there something lurking under that sinister…
Not enough space, dear friends, and if there were not nearly enough time, even if I could do little chronology hops like my beloved number Five. The finale of The Umbrella Academy and any potential summation of season one as a whole, would require infinite monkeys at infinite type writers, and I am but one…
Homecoming is a web series that premiered in November of 2018 on Amazon Prime Video, as part of its original programming. The origin of the show is a narrative fictional podcast created by Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg. The same duo created and wrote Homecoming in its web series incarnation. Sam Esmail, of Mr. Robot…
According to a recent study, over 70% of our nation’s employees are looking for new jobs (or at least thinking about making a change). Granted, not all of those workers are unhappy with the type of work they do per se—sometimes people look for new jobs in their current field because they just don’t like…
Every week, the folks at iTunes find a movie they like and make it available to rent for the low, low price of $0.99. I’m here to tell you whether that film is worth your hard-earned dollar. Right then, the featured $0.99 movie this week is the Mila Kunis/Kate McKinnon starring, fish out of water…
A curious consequence of re-watching The Umbrella Academy is watching it through the lens of knowing the end game and where it is going. If, like yours truly, you know the source material, it’s like watching it through bifocals, rose-colored to boot. There was never any mystery, but getting there was a blast. Still, I find…
The Total Newness of Bohemian Rhapsody Bryan Singer kick-started Hollywood’s superhero craze with his 2000 film, X-Men. Singer’s most recent film, Bohemian Rhapsody, may end up being a similarly seminal moment for the movie industry. There has never been a movie like it: a biopic blockbuster with a larger-than-life soundtrack and mainstream appeal. And there…
Gotham has never been known for its subtlety. So it’s no surprise that, with four episodes left in the series, Gotham just comes right out and addresses the question that’s been at the heart of the show’s run over the last four seasons: is Jim Gordon a good person? Or, more specifically, would the city…
(The following contains spoilers for the film Fighting with My Family.) I’ll admit it–I watch professional wrestling. I realize this may come as a shock to those of you who know me since I’m over the age of seven, I can form complete sentences (most of the time), and my parents aren’t related (as far…
I have not, until this moment, reconciled with the notion of disclaiming spoilers. It seems abundantly clear that they will be discussed. But today and for this episode I am going to directly, loudly, full-throated, and emphatically state with a bullet: SPOILERS. Big ones. This episode breaks the dam that absolutely floods the chaos of…
With the newest Marvel blockbuster rapidly approaching, it’s the perfect time to read the comics that inspired the movie. In addition, many of these volumes are on sale on Comixology now! Kelly Sue DeConnick’s Captain Marvel Kelly Sue DeConnick (Bitch Planet, Avengers Assemble) is the person responsible for Carol Danvers even having a movie. Prior…
Someday, perhaps, much further down the line, when all of the recaps are over and done, and I’ve said all the last words on Five and Klaus and everyone else, my notes from The Umbrella Academy could be compiled into a very strange tone poem, full of esoterica and populated by phrases like “oh Ben,…
Directed by Bing Liu, and a nominee at this year’s Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature, Minding the Gap is a film that documents the tumultuous coming of age of three young men from Rockford, Illinois: Keire Johnson, Zack Mulligan, and Bing Liu himself – all three of them skateboarders. It is Liu’s first feature…
Since this is the first “For the Horde” review, I need to introduce myself. I’m mommy, geek and writer, in that order. I recently watched several series that were marketed to children, only to find they were laced with sexual innuendo and things, I’d rather my horde not see at their ages. The other things…
Bob Belcher isn’t a complicated guy. Or a very talented one. He’s not good at building or fixing things, he’s not very athletic, and he’s not even that great at running a business. It’s true that he’s the smartest guy in the room most of the time, but that’s just because everyone else in town…