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The Following Contains Multiple References to Case Designate “Cloverfield.” Spoilers Ahead for all three Cloverfield films. In the middle of an already impressive night of movie sneak peeks, the viewing audience of Super Bowl LII got an unexpected look at a short trailer tying in the 2008 hit monster movie Cloverfield to a new film called…
The Super Bowl is one of those rare events that draws in viewers across demographics and interests. Sure, folks love their football. But for a significant portion of the massive viewership, the main event takes place outside of the actual game. Maybe you tuned in to Super Bowl LII on Sunday evening for the spectacle…
I seem to remember February movies giving folks options for Valentine’s Day date nights. But for the last few years, the romance entries are limited. The only option in that genre this year would be Fifty Shades Freed. Peter Rabbit looks more romantic and that’s about frenemies who happen to be a farmer and a…
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. This week, a haunted tracker and an inexperienced FBI agent try to solve a murder on tribal land…
Chapter 4 “Inner Anguish” One of my gloved fingers is tapping against my knee. I’m sitting on my bed in a room far too empty and spacious for one human being. The walls are gray and lifeless, and not so much as a chair can be seen on either end of my living quarters….
Boston’s Sci-Fi Film Festival is just around the corner. This year audiences will have the chance to see an upcoming and award-winning film by DC filmmaker Chad Eric Smith. Chad Eric Smith’s short film, Rumination is one of many films that will be shown to audiences at 2018’s Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival. The film just…
The Oscar nominations were announced on Tuesday and I want to discuss two films up for best film of the year that I feel are most important. Lady Bird Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird is almost a typical coming of age story, except the director and the two leads in it are female. Gerwig is only…
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. This week, the line between human and machine becomes all but indistinguishable in Ghost in the Shell. Everyone…
Chapter 3 “Hearing Out Skywalker” Beams of light pierce every inch of my mind. Blue. Red. Black. White. I see him. Kylo. His mouth is turned so far downward that it looks like it might fall right off his face. His dark eyes are determined, but his brows flicker against them in sorrow. He’s…
Comics: the art of telling a story with pictures in a sequential manner. Not to ape Scott McCloud too much, but I’m bringing up this point so that I can make mine. From the Sunday funnies to manga, to the webcomic, comics can be in almost any form. The purpose of this series is to…
Nominations for the 90th annual Academy Awards were announced yesterday morning, which made my Twitter feed a lot of fun: John said I can’t talk shit about any nominated movies so I will simply say Get Out and I,Tonya should win everything also one of the highly nominated movies sucks — christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) January…
If the first season of Netflix’s Cable Girls didn’t have enough drama for you, season 2 is sure to succeed in that. Cable Girls, set in the late 1920s, is drastically ahead of its time. Season 1 focused on girls attempting to work at a cable telephone company, with secrets and thievery. The new season hit…
Vinyl better make room (maybe just a little) because it’s not the only old school medium that music enthusiasts are using these days. Last year showed a 35 percent increase in the sales of cassette tapes with 174,000 units sold in the US, according to Nielsen’s year-end report. If you’re wondering who to thank for…
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. There are not many movies that I flat-out refuse to watch. As it happens, the featured $0.99 pick…
Chapter 2 “Return of Kylo Ren” “What do you want?” I spit. “Why is the force connecting us like this?” He asks as soon as he comes into focus. My heart bangs against my chest. “I-I don’t know…” I rack my brain to figure out why this could possibly be happening. I know how—through…