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There’s Always Been Voter Intimidation. We’re Just Paying Better Attention

The image above of Donald Trump glancing over at his wife, Melania, as she cast her votes made headlines. Who was she voting for? People joked that she was actually voting for Joe Biden over him. Throughout the four years they were the First Family, they seemed to get along like the Hatfields and McCoysContinue reading “There’s Always Been Voter Intimidation. We’re Just Paying Better Attention”

How The “Candyman” Created True Halloween Horror

Every year, authorities tell parents/legal guardians to check their kids candy after trick-or-treating to make sure it hasn’t been tampered with. While most of the time, this isn’t the case, it’s actually based on a true-crime case from 1974. On Halloween night of that year, Timothy O’Bryan, 8, died en route to the hospital withinContinue reading “How The “Candyman” Created True Halloween Horror”

Die Another Day: Movie Characters Who Were Saved From The Final Cut

There are many actors who are notorious for dying on screen. A joke is that every time Sean Bean appears in a movie, his character dies. But there are other actors who have bit the bullet on screen more than he. John Hurt, Billy Drago and Danny Trejo are just a few names of actorsContinue reading “Die Another Day: Movie Characters Who Were Saved From The Final Cut”

‘Dawn Of The Dead’ Is The Quintessential Zombie Apocalypse Movie

George A. Romero wasn’t the first to envision a dystopia world where a virus has turned humans into something else. Richard Matheson did it with I Am Legend which had been turned into The Last Man on Earth and The Omega Man. Then in the late 1960s, he made Night of the Living Dead. TheContinue reading “‘Dawn Of The Dead’ Is The Quintessential Zombie Apocalypse Movie”

‘Nothing But Trouble’ Is Just That

Eric Idle once said of Dan Aykroyd that he was capable of being part of Monty Python troupe. Born in Ottawa, Aykroyd went on to be a part of Second City both in Toronto and Chicago. At 23, he was hired as a writer of Saturday Night Live, but also added to the cast. ThroughContinue reading “‘Nothing But Trouble’ Is Just That”

‘Barbarian’ Clobbers Great Concept

A movie like Barbarian irritates me because there was a great concept with a great beginning that is suddenly lost in the second half due to a character and an absurd plot turn. Even though said character is supposed to be obnoxious, I felt that they are given too much screen time that it destroysContinue reading “‘Barbarian’ Clobbers Great Concept”

Best ‘Simpsons’ Halloween Episode Ever

Granted the heyday of The Simpsons are over and have been over before the line “Simpsons Did It” became part of pop culture phrases. Not many TV shows last as long as The Simpsons now in its 34th season and for very good reason. The show has lost a lot of its touch and itContinue reading “Best ‘Simpsons’ Halloween Episode Ever”

‘The Watcher’ Gives Us Nothing To See Here, Keep Browsing

Netflix’s The Watcher plays like a hybrid of Ryan Murphy fanfiction and it’s own nonsensical multiple-episode documentaries that don’t have a resolution. There are seven episodes in this series and you could’ve spent no more than seven minutes looking online at the true story on which it is based to get the whole story. InContinue reading “‘The Watcher’ Gives Us Nothing To See Here, Keep Browsing”

‘Significant Other’ Is B-Movie Drama/Horror

There’s something about Maika Monroe’s face that portrays an odd sentiment her words can’t say. Earlier this year, she was in Watcher, as a woman alone in Bucharest, Romania when her husband gets a new job that she seems out of place both in the city and among the people there. There’s a language barrierContinue reading “‘Significant Other’ Is B-Movie Drama/Horror”