Is Your Apartment Haunted By A Japanese Pop Star? ‘Liza The Fox-Fairy’ Reviewed
There are movies you enjoy and there are movies that aren’t your cup of tea, but it’s not everyday that
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Beyond ‘The Twilight Zone’: An Interview With ‘Serling’ Author Alan Sepinwall
With movies, attention tends to be paid to directors, not screenwriters, but on television, writers are sometimes shown a little
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Talking ‘Archie’s Christmas Spectacular’ With Ian Flynn And Dan Parent
Office gift exchanges are often presented as a reward, but they can be stressful, too, as anyone who’s ever had
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Talking ‘Herne And Shuck: Storming The Stone’ With David Barnett And Lee Milmore; Plus *Exclusive* Sneak Peek
With Caris back in St. Michael’s clutches, Herne can use all the help he can get, but will podcasters be
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The Minions Go Hollywood: ‘Minions & Monsters’ Reviewed
Minions — are they really irresistible or is it possible to be immune to their charms? Deciding to make the
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If Only Other Gangster Films Were This Good: Jonathan Glazer’s ‘Sexy Beast’ Reviewed
Usually the idea of completing “one last job” is associated with hubris. It’s not enough to walk away with your
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Talking ‘Undercover Monster’ With A.C. Medina, Mina Elwell, And Kit Wallis
Mia has been kicked out of a lot of monster schools, but she’s never been enrolled at a human school
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An Interview With ‘Beyond The Border: Latino Representation in Hollywood’ Co-Directors Clara And Julia Kuperberg
Latino representation has not always been great in Hollywood. Latino characters haven’t even always been played by Latino actors, and
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‘Gilmore Girls’ Weather Approaches: A Review Of The Complete Series Set
Back when the fall TV season used to mean something, before streaming meant new shows crop up all year round
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An Interview With ‘Charles Grodin: Rebel With A Cause’ Director James L. Freedman
Whether he was being pursued by Robert DeNiro in Midnight Run or appearing on a talk show, Charles Grodin could
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Nuns Against Nazis: Frank Borzage’s ‘Till We Meet Again’ Reviewed
A nun, surrounded by children and doves, recites a litany that’s interrupted by gunshots. This is WWII France and the
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Court’s In Session: Reviewing John Ford’s ‘Sergeant Rutledge’
Released the same year as Harper Lee‘s book but two years before To Kill A Mockingbird became a motion picture,
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Talking ‘You Are On Native Land’ With Anthology Editor Sarah Brunstad
MMIW stands for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. We shouldn’t live in a world where it’s necessary to have such
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‘Wizard Of Oz’ But Stranger: Reviewing Radiance’s ‘Malpertuis’
It’s one thing for Jan (Mathieu Carrière) to turn down his shipmates’ invite to join them, as they use their
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Exclusive Preview: Talking ‘Archie’s Halloween Spectacular’ With Ian Flynn And Bill Galvan
Nothing ruins a night of trick-or-treating more than getting chased by a house. Archie and his friends are about to find
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An Unsung Dan Duryea Noir: Reviewing Kino Lorber’s ‘Walk A Tightrope’
Early in Frank Nesbitt’s Walk a Tightrope, Lutcher (Dan Duryea) takes shelter near a police box while the woman he’s
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Hanna With A K: Reviewing Costa-Grava’s ‘Hanna K.’
In 1983, there weren’t films being made in Hollywood about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict sympathetic to the latter. For that reason,
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Introducing Deanna Durbin: Universal’s ‘Three Smart Girls’ Reviewed
Back when Kino Lorber was releasing some of Deanna Durbin‘s films on Blu-ray, the one bummer was that while Three
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Joan Crawford Double Feature: ‘Letty Lynton’ And ‘Strange Cargo’
Warner Archive provided me with free copies of the Blu-Rays I reviewed in this article. The opinions I share are
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Beware Of Wolves And Mountain Spirits: Reviewing Deaf Crocodile’s ‘DEFA Fairy Tales’ Collection
No one is ever too old for fairy tales but in case you might be needing a reminder that there
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Taking Scarlet Witch Back To School: An Interview With ‘House Of Harkness’ Writer Preeti Chhibber
Long before the events of WandaVision and Agatha All Along, even witches have to devote time to learning their craft.
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Talking ‘The Dirt Beneath The Devil’ With Dan Panosian And David Ferracci
June didn’t know her father in life, but she’s about to get a crash course on the people who were
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Talking ‘A Mischief Of Magpies’ With Simon Spurrier And Matías Bergara
“Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?” Queen fans will know these lines as the opening lyrics to
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Walking The Crooked Lanes And Talking 2000 AD’s ‘Nightmare New York’ With Kek-W And Dave Roach
The last time we saw Lil (in Prog 2456), she was in Paris but that was 1899. Book 2 of
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Sci-Fi Double Feature: ‘Unearthly Stranger’ And ‘Soylent Green’
It’s the 4th of July at the time of writing and I don’t know if you’ve heard, but it’s a
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Warner Archive’s ‘7 Faces Of Dr. Lao’ Reviewed
Warner Archive provided me with a free copy of the Blu-Ray I reviewed in this article. The opinions I share
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Talking Dark Horse’s ‘Skate Ali’ With Co-Writer Sam Humphries
Skating may be illegal in the future, but that’s not going to stop Ali from getting on a board. In
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Writers Ben Winters, Corinna Bechko, And Patrick Horvath Chat About Oni Press’ New Archie Slate
It doesn’t get more comforting than seeing familiar friends in new stories. Whether your preference is classic Archie, witchcraft (courtesy
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Pride Month 2026: An Interview With ‘Queer And How We Got Here’ Author Hazel Newlevant
Untangling history can be daunting, which is why books like Hazel Newlevant‘s Queer and How We Got Here: A(Personal) History are
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Medieval Times Double Feature: ‘The Black Shield Of Falworth’ And ‘Knights Of The Teutonic Order’
Let the jousting begin with this double dose of knightly cinema: Rudolph Maté‘s The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
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Tribeca 2026: An Interview With ‘Hollywood Does Abortion’ Co-Director Janet Goldwater
Hollywood might not make the laws but it can influence how people perceive certain issues. Such is very much the
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