Commentary: ‘Weapons’ Struggles With Tone
Tone is a very important factor in any horror movie. Horror and comedy go together very well — probably because
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‘The Bad Guys 2’ Plans A Home Video Escapade For October
The ne’er-do-well team trying to make good returned recently in The Bad Guys 2, and now Universal is planning to
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Emerald Fennell’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ Looks Surprisingly Surreal
Based on the novel by Emily Brontë, Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) adds elements of BDSM and surrealism to her
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‘Jaws Goes To The Bahamas’ Promises The Story Behind ‘Jaws: The Revenge’
Longtime Comicon.com readers will recall Editor-in-Chief Erik Amaya wrote a weekly column in which he discussed his favorite cheesy movies. One of
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The Haunting Nature Of Grief: ‘My Dead Friend Zoe’ Reviewed
Twenty-six year old spoiler here, but when Bruce Willis was revealed to be a ghost in The Sixth Sense that
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Reviewing Fanhome’s ‘ET The Extraterrestrial’ Build Up Subscription Stages 81-85
Build Stages 81-85 have arrived for my Fanhome ET The Extraterrestrial Build-Up subscription*. Things are getting really exciting. There are
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The Whitest Kids U Know’s ‘Mars’ Gets A 2026 Home Video Release
Mars is just a little bit closer. Whole Grain Pictures recently announced their plans to release the animated film from The Whitest
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Commentary: ‘Weapons’ Never Capitalizes On Its Premise
Premises can serve many different purposes in a story. They can be used merely to tee up a plot and
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Adult Animation Revolution: ‘Arco’ Could Be a Breakout For French Animation
Arco takes the visual iconography of a kid superhero story and grounds its characters within an atmospheric world reminiscent of
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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: ‘Eva Man’ And ‘The Return Of Eva Man’ Reviewed
When Antonio D’Agostino‘s Eva Man was released, it wasn’t widely known that actress Ajita Wilson was trans (in a 47
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Commentary: ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Hits Like ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’
There’s no denying that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a tornado of a phenomenon. What started as an indie comic
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Watch James Gunn Go DVD Hunting On Konbini
James Gunn (Superman, Guardians of the Galaxy) looks back on his cinematic favorites in the Video Club with Konbini. I
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‘Mabuse Lives!’: Reviewing Eureka’s Pulpy German Box Set Of Eccentric Crime Films
Like Dracula, Mabuse is an evil genius who can’t seem to stay dead in Eureka’s six-film Mabuse Lives! box set.
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Wes Craven, Jim Carrey’s ‘The Mask,’ And Danish Suspense Highlight Arrow Video’s November Releases
Arrow Video has your Thanksgiving binge-a-thon all set. The label has a solid lineup of new releases ready for November,
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Deconstructing Comics #850: ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ — Did It Live Up To The Hype?
We’ve been building up to it for months with our reviews of previous Fantastic Four movies. Now it’s here, the
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Something For The Labor Day Weekend: Our Pick Of The Posts
It’s the weekend and for my American chums, that means a long weekend with Labor Fay this Monday. For me,
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Cigarettes And Gary Cooper: ‘Bright Leaf’ Reviewed
Warner Archive provided me with free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this article. The opinions I share are
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Reviewing Fanhome’s ‘Star Wars Darth Vader 1:2 Build Up’ Stages 25-29
The seventh package in my Fanhome Star Wars Darth Vader 1:2 Build Up subscription* arrived this week. This 1:2 scale
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3D Glasses Included: ‘The Glass Web’ Reviewed
Don (John Forsythe) didn’t kill Paula (Kathleen Hughes) – he just had an affair with her but, after finding her
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‘Deathstalker’ Returns With A New Trailer
As some longtime Comicon readers will know, editor-in-chief Erik Amaya has a passion for cheesy movies, but few merit as
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Commentary: ‘Death Of A Unicorn’ Is A True Genre Mashup
Horror and comedy are both very flexible genres. They can get paired very easily with other types of movies. Because
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‘Orwell 2+2=5’ And How George Orwell Predicted The Current War On Truth
Directed by Raoul Peck, Orwell 2+2=5 is a documentary film about writer George Orwell (Animal Farm, 1984) and his fiction’s
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‘This is Not What I Expected’ Deserves Your Attention
Romantic comedy is a genre that many audience members avoid because it can be really cheesy, cheap, and unoriginal. When
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Commentary: ’10 Things I Hate About You’ Reveals The Timelessness Of Shakespeare
A truism: William Shakespeare is considered one of the greatest writers of all time. One of the secrets to his
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You’re Out Of Order: ‘…And Justice For All’ Reviewed
In Al Pacino‘s memoir, Sonny Boy, he doesn’t spend much time on …And Justice For All other than to admit
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Hear Me Out: Save Us, Godzilla. You’re Our Only Hope
Welcome back to ‘Hear Me Out,’ a weekly column dedicated to monsters, asteroids, aliens, and the people who want them
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Reviewing Fanhome’s ‘1:2 Scale Star Wars Darth Vader’ Build-Up Assembly Stages 20-24
The sixth package in my Fanhome Star Wars Darth Vader 1:2 Scale model subscription* has arrived. I’m having a lot
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Commentary: ‘Weapons’ Is A Movie Of Moments
It should come as a surprise to no one that some scenes in a movie are more compelling than others.
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‘Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory’ And ‘aka Charlie Sheen’ Top Our Netflix Picks In September
While the weather has yet to cool, the later half of 2025 draws near. And with that in mind, Netflix
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Commentary: ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Treats A Premise Right
Sometimes stories are built on a crazy premise and the entire plot is built around justifying it. KPop Demon Hunters
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Fantastic Fest 2025 Offers A Killer Film Lineup
Fantastic Fest 2025 celebrates the 20th anniversary edition of the festival with the best in genre films from around the
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