by johncsj@yahoo.com | Sep 3, 2014 | New
There was a dazed, even murky melancholy charm to the wandering mess that was Monsters back in 2010. Hell, we didn’t even see the monsters themselves until near the end of the film. Anyone expecting more of that dreamy, eerie ambiguity shouldn’t be looking at...
by johncsj@yahoo.com | Aug 28, 2014 | Blog, New
Rumors and speculation about The Congress has been floating around the ethertubes for quite a while. Now we’ll all get a chance to see it as it premieres in L.A. and New York on Friday and everywhere else in a couple of week. Hell of a cast: Robin Wright, Harvey...
by johncsj@yahoo.com | Aug 28, 2014 | Blog, New
Stolen word for word from The Daily Beast: Anthropologist Christine R. Yano pissed off fans worldwide Wednesday at a Hello Kitty retrospective when she revealed that the company behind Hello Kitty, Sanrio, told her Hello Kitty is not a cat. “Hello Kitty is not a cat....
by johncsj@yahoo.com | Aug 26, 2014 | Blog, New, Under the Dome
Does anything really important happen this week? Not really. A little of the old in-out, maybe, but mostly just a lot of people running around bumping into each other. Like a Moliere farce, but boring. Q: Is this what horror and science fiction on the major TV...
by johncsj@yahoo.com | Aug 21, 2014 | Blog, New
Show of hands: how many of us think dolls are creepy? Like the creepiest thing this side of clowns? Just as we suspected. Everybody. James Wan and his peeps may not be the most original purveyors of modern cinem-horror, but one thing’s for sure: they deliver the...
by johncsj@yahoo.com | Aug 19, 2014 | Blog, New, Under the Dome
Completely random plot twists in one of the least convincing “apocalypses” on TV, and yet another new character. But at least Crazy Dwight Yoakam’s back! First: The opening narration! Oh my GOD, they heard us! Seriously! We bitched for weeks that the intro kept...