The spookiest of seasons is upon us, and to appease the Ancient Gods of junk culture, nothing is closer to those old penny dreadfuls which saw the birth of Gothic Romances from Victorian times (spawning those scary, gory, and graphic stories appealing to humanity’s most primal and darkest inst...
Read MoreWhen it comes to iconic horror/Halloween characters, I think there are really two major categories. You’ve got the classic monsters like those popularized on film by Universal beginning in the 1930’s, and then, of course, the less fantastical serial killers and slashers. Today, we’re going to ...
Read MoreWelcome back to You Should Be Watching, my weekly recommendation of movie and TV offerings that don’t get the attention they deserve. This week for our last Halloween pick of the year, we’ll be time traveling with John Hurt in Roger Corman’s Frankenstein Unbound. Adapted from the n...
Read MoreLike most fans, I’ve heard several stories about a potential Star Wars live action TV show. First, former Lucasfilm executive Rick McCallum talked about the idea for a show called Star Wars: Underworld seemingly being developed in tandem with a still in the works Clone Wars animated TV series. Af...
Read More“Immortal” appears to be a relative term, as Deadline exclusively reports that Netflix has officially canceled Iron Fist. The streaming service and Marvel made a joint statement to Deadline today, in which they revealed that the series – part of Marvel’s Netflix block about street-level hero...
Read MoreWarner Bros. is hooked on a feeling as Deadline reports that the studio has hired to James Gunn to write and possibly direct the sequel to Suicide Squad. Disney fired the director of the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies Guardians of the Galaxy and Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 in July amid much con...
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