People need a compelling reason to leave their homes and come experience your business with you. This feels like a very heavy lift. . You’re supposed to be exciting enough to pull people away from their phones, their families and the comfort of online shopping. You’re competing with everything else demanding their attention. Here’s the … Read more
No matter how massive the budget or how meticulous the director, filmmaking is a chaotic process. Continuity supervisors track every prop, costume wrinkle, and camera angle, but sometimes small errors sneak through post-production and make it all the way into the final cut. From disappearing objects to modern items in period pieces, these bloopers have … Read more
Sometimes the smallest details in a movie reveal the biggest problems in its logic or world-building. A character’s actions, a setting choice, or a subtle plot device can make you question the story once you notice it. Many of these details are easy to miss on a first watch, but once you see them, they … Read more
Watching television in the 1970s was as much about the ritual as the shows themselves. Families gathered around bulky consoles with wood-panelled cabinets, adjusting rabbit-ear antennas to get the clearest picture. Commercials for cereal, toys, and newfangled gadgets added to whatever happened to be on whichever of the five channels you happened to be watching. … Read more
In 1993 a shift happened in the comic book industry with the launch of Milestone comics. Founded by Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Michael Davis, Christopher Priest, and Derek T. Dingle, these Black entrepreneurs aimed to fill a void by telling complex stories with a diverse array of creatives. The Milestone superhero universe is set in … Read more
Spider-Man: No Way Home’s climactic battle wowed audiences (almost) everywhere at the multiplex when three different Sony-Marvel Spider-Men teamed up to battle some of their greatest foes. Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield both reprised their roles as Peters Parker alongside the latest incarnation of the eternally popular Marvel character, portrayed by Tom Holland, as the … Read more
Even though it’s barely over a year old, DC Comics‘s Absolute Universe has had its share of shocking moments. One of the best occurred in Absolute Evil #1 from October 2025, which introduced this universe’s take on Oliver Queen a.k.a. Green Arrow, only to kill him off a few pages later. The scene upset readers … Read more
At the end of Scream 4, Sidney Prescott learns too late that her cousin Jill, played by Emma Roberts, is a Ghostface killer. Jill has grown up in Sidney’s shadow, forever jealous of the attention and fame that the older woman has received since surviving the first Woodsboro Murders from the original film. Jill bemoans … Read more
You asked for it, and you’ve got it! Earlier this month, I looked back at all the great movies nominated for Best Picture at the 1990s Oscar ceremonies that should have won. It was an opinionated article about a very subjective thing, so naturally, you agreed with some of the movies I chose, disagreed with … Read more
Jane Schoenbrun makes horror movies. Exactly what type of horror movies? That’s hard to say. Their 2021 feature film debut We’re All Going to the World’s Fair and their 2024 breakout I Saw the TV Glow both have something akin to monsters and tense sequences. But the horror comes from something deeper, something inexplicable. In … Read more