If you are a victim or have been affected by sexual assault, you are not alone. You are loved, you are supported, you are believed. The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) has set up a National Sexual Assault Hotline; available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call 1-800-656-4673 For more information, […]
Lately, investing in a Tim Burton ticket has felt like a bit of a roll of the dice. So I’ll just get this out of the way: While it doesn’t break the new conceptual ground of an Edward Scissorhands or a Beetlejuice, this is an entertaining journey that nicely blends Burton’s trademark aesthetics with adapted […]
A certain subset of the genre-focused audience at Fantastic Fest entered Colossal completely in the dark as to the premise. They were visibly restless for the first few minutes as we saw Big City Party Girl Gloria evicted from her cushy apartment by her boyfriend, Tim, and move back to A Small Town to recuperate […]
Since the early history of science fiction, the narrative of first contact with an alien civilization has been mined deeply and well for commentary about how we interact within our own. It’s a wonderful metaphor, because it’s prismatic and adaptable – a Swiss army knife of a thought problem one author can use to speak […]
There’s simply no denying it. Even the most jaded television consumer has to admit that the medium is entering, if not a new golden age, a new high plateau. One can almost trace a line of strong television storytelling starting with HBO’s BAND OF BROTHERS and DEADWOOD and follow it on to more contemporary shows […]
It seems like every year at Fantastic Fest, there’s a movie that is really solid, that doesn’t seem like it gets any attention. Maybe because it played up against a big Hollywood release. Maybe the second time the movie played it was up against a sleeper hit or a buzz screening. Point being, it […]
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