If I said “Trick or Treat” and you cut off my hand, that would be horrifying. But depending on the movie, it might be funny. In the micro-genre of Halloween Horror Comedy, it’s often both. A micro-genre drills down on one idea,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The lameness of this roundup’s title reflects the lameness of a typical winter movie season. January (J) and February (F) are when Hollywood offers a refrigerator review, as movies that haven’t looked appetizing are now acceptable when compared to starvation.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
READ – WATCH – PLAY READ – Paper Girls (TPB). Imagine if The Goonies, The Monster Squad, and The Explorers weren’t complete sausage fests and all the main characters were bad-ass, trash-talking, 12-year-girls. The story is nimble and wild, bouncing you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The transition from summer spectacular to fall failure can be as jarring as this roundup’s title. Heroic space thugs, big-brained simians, deformed kung-fu reptiles, and in-and-out-of-costume super heroes/heroines all offer young adult peril for the young and adult. As in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…