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Let’s be clear from the start. This is not Wayward Pines. No Shyamalan twists. No forest conspiracy cults. Instead, Wayward feels like what would happen
September 29, 2025
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Let’s be clear from the start. This is not Wayward Pines. No Shyamalan twists. No forest conspiracy cults. Instead, Wayward feels like what would happen
On Episode #136 of Fear and Loathing in Cinema, the four of us Green boys decided to lace up our metaphorical combat boots and enlist,
Episode #179 of My Bloody Podcast doesn’t so much begin as it laces up its sneakers. Bryan, Preston, and Chelsea, our well-worn trio of cinematic
So yes, Cannes has yachts. Sundance has snow. Venice has gondolas. But only Fantastic Fest has a boxing match between a critic and a director,
And I wish I could say I was surprised. But history is nothing if not repetitive, and antisemitism has always had the tenacity of a
Oddly, the cinematic scene that best captures this ritual isn’t some sepia-toned family drama or even Norman Rockwell’s overly earnest Freedom from Want. No, the
To toast the milestone, Angela Cartwright (Brigitta von Trapp) and Debbie Turner (Marta von Trapp) returned to share stories from the set. It’s those whispered,
Watching Sirāt feels like being pulled into two films at once. On one level, it’s a merciless survival thriller, echoing the kinetic intensity of Mad
They don’t make films like Dolly anymore, or rather, they don’t usually let them out of the editing bay, fearing no one will sit through
In the end, Coyotes is a silly, shapeless howl of a movie that needed either Liam Neeson with a hunting knife or a wisecracking Road
Every so often, a documentary arrives that is less a film than a warm hug from an unexpected direction. A hug that smells faintly of
Primate is not subtle, and it doesn’t pretend to be. It’s a B-movie in spirit and an A-movie in execution, gleefully splattering the screen with
On Episode #135 of Fear and Loathing in Cinema, four cinephiles who, for the episode, style themselves as podcasting pornographers. They slip into something more
On Episode #178 of My Bloody Podcast, three horror aficionados do what any sensible millennials facing sky-high real estate prices would never dare. They metaphorically
Every time I watch that scene, my entire body folds in on itself like a cheap deck chair. Shoulders to ears. Knees to chest. Eyes
Enter Black Rabbit, an eight-episode limited series created by Zach Baylin, who previously wrote King Richard, Creed III, and The Order. This time, Bateman teams
Bryan Kluger and Preston Barta of Dallas, Texas, two men who can quote John Carpenter faster than they can recite their social security numbers, sat
There’s a universal law in the cinematic musical multiverse. If a pop star wanders onto your screen out of the blue, something ridiculous is about
Episode #177 of My Bloody Podcast begins like a bad idea. The kind that usually ends with a bottle of whiskey, an Amazon rental receipt,
Which brings us to the inevitable fan debate, the ending. For the book faithful, there’s a raw, ambiguous power to the final moments that some
On episode #134 of Fear and Loathing in Cinema, the four superhero sidekicks that is Bryan, Dan, Chelsea, and Preston, voluntarily subject themselves to Superman
I landed on a scene from Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, known as Part IV, released in 1984, which, in classic horror-movie fashion, was
On episode #133 of Fear and Loathing in Cinema, the squad piles into the back of a cop car with Martin Lawrence and Luke Wilson
On episode #176 of My Bloody Podcast, Bryan and Preston do what any respectable horror nerds would do with a free evening: they crack open
Which brings us to their second feature, Bring Her Back, a film that asks the ultimate question of grief: “How far would you go to
There are very few things that can make a grown adult reconsider owning dolls, but for me, it all began with one grainy VHS tape
If you’ve spent any time in Texas, you know two things: the brisket is smoked low and slow, and the Dallas Cowboys are God’s chosen
In the annals of American independent cinema, few films have the improbable origin story, and the quiet gravitational pull of Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep.
By now, one would assume Death has better things to do. But no, on the 175th episode of My Bloody Podcast, Bryan, Preston, and Chelsea
By the 132nd episode of Fear and Loathing in Cinema, one begins to wonder if Bryan, Dan, Chelsea, and their revolving door of guests aren’t
