Revisiting the film of Stephen King’s Children Of The Corn III: Urban Harvest

The third Children Of The Corn movie is a step up, and a really fun movie… It also got good reviews, so its got that going for it. Even with the brainwashing corn. Theres also a certain Nicholas Brendon in his feature film debut as Basketball Player One. The films ending is probably the biggest let down. Scariest moment:Scared of having your face melted off? Theres a death for that!...

October 16, 2017 · 1 min · 156 words · Terrance Cruz

South Park: The Fractured but Whole Review

South Park: The Fractured but Whole is a worthy follow-up to The Stick of Truth. Here is our review! Its one of those rare franchise tie-ins thats actually, you know, really, really good. Ad content continues below Get a Free Trial of GameFly on Us! The original games core formula isnt tampered with all that much here, which is a good thing. The games difficulty slider, for example, changes your characters skin tone....

October 16, 2017 · 1 min · 203 words · James Davis

The Deuce Episode 6 Review: Why Me?

ThisThe Deucereview contains spoilers. And now, frankly,The Deucereally is doing just that. sets up two narrative threads away from the Hi-Hat. Its quite the narrative hat trick when porn is treated as anupgradefor a womans health. As Eileen helpfully tells a fellow up-and-comer later in the hour, The cameras the john. In this case, that means the pleasure is for a lens, not her man. How could it be when he is obviously imagining shes a man?...

October 16, 2017 · 2 min · 255 words · Lisa Fowler

Vice Principals Season 2 Episode 5 Review: A Compassionate Man

Russell’s birthday party produces fireworks on an explosive Vice Principals. ThisVice Principalsreview contains spoilers. Another solid installment,Vice Principalskeeps finding interesting things to do while largely ignoring the Who Shot Gamby? thread that threatened to control the course of the season. When Christine explodes later in the episode, I found myself pumping my fist. Gamby tries to reconnect with Snodgrass, only to find her content in her new relationship with Brian....

October 16, 2017 · 2 min · 227 words · Jennifer Hull

Wonderstruck Review

Wonderstruck is an ambitious attempt at a children’s film by Todd Haynes. But for all its visual beauty, it misses the mark. Todd Haynes is a unique case among the breed we dub auteurs. Unfortunately, it can also lead to some of the best intentioned misfires. Wonderstruckis a complementary contrast of styles and world-building. Both stories follow runaway children with more similarities than initially meets the eye as they take Manhattan....

October 16, 2017 · 1 min · 134 words · Joseph Ho

The Politics and Weirdness of Shade the Changing Girl

Cecil Castellucci tells us about what informs the strangeness of Young Animal’s Shade the Changing Girl. Den of Geek: So whats next for Shade, the Changing Girl? Castellucci:I cant really talk about that yet. We just did issue #12 which left our girl Shade in a precarious position. She now has ownership of her body. Shes learned a lot about the nature of feelings and humanity. Now shes going to explore what life can be....

October 15, 2017 · 3 min · 493 words · Margaret Wade

Power Rangers Ninja Steel Episode 17 Review: Monkey Business

ThisPower Rangers Ninja Steelreview contains spoilers. I would have bet money on it. They feel like teenagers. Couldnt you be reliable?But you say you love me just the way I am. That is something actual human beings would say. Its not academy award winning stuff but after non stop THIS. its a breath of fresh air. Hayley and Calvin are having a small fight because shes mad at how he brushes off being late....

October 14, 2017 · 2 min · 421 words · Douglas Johnson

The Evil Within 2 Review

Get a Free Trial of GameFly on Us! Revelations abound in this downright weird mystery involving science experiments, multiple dimensions, and a fathers unwavering love. These milestone moments do a good job of upping the ante and advancing the narrative. The problem is thatThe Evil Within2s moment-to-moment storytelling is quite bad. Thats especially true of the games downright awful voice acting. Maybe it is, but that does little to make the experience any more enjoyable....

October 14, 2017 · 2 min · 228 words · Tracy Cruz

Lore Season 1 Review (Spoiler-Free)

In practice, however,Loreplays much differently than an adaptation of a new media property like a podcast. Its really a public access or PBS-style edutainment program. Theyll need shows likeLore. Loreis more than just shrewd business move from a shrewd business entity, its also a decent enough show. Ad content continues below Lorecomes from the mind of Boston-based writer Aaron Mahnke. Mahnke turned his own fascination with history, the macabre, and macabre history into a modest podcasting empire....

October 13, 2017 · 2 min · 326 words · Jeff Harvey

Lore: The Challenges of Adapting a Scary Podcast

The X-Files Glenn Morgan has a spooky vision for the TV adaptation of podcaster Aaron Mahnkes dark historical tales. Lore, a folklore podcast from supernatural fiction writer Aaron Mahnke, adheres to that concept. Mahnkes project spread faster than any of the folklore he covers in each episode. Nearly six million monthly listeners return every two weeks to hear Mahnke hawk dark historical tales and otherworldly myths. Hence after just six months of producing the podcast, Mahnke was fielding calls from Hollywood....

October 13, 2017 · 3 min · 449 words · Susan Perez

Revisiting Alan Parker’s Angel Heart

Has Mickey Rourke ever had as good a role as he got in Angel Heart? Many critics at the time didnt actually think it did. It failed even to recoup its $18 million budget at the box office. A contemporary review from the Washington Post criticised the film as over-stylised, but over-stylisation is almost the point. Our heros journey is unexpected, and almost cruel in its unsentimental unravelling. The story is wrapped up neatly, but not satisfyingly....

October 13, 2017 · 1 min · 93 words · Brittany Carr

Riverdale Season 2 Episode 1 Review: Chapter 14 – A Kiss Before Dying

The Riverdale Season 2 premiere gets the CW’s Archie drama off to a captivating start. The shockwaves of Freds shooting have immediate impact on the other characters as well. Wait and see on this one. In the immediate aftermath of the Thornhill fire, Cheryl is more empowered than ever before. Then theres the matter of Ms. Grundy, who has moved to the neighboring town of Greendale. It certainly seems as if someone is targeting those close to Archie....

October 13, 2017 · 2 min · 329 words · Nathan White

The Good Place Season 2 Episode 5: Existential Crisis

The Good Place gives us the Ted Danson-in-existential-crisis showcase weve deserved all along. Existential Crisis helps to rectify that. And thats a good thing! I always wondered why Michael Schur mentioned he reached out toLostcreator Damon Lindelof when developingThe Good Place. On the surface it makes some sense. Both shows deal with big psychological questions and even incorporated flashbacks. The version of the show presented in Existential Crisis, however, is fairlyLost-ian....

October 13, 2017 · 2 min · 374 words · James Ruiz