Peter Swanson’s All the Beautiful Lies is a pretty good psychological thriller, but it’s also emblematic of a male mystery author trope I hate. … More The Male Mystery Author Cliché I Hate: All the Beautiful Lies, by Peter Swanson
An American Werewolf in London is a classic monster movie about an American bitten by a werewolf while traveling abroad. … More Scary Movie Review: An American Werewolf in London
A closer look at Scream, the horror movie that reinvented the genre, and its lasting impact. In it, Sidney Prescott and her friends are menaced by a mysterious Ghostface killer. … More Scary Movie Review: Scream
In this remake of the classic movie A Star is Born, Lady Gaga falls in love with Bradley Cooper and rises to fame while his career stalls as he struggles with addiction. … More A Star is Born is a Sweet and Bleak Movie
A closer look at the classic 1978 horror movie Halloween, in which Michael Myers comes home and terrorizes babysitter Laurie Strode. … More Scary Movie Review: Halloween
The original Friday the 13th is a horror movie classic in with counselors at Camp Crystal Lake are stalked by an unseen killer on the titular day. … More Scary Movie Review: Friday the 13th
2018’s Halloween retcons the franchise in an attempt to get back to the original’s classic vibe, but it gets lost along the way and turns into a bloody mess. … More Halloween 2018 is a Garbage Movie
A deep dive into the original A Nightmare on Elm Street, in which Nancy Thompson learns Freddy Krueger’s backstory and fights him in her dreams. … More Scary Movie Review: A Nightmare on Elm Street
When a rap mogul’s life is in danger, he turns to IQ, a brilliant high school dropout detective, to keep him alive in this first installment of a gritty mystery series. … More IQ, by Joe Ide: Book Review
When a newly married couple experiencing financial difficulty discovers (you guessed it) something in the water on their honeymoon, chaos quickly ensues. … More Honeymoons Can Be Hell: Something in the Water, by Catherine Steadman
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