In Memoriam: Meat Loaf (1947-2022)
A sad bit of news to report today from the House. Noted actor and one of the best-selling and groundbreaking rock stars of all time, Meat Loaf, has passed away at the age… Continue reading
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Movie Review: ‘Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched’
One of the beautiful things about horror as a film genre is that there are so many different subgenres that filmmakers can take their stories into. One distinctly British style of horror is… Continue reading
Movie Review: Don’t Look Up
Plot: When Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) and doctoral candidate Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) confirm that a comet is heading on a collision course for Earth, they immediately move to notify the appropriate… Continue reading
Retro Review: ‘Duck Soup’
When it comes to the comedy genre, few can even be mentioned in the sentence as the Marx Brothers. Their filmography is pretty much a list of classics of the genre from Monkey… Continue reading
In Memoriam: Betty White (1922-2021)
Well, this was certainly not the post I wanted to write to end 2021. Multiple sources from Deadline to TMZ are reporting that longtime actress Betty White has died at the age of… Continue reading
Game of Thrones: An Ending Reimagined
I must admit to a certain level of bias when it comes to Game of Thrones. I’ve been reading the novels (and re-reading and re-reading) since 2005. The HBO television show is my… Continue reading
Have We Lost The Ability To Engage With Art?
Several years ago, I wrote an article for House of Geekery about problematic actors in films, and how that may color how we view certain movies we once loved. Essentially my contention was… Continue reading
Movie Review: Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Second Opinion)
Plot: Bankrupt and out of luck, single Mom Callie Spengler (Carrie Coon) relocates herself and children Phoebe (McKenna Grace) and Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) from New York City to Summerville, Oklahoma. With only a… Continue reading
Movie Review: ‘The French Dispatch’
Director: Wes Anderson Cast: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright, Elisabeth Moss, Anjelica Huston, Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Léa Seydoux, Timothée Chalamet, Lyna Khoudri, Mathieu Amalric, Stephen Park… Continue reading
Noirvember Review: ‘Night and the City’
It has been said that after a war there is opportunity for the nefarious and unscrupulous. Famed Blacklisted filmmaker Jules Dassin, took viewers into such an environment in the shadows of Post World… Continue reading
