Movies

The number one movie at the Halloween weekend box office was Saw 3D, knocking Paranormal Activity 2 out of the top spot. Adding the 3D gimmick and advertising itself as the movie in which "the traps come alive," this seventh installment is purported to Read More

A couple of years ago I featured the Saw franchise as part of Fan Art Friday's October horror celebration. Today the supposed final chapter in the Saw series releases in theaters, so we're returning to Jigsaw and his games one more time to close out Read More

What better time than Halloween to come up with a list of top films and books based on nutter Ed Gein's grisly habit of wearing his mother's torso as a face? Here's a list of my favorite Ed-Gein-based movies and books. Read More

Paranormal Activity is one of the most successfully and genuinely scary movies ever made, but its sequel falls short. Here are five reasons for its failure to deliver. Read More

With Halloween quickly approaching, I decided to feature my all-time favorite Halloween movie in this week's Fan Art Friday. The spotlight is on Michael Dougherty's holiday masterpiece, Trick R Treat, and its adorably devilish antagonist Sam. Read More

Watching this film reminded me of the famous passage from the Gospel According to Mark that asks, "What good is it for a man to gain the world and lose his own soul?" Believe me, the irony isn't lost on me that such a passage would be attributed to a Read More

It's October, and that means it's time for Fan Art Friday's annual month-long fright feature! Each Friday in October we'll be featuring a different horror character or fandom, and it's all starting this year with Doctor Frankenstein, his monster, and Read More

Star Wars fan and guitar enthusiast Travis Stevens built an electric guitar out of a vintage Millennium Falcon playset. It even lights up! Read More

You have to love a post-apocalyptic world where everyone always has time to do their make-up. The fourth film in the Resident Evil series is better than the previous one, but that's hardly a compliment. It's sloppy, pretty, stupid, fun, and IN YOUR Read More

Resident Evil Afterlife hits theaters this weekend and brings back the Umbrella Corporation and a bunch of nasty creatures. I previously featured the Resident Evil franchise in a FAF a while back, but this week is all about Alice, the heroine of the Read More

Machete features cartoon-like violence that surpasses that of Rodriguez's previous homage to exploitation cinema and simultaneously addresses the timely issue of immigration along the border in a comical, yet respectful manner. Read More

Being both an orchestra and a Star Wars dork, I seriously had to see this. I happened to be at a computer right at noon the day the tickets went on sale, and managed to snag us front row! I was super excited and so was the boyfriend, who is a big SW fan Read More