Day: June 20, 2026

Zach Weintraub is known for hyper-realistic, slice-of-life character studies (The International Sign for Choking, Slackjaw). Assets & Liabilities marks a fascinating pivot where he injects genre-thriller DNA directly into his usual mumblecore-adjacent aesthetics. He plays Zach, who wonders how he went from skating DIY parks and staying up until 4 AM listening to minor-chord punk […]

If you ever wondered what happens when the theater world’s hyper-progressive cancel culture collides head-on with MAGA counter-culture in the middle of the Georgia woods, American Theater is the answer. Directed by Nicholas Clark and Dylan Frederick, this 2025 Slamdance Grand Jury Prize winner plays out like a real-world, bizarro-universe Waiting for Guffman. The film […]

I should not have seen this movie at nine or ten years of age, nor should I have read the magazine. I should have been blissfully ignorant of the mindblowing nature of what I was about to see and waited until I was ready, but here we are, literally forty years later, and not a […]

After the absolute mess of a psychological fake-out that was Part V: A New Beginning, the fans were ready to riot. Paramount originally wanted to transition the franchise into a new trilogy with a completely different killer, hinting that a traumatized Tommy Jarvis would inherit the hockey mask. Thankfully, audiences hated that idea so much […]

I’ve been thinking about that song “Hobo Humpin’ Slobo Babe” by Whale a lot. The song is pretty crazy, best described as a dancy punky ditty about, well, who the fuck knows what it’s about. The video is even stranger, highlighted by lead singer Cia Berg cavorting about with red frizzy hair and braces. The […]

In 1982, you could not read a comic book without seeing the ad for Megaforce. It’s the first hype I can truly remember, save for the similar ad strategy for 1977’s Orca. As a ten-year-old chubby geek, I needed to know all about Ace Hunter and his crew of super soldiers. I wondered, “As a small child […]