★★★ Genre-bending queer movies are my bread and butter, so seeing Body Blow amongst the Fantastic Fest lineup was just a no-brainer. To call it bizarre would be an understatement—this oddball flick has it all, from cock cages to promiscuous sex, from drag queens to hidden breastplate drugs. Every character has one form or another … Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2025: Body Blow
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Fantastic Fest 2025: Bad Haircut
★★★★ A preposterously funny, wickedly entertaining horror/comedy feels like the perfect match to debut at genre-heavy Fantastic Fest. Enter: Bad Haircut, a campy title that evolves past horny teen comedy into a bonafide horror mashup with heart. At its zany center, the off-kilter Mick (Frankie Ray)—who should affectionately be described as an overly enthusiastic barber … Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2025: Bad Haircut
Fantastic Fest 2025: The Curse
★★★ Taiwanese import The Curse comes to Fantastic Fest with some lofty expectations, arriving well after the height of the J-horror craze. Admittedly, there is a lot of fun to be had from that subgenre of horror, spooky ghost girls and all. From The Ring to The Grudge to Suicide Club and everything in between, … Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2025: The Curse
TV Review: Haunted Hotel – Season 1
From the creators of Rick and Morty comes a horror-tinged Netflix oddity with a killer hook. At a breezy ten episodes, Haunted Hotel is an easy-to-recommend binge that pays tribute to all manner of genre iconography. Along for the ride is an all-star vocal cast that perfectly fit their respective roles. The five core roles … Continue reading TV Review: Haunted Hotel – Season 1
Film Review: Chain Reactions
★★★★ Fifty years after Tobe Hooper unleashed his singular vision, aptly titled The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, unique documentary Chain Reactions takes a deeply personal examination at the film’s legacy from multiple viewpoints. Structured as a series of video essays from five distinct voices—Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Stephen King, and Karyn Kusama—this one … Continue reading Film Review: Chain Reactions
TV Review: Gen V – Season 2
Welcome back to Godolkin University, a sprawling campus overflowing with unique budding superheroes and a chaotic underground plot to overthrow the power of Homelander. In the interim between seasons, a lot has changed for the denizens of Gen V. Most notably, Chance Perdomo, who played one of the leads, Andre, tragically passed away. This lead … Continue reading TV Review: Gen V – Season 2
Film Review: Plainclothes
★★★★ Evading me since Sundance, finally Plainclothes has arrived in a landscape in desperate need of more LGBT films. Putting the lineup up against last year, there were a hell of a lot more titles to choose from. But as they say, quality trumps quantity every time. Twinless, On Swift Horses, A Nice Indian Boy, … Continue reading Film Review: Plainclothes
4K Blu-Ray Film Review: Jurassic World: Rebirth
★★★★ As a massive fan of the Jurassic Park franchise, it was difficult not to be skeptical of Rebirth. After all, the “end of the Jurassic era” just occurred merely three years ago with the massively disappointing Jurassic World: Dominion. Why would there be a series reboot so soon afterward, and would it have anything … Continue reading 4K Blu-Ray Film Review: Jurassic World: Rebirth
Blu-Ray Film Review: The Life of Chuck
★★★★★ At this point in time, the names Stephen King and Mike Flanagan are synonymous with quality. At the very minimal, King's name attached to a property denotes a fascinating concept; at an even bolder extreme, King on cinema has delivered some of the best movies of all time. The Life of Chuck brings together … Continue reading Blu-Ray Film Review: The Life of Chuck
Film Review: The Threesome
★★★★ Expecting simplicity from the classic rom-com formula and getting surprising depth instead is a rare occurrence, even as a lover of cheesy romance. The Threesome somehow accomplishes exactly that, handling the consequences of such a sexually-charged encounter with an unparalleled level of maturity and character growth. This is the second time this year that … Continue reading Film Review: The Threesome