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Interview: Filmmaker Macon Blair on Remaking Toxic Avenger for a New Era, Casting Peter Dinklage and a Possible Sequel

It’s been nearly two years to the day when I first saw the extremely fun and excessively gory remake of arguably the most famous of all of Troma Entertainment’s cinematic […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 5, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Stephen King Adaptation, The Life of Chuck Explores Life, Family and the Joy of Dancing in Three Chapters

    Life is not remembered in a straight, unbroken line; we remember moments: the best and the worst can be recalled vividly in most cases, but our brain holds onto what […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 6, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Animated Fable Orion and the Dark Gets the Charlie Kaufman Treatment

    Whenever a writer you admire decides to tackle a story (in this case, an animated film) aimed at younger people, the fear is always that they will dumb things down […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 5, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: In Its Latest Live-Action Adaptation, Disney Drains The Little Mermaid of All Its Magic, Charm

    The 1989 animated feature film The Little Mermaid ushered in a new golden era of Disney’s storied animation legacy. A sanitized version of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fable about a […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • May 26, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Pixar’s Luca Is a Sweet Family Story of Friendship, Loyalty and Wanting to Fit In

    Luca

    Ten years ago, ahead of the Pixar film Brave, I remember seeing a beautiful short called La Luna, about three generations of a family who were tasked with cleaning up […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 17, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Decades Later, Doctor Sleep—a Sequel to The Shining—Delivers a Tense Psychic Thriller

    Doctor Sleep

    A huge portion of this film cannot and should not be discussed in any review, but I’m guessing it will be, and in large quantities. I’m also guessing that different […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 7, 2019
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Middle School Mayhem—and Hormones—in an Entertaining Good Boys

    Good Boys

    Charm will always win out over crass, so imagine combining these two noble traits into one genuinely heartfelt, R-rated comedy about three sixth graders who set out on an epic […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 15, 2019
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