Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: It’s a Wonderful Knife, a Holiday Horror Parody of the Classic, Is No Capra Classic

I’ll fully admit that when I sat down to watch the new horror offering from director Tyler MacIntyre (Tragedy Girls; the screen story for Five Nights at Freddy’s), I hadn’t […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Seven Filmmakers Create One Whole, Multi-Dimensional Character in The Seven Faces of Jane

From the opening titles of The Seven Faces of Jane: “In the summer of 2021, eight filmmakers were invited to create a section of a feature film without any knowledge […]

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Preview: A Choose Your Own Adventure Guide to Fan Expo Chicago 2022

What you once knew as Wizard World is now under the banner of Fan Expo, and this year’s first major Chicago area convention kicks off in just one day! Fan […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Original and Unpredictable, Happily Puts a Perfect Marriage, and the Two People in it, to the Test

To celebrate making his first feature, entertainment journalist-turned-filmmaker BenDavid Grabinski decided to write and direct a movie that defies categorization. Most will call Happily a dark comedy with splashes of […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Plenty of Gore, But Becky Misses the Mark with Thin Characters and Loose Ends

Becky

If it weren’t so cartoonishly violent, you might almost be able to take a thriller with the unlikely name of Becky seriously. Of course, the fact that nearly all of […]

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