In episode seven of Batwoman, ‘Tell Me The Truth,’ viewers were introduced to Julia Pennyworth (Christina Wolfe), Kate Kane’s (Ruby Rose) mentor and Alfred Pennyworth’s daughter.
Last Week’s Episode: Robert Batmanson Strikes Again
We’re so close to the premiere of Cats AND Laura Dern won best supporting actress at the New York Film Critics Circle awards so let’s end the week with some good energy.
Last Week’s Episode: Tryptophan Dreams
Happy (American) Thanksgiving, hope all who celebrate are with supportive friends and/or family and are getting a delicious meal and get to control the remote!
The Vampyre’s Legacy, Part 11: Urban Fantasies
The period following the publication of Anne Rice’s Interview with a Vampire saw vampire fiction entrench itself not as a subgenre of horror, but as a substantial body of fiction in its own right. Author David J. Schow would look back on this state of affairs in his 2018 collection DJStories: You know how zombie-flavoured…
Last Week’s Episode: Uncharted Loop
Honestly I put the thing I’m most hype about first in this week’s column, but the whole thing is packed with news about The Batman, animation scandals, and a bonus Timothy Omundson.
Last Week’s Episode: The Disney Cometh For Us All
Horror movie season is over (though it hasn’t stopped me), and we now tumble into Christmas movie time, where every problem can be solved by moving back to your hometown, leaving your high-powered corporate job, and marrying your high school boyfriend Chad once he helps you discover the true meaning of Christmas.
An Objective and Completely Accurate Ranking of John Constantine Knockoffs
I have strong feelings about John Constantine.
Last Week’s Episode: Sharpens The Mind
This week’s news includes a bunch of actors I like in a bunch of new and somewhat inexplicable projects, an interview I hated, and lots of Game of Thrones.
Poltergeist Girls, Part 4: The Enfield Variations
In 1977, the British press reports an outbreak of alleged poltergeist phenomena that occurred in the Enfield home of single mother Peggy Hodgson and her four children Janet, Margaret, Johnny and Billy. Claims of strange activity at the house continued until 1979, and the case of the Enfield poltergeist has provoked heated debate ever since….
Crumbling Relationships in Supergirl’s “Blurred Lines”
Supergirl 5.3: “Blurred Lines” Robert Rovner, Jessica Queller, Sarah Schechter, Greg Berlanti (Executive Producers), Eric Dean Seaton (director), Daniel Beaty (co-producer), Joanie L. Whoehler, Jennifer Lence, Carl Ogawa, J. Holtham, Jay Faerber, Chris Pavoni (producers), Derek Simon (supervising producer), Jesse Warn, Dana Horgan, Lindsay Sturman, Rob Wright (co-executive producers), Lindsay Struman, J. Holtham (written by)…
Last Week’s Episode: Always
Please don’t talk to me about anything but Poe Dameron until December, thanks.
Poltergeist Girls, Part 3: Fact and Fiction in The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The Exorcism of Emily Rose was released in 2005; this was long after the 1970s heyday of the poltergeist girl subgenre, but the film nonetheless has its roots in that era. It was based on a real-life incident that occurred in 1976 – one far more horrific than the 1949 case that inspired The Exorcist.