Wildwood Reminds Us Why We Fell in Love With Movies
Dan Kleiner “I don’t even believe in magic.”“And yet here you are, talking to an owl in a waistcoat.” The enchantment inherent in filmmaking is the potent potion brewed when a viewer…
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From Star Wars to Star Trek: Fanhome Impresses at NYCC 2026
Fanhome has an unusual business model pertaining to their cinematic replicas wherein a subscriber is shipped parts and pieces for the purchased miniature’s assembly on a monthly basis. Typical build…
Street Fighter Delivers the Hits but Misses the Mark
“I gave you a chance to accept the carrot; now we’ll try the stick!”Capcom’s 1991 video game, Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, is one of the best-selling games of…
NYCC 2026: Violent Night II Delivers Holiday Carnage as Blumhouse Looks Ahead to 2027
“Everybody has a different idea of what’s scary.” This reviewer was given the privilege to attend a presentation by the stars of the upcoming Universal Pictures sequel, Violent Night II…
Whalefall Takes Survival Horror to Terrifying New Depths
“I called up some whale experts.”This reviewer was given the opportunity to attend the Whalefall panel at the 2026 NYC Comic Con. A whalefall is a phenomenon in nature when…
The Future of Gundam Takes Shape at New York Comic Con 2026
“It’s a valuable gift, from a valuable friend.”This year’s version of the Gundam Showcase was largely focused on the SEED stories in the Cosmic Era timeline. The panel was composed…
Ray Gunn Delivers a Dark and Beautiful Sci-Fi Noir Mystery but Stumbles Along the Way
“It’s hard being the only honest guys in a crooked game.”Leaning hard into an Atompunk aesthetic, Academy Award winner Brad Bird’s new animated feature, Ray Gunn takes place in an…
Forgotten Island Is Weird, Wonderful and Worth Remembering
“The power of our friendship opened up a portal through the fabric of time and space!”“Just space. There was no time travel involved.”Forgotten Island is a dazzling hallucination, a kaleidoscope…
Brad Pitt Battles the Wild, but the Dog Steals Heart of the Beast
“We’re not there anymore. A bad dream. It’s all just a bad dream.”Heart of the Beast is a formulaic man (and dog)-vs-nature feature. A mishandled flash-forward beginning leaves the picture…
BY ANY MEANS Is Messy, Brutal, and Has Something to Say
“I’m not your driver, I’m your Handler.” By Any Means is what you get if the 1967 Norman Jewison perennial classic, In the Heat of the Night, and Alan Parker’s…