Reviews

It’s 10 pm. Do you know where your children are? Playground: Child of Divorce (COD) is the prequel to 2022’s infamously viral TikTok hit, Playground, taking place a few years before Geraldine’s twisted arena was fully built. Author Aron Beauregard has returned to bring readers once again into Geraldine Borden’s …

I’m a huge fan of the Baby Assassins series. It’s truly feels like something unique in the sphere of action comedies, combining slacker/hang out comedy and knock down drag out martial arts/gun fights. Read on for why I think Baby Assassins 3 may be the best in the series. Synopsis …

Time travel is something I totally geek out about. If I hear about a tv show, a movie or a book with the concept of time travel, I am so there. Additionally, I am a huge fan of historical fiction books. So when I read the synopsis of Hayley Gelfuso’s …

When The Brothers Grimm first hit theaters in 2005, it was dismissed by many as a messy Terry Gilliam experiment that felt like it didn’t know what it wanted to be. But twenty years later, the film deserves a second look through a different lens. Beneath the storybook aesthetic, hammy …

The Toxic Avenger is a 2025 Superhero action adventure horror film which follows a mutant named Toxie as he battles his way through the various challenges he faces with his boss, son and the general public. The character was originally introduced in Troma’s 1984 film of the same name. Let’s …

She Rides Shotgun is a harrowing, relentless story that cements itself as one of the most gripping films of the year. At the center of it all is Taron Egerton, delivering what might be his grittiest performance to date. Known for his charismatic roles in films like Rocketman and the …

In the summer of 1990, director Joel Schumacher released Flatliners, a stylish psychological sci-fi horror-thriller that asked one dangerous question: what really happens after death? The film hit U.S. theaters on August 10, bringing neon shadows, gothic set design, and a cast of rising stars who would become household names …

Wuxia is a genre that up until now I wasn’t familiar with. Wuxia is a genre of Chinese fiction that follows the adventures of Martial Artists in ancient China. Invincible Swordsman was my introduction to the genre. So what did I think of the Invincible Swordsman? Read on to find …

“Are you ready for my wisdom?” ~Nix Welcome back to The Black Box Chronicles as we take a look at a movie I DIDN’T see back when it first came out. As mentioned before, back in 1995 the pay-per-view movie channels would show trailers of not only the movie you …

The Toxic Avenger remake is one of the boldest, most unapologetically wild superhero films we’ve seen in years. In fact, it’s the best example of an anti-mainstream comic book movie to hit the screen since James Gunn’s Super back in 2010. Where most superhero stories today are streamlined into the …