Movie Review: EVIL DEAD BURN starring Souheila Yacoub, Hunter Doohan

The deadites are back in the latest installment of the Evil Dead franchise in Sébastien Vaniček’s Evil Dead Burn. To say the follow up feature to 2023’s Evil Dead Rise is more blood-soaked than its predecessors would be a vast understatement. The film makes that cheese grater scene from the previous entry look underwhelming and palatable to say the least. The new film follows a family as […]

Theater Review: STOMP! at The Fabulous Fox

STOMP! took the stage this past Friday at the Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis as part of their 30th Anniversary North American Tour. I haven’t seen a STOMP! show since I was a kid, and the only things I could remember were the loud noises and being mesmerized and transfixed by the stage. Two and a half decades later, […]

Theater Review: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at The Fabulous Fox

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical based on the 1910 novel, The Phantom of the Opera, is back at The Fabulous Fox and it couldn’t be fresher than ever. The current tour is inspired by a revitalized production featuring Maria Bjornson’s original design which saw the show take on a modernized lifeform in 2021. This inspiration sets the stage […]

Interview: From Wrestling Rings to Ballparks: Dr. Jeremy Housewright’s Journey to Children’s Books

Veteran journalist and author of For the Love of the Show: Pro Wrestling Fans Tell Their Stories, For the Love of the Show II, is back with his first children’s book, Gertrude Goes to the Ballpark. Q: Dr. Housewright, you’ve been a writer for more than 20 years, covering everything from major sporting events to […]

Movie Review: BONE LAKE starring Alex Roe, Maddie Hasson

​October is officially here and with that, a roster of upcoming horror films slated for release just in time for the Halloween season is upon us. A few contenders entered the race early in September with Michael Chaves The Conjuring: Last Rites, Justin Tipping’s HIM, and Renny Harlin’s The Strangers: Chapter 2. All three of the aforementioned films didn’t do well with other critics, and their box office […]

Latest King adaptation goes the distance

​The latest Stephen King adaptation, The Long Walk, is certainly an achievement for director Francis Lawrence (who previously directed I Am Legend, Constantine, and the last several entries in The Hunger Games franchise.) Penning the screenplay for the adaptation was JT Mollner, who produced a script that really showcased a beautiful examination of male friendship and an exploration of the human condition. Perhaps what was […]

Final Destination: Bloodlines returns with a vengeance

​The same franchise that traumatized an entire generation from driving behind a semi-truck carrying lumber and an affinity for making sure the tanning bed still opens mid-session is back to create an entirely new set of irrational fears for movie-goers. Final Destination: Bloodlines is in theaters now. The film, which is the sixth installment in the franchise, is the […]

Movie Review: THUNDERBOLTS* storms into theaters with strong cast, fun story

Marvel Studios seems to have finally risen out of the slump that has been caused by its last few releases. The highly anticipated Thunderbolts* is finally in theaters, and it is one of the best Marvel flicks in quite some time. Compiled of some of the MCU’s castaway rejects, an unlikely alliance forms between Yelena […]

Movie Review: ANOTHER SIMPLE FAVOR delights as Lively and Kendrick rekindle sparks from first film

Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick are back in Another Simple Favor, the devilishly delightful follow up to 2018’s A Simple Favor directed by Paul Feig. The first film is based on a novel by Darcey Bell of the same title. A Simple Favor ended with Lively’s Emily being taken down for a murder scheme by […]

Movie Review: UNTIL DAWN might make you yawn

Another exclusive PlayStation title recently saw an adaptation in Until Dawn, directed by David F. Sanberg. The film, penned by Blair Butler and Gary Dauberman, is based on the videogame of the same title, which falls under the horror-survival genre and won several awards. The film stars Ella Rubin as Clover, who is traveling with […]