Phantasm II, or, BOY, Interrupted
The sequel doesn’t have nearly the nonsensical charm of the original, but it seems like they had fun making it
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, or, Smoky Mountains and the Bandit
or, Nothin’ Homo Goin’ On. I’ve spent all these years completely wrong about a heavily-advertised musical from my youth
One Thing I Liked a Lot About Buddy
Buddy is 100% a “children’s show horror movie by the guy who made ‘Too Many Cooks’,” and I have to respect a movie that so relentlessly keeps “yes, and”ing itself. (spoilers)
Dolly Parton and Aspects of the Divine
A memorial from a recent convert who wants to make the case that all of the praise of Dolly Parton doesn’t go far enough
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Na na na na, yeah
Two tunes to take me back to the 1990s and 99X, Atlanta’s home for sure let’s call it “alternative rock” why not
Presented Without Comment
Camp Miasma, Oak Street, and the eternal struggle of where exactly to position the fourth wall
One Thing I Like About The End of Oak Street
The movie about dinosaurs in the suburbs is a period piece set during a time when I probably would’ve enjoyed this movie.
LFG Con, or, You’re Not Gonna Need a Bigger Convention
Thoughts after a weekend at LFG Con, a new board game convention in the LA area
Big Walk, or, I Command You To Relax
First impressions of the game Big Walk, which is often wonderful, often frustrating, and dead set on slowing down and going the long way
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: I Take The Big Walk
Two tunes for the new video game program all the cool people are into now
One Thing I Like About Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Jane Schoenbrun’s slasher has so much about it that I love, even if it is a little too meta, like New Nightmare from horror master Wes Craven
The Roottrees are Dead, or, 5 Easy Pieces
The engaging deduction game is a mash-up of The Return of the Obra Dinn and Ancestry.com