The first film that made me feel too old to be in the audience. Missing is the most modern version of the “found footage” films that gained popularity title after the Blair Witch Project in 1999. I was 19 at the time and not really into that type of thing…

The song, “Ride Like Thunder” debuted in December and quickly garnered more than a quarter million streams. That’s off Shawn Andrews’ notoriety alone. This is his debut in music, but Andrews is very well-known, and has a cult following. Every knows Pickford from Dazed and Confused. …

The film opens with the explanation of the Finnish term “sisu” and it fits the Keanu Reeves character John Wick perfectly. But this is NOT the story of John Wick. In fact, they are only related because Sisu film trailers ran in the previews to John Wick 4. However, as…

For millennial nerds, Attack of the Show and the other G4 programming slate was a lifeline to the games and fandoms we loved so much. …

Roller Derby isn’t a new sports feature in cinema. Go check out Whip It! and Rollerball. There are a few movies that featured Roller Girls from the Midwest. They are a special culture, and event hose movies didn’t dive as deeply into the roller derby world. Minnesota Mean is a…

The podcast must be an overall audio experience these days to capture the attention of a the listener in less 30 minutes. Sonarius: The Mysteries of M delivers on the experience in a unique way, while also bringing the intrigue in a story that has too many twists and turns…

Slavery was different depending on where it took place. No matter where it was found, the enslavement of Africans around the world was brutal. There was no such thing as coming out unscathed. The Confessions of Frannie Langton is the story of a woman who was enslaved in the Caribbean…

The movies use the “orphan child, troubled relative” dynamic to explore a lot of different issues. In M3GAN, the topic of AI surrogates was explored using a young toy engineer and her orphaned niece. Life as We Know It explored love and commitment with an orphaned girl being raised by…

This film was made for the people who walk into a mystery or thriller and declare, “I already know who did it,” about a third of the way through the movie. Time Investigators is an augmented reality film that plunges the viewer into the midst of the action. It’s a…