Month: August 2018

Stranger Things – Season 2: “Chapter Three – The Pollywog”

On By C.H. NewellIn Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Netflix, Sci-Fi, Season 2, Stranger Things, Winona RyderLeave a comment

Dustin finds a weird new pet. Joyce inadvertently finds more evidence Will's still connected to the Upside Down.

Stranger Things – Season 2: “Chapter Two – Trick or Treat, Freak”

On By C.H. NewellIn Charlie Heaton, Finn Wolfhard, Netflix, Noah Schnapp, Season 2, Stranger Things, The Duffer Brothers, Winona RyderLeave a comment

On Halloween, Will witnesses another vision of the Upside Down.

Stranger Things – Season 2: “Chapter One – MADMAX”

On By C.H. NewellIn Caleb McLaughlin, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Millie Bobby Brown, Netflix, Sci-Fi, Season 2, Stranger Things, The Duffer Brothers, Winona RyderLeave a comment

Life in Hawkins goes on. But things will never, ever be the same, either.

Castle Rock – Season 1, Episode 8: “Past Perfect”

On By C.H. NewellIn Ana Lily Amirpour, André Holland, Bill Skarsgård, Castle Rock, Hulu, Melanie Lynskey, Season 1, Sissy Spacek, Stephen KingLeave a comment

New arrivals in Castle Rock could mean a grisly end for Henry

UPGRADE: The Abject Anxieties of Bodies + Technology

On By C.H. NewellIn 2018, Action, Body Horror, Film, Horror, Leigh Whannell, Logan Marshall-Green, Sci-FiLeave a comment

Leigh Whannell's UPGRADE is a kick ass horror thrill ride. It's also a deep, dark rumination on technological singularity.

URBAN EXPLORER: Confronting Germany’s Buried Nazi History

On By C.H. NewellIn 2011, Film, Horror, Klaus Stiglmeier, Nazi Germany, neo-Nazi, Slasher Horror, ThrillerLeave a comment

URBAN EXPLORER's not a good movie, but it has plenty of things to say about how we sometimes choose to hide the past rather than confront it.

Better Call Saul – Season 4, Episode 4: “Talk”

On By C.H. NewellIn AMC, Better Call Saul, Bob Odenkirk, Crime, Giancarlo Esposito, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Season 4Leave a comment

Jimmy's restless, so he takes a salesman job. An injured Nacho gives the Salamanca twins a hand.

Preacher – Season 3, Episode 10: “The Light Above”

On By C.H. NewellIn AMC, Comics, Dominic Cooper, Joseph Gilgun, Preacher, Ruth Negga, Season 3, Season FinaleLeave a comment

Eccarius gives Cass a last ultimatum. Jesse and Jody face off in the Tombs.