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Dream Theatre Rocks The Stifel With DISTANCE OVER TIME Tour

Jeff Ritter · October 7, 2019

Ever heard of progressive metal? Think of a progressive rock band such as Rush or Yes with soaring vocals and prominent bass, keyboards and synthesizers, and then toss liberally with heavy metal guitar and drums ala Metallica.

Why DC's Doom Patrol Deserves a Shiny Winged Statue

RJ Carter · October 1, 2019

After having endured the dark debacle that was passed off as TITANS on the DC Universe streaming service, I was once bitten, twice shy about DC Universe's other original series, DOOM PATROL, a spin-off of the TITANS series (havi

X-Men: Dark Phoenix Hardly Rise from Ashes for Marvel/Fox Franchise

RJ Carter · September 29, 2019

Back in the day when the UNCANNY X-MEN were jumping from one classic arc to the next classic arc, the House of Ideas threw a huge curveball at us when it was revealed Jean Grey had been possessed by a cosmic entity so powerful that it could -- and did -- destroy planets.

New Line Theatre's 29th Season Starts With Hilarious CRY-BABY

Jeff Ritter · September 28, 2019

John Waters’ film Cry-Baby hit theaters in 1990 to modest fanfare despite an eclectic cast featuring then-rising stars Johnny Depp and Willem Dafoe, punk rocker Iggy Pop, future talk show host Ricki Lake, and former adult film actress Traci Lords.

"Awake" a Sleepy Thriller

RJ Carter · September 28, 2019

When a car is forced off the road and the driver awakens with head trauma and amnesia, he arouses the curiosity of the nurse taking care of him. But this John Doe (JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS) may just be a hunted serial killer who's been leaving a trail of dead young women throughout the Midwest.

Dark Crystal Success Shows The Staying Power of a Good Story

Bill Casticart · September 25, 2019

1982 movie The Dark Crystal is probably better categorized as a cult classic rather than as a bona fide classic. So its entrance into 2019 popular culture will have taken many by surprise. The Jim Henson Company collaborated with Netflix to produce a ten-episode prequel to the original film.

CW's Superhero Sitcom Gets Magical, Musical in Fourth Season

RJ Carter · September 24, 2019

Starting out as a B-team of heroes in the CW's Arrowverse, DC's LEGENDS OF TOMORROW has evolved from being a time-traveling adventure story that didn't take itself too seriously to being a full-out sitcom of superheroes who reference the main continuity but who remain unaffected by it -- and, apparently, don't

The Wait vs The Worth -- CYBERFROG: BLOODHONEY

RJ Carter · September 23, 2019

In all of comics history, there has perhaps not been a comic so divisive, so defended, and so derided as Ethan Van Sciver's CYBERFROG: BLOODHONEY. And all that before the book was even printed.

Missouri Monster Gets Retro Grindhouse from Small Town Monsters

RJ Carter · September 18, 2019

Cryptid films were a drive-in staple during the 1970s. None were going to win any Oscars, but the audiences weren't there for that. They wanted cheap chills and theatrical thrills from creatures that haunted the woods like those near their home towns.