2000s

Love Actually (2003)

December 25, 2025

March 12, 2020

"Combo: Men have laid down their lives for this. For this... and for what? So people can stick their fucking flag in the ground...

The Qatsi Trilogy

January 24, 2020

Introduction I found it hard to start writing about this. Therefore, I can only imagine how hard it would be to start filming it, editing...

Bad Santa (2003)

December 25, 2019

A miserable thief and his angry sidekick keep posing as Santa and elf to con people, but their Christmas Eve job goes terribly wrong. Watch...

Original vs Remake: Hollywood’s Need to Retell the Story (or the Lack Thereof)

November 11, 2019

Think of a film from the distant or not-so-distant past that you would like to watch as a remake with different actors or upgraded...

Trick ‘r Treat (2007)

October 31, 2019

Demons, witches, pranks going wrong, werewolves, serial killers and a virgin all happen in a small town's Halloween night. Jack O'Lantern's favourite comedy/horror. Writer/Director Michael...

Indie, Low Budget, and Utterly Mind-Bending

September 11, 2019

Intro/Intention Hollywood! The dominant player in the movie business. The place where billions are invested (or just spent ?) every year in a handful of...

Adapting 300: Mise-en-scène and Visual Effects

July 11, 2019

Logline: In 480 BC, King Leonidas and 300 Spartans marches to Thermopylae to prevent the Persians, the greatest empire the world had ever seen,...

Found Footage: Chronicles of Horror, Realism, and Case Studies

March 11, 2019

“Found Footage” can be and has already been applied to numerous genres throughout the years, sometimes successfully, sometimes not so much, and on occasion...

City of God (2002)

February 7, 2019

Through the eyes of a young, aspiring photographer, the "favelas" of Rio unfold stories of drugs, guns, kingpins, and gang wars where the innocent...

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Kombucha (2025)

The Iron Claw (2023)

The Smashing Machine (2025)

Stranger Things (2016-2025)

Sleepwalkers (1992)

The Fundamentals of Caring (2016)

Submarine (2010)

Stand by Me (1986)

Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

Great Balls of Fire! (1989)

Love Actually (2003)

Gremlins (1984)

Frozen River (2008)

Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025)

The Advent Calendar (2021)

Adult Swim Yule Log 2: Branchin’ Out (2024)

The Leftovers – A Lonely Journey Through Loss, Faith, and Human Fragility

The Importance of Dystopia in Sci-fi / Horror

Asylums: Factual Mental Illness vs Artistically Deranged Projection (Podcast)

Score Composition for Dark and Eerie Sequences (Podcast)

Edgar Allan Poe: The Man, The Myth, His Legacy (Podcast)

Powerful Sequences, Defining Soundtracks

The Psychology of Horror: Preparedness and Purpose (Podcast)

Silent Era: The Foundation of Cinematic Horror (Podcast)

Found Footage: The Beginning, the Escalation, and its Societal Impact (Podcast)

The Horror Inside Us: Leading Anxieties and False Certainties (Podcast)

Directors and Horror Films (Podcast)

Kids in Horror: Source of Evil vs Source of Resolution (Podcast)

Influential, Dissuasive, and Thought-Provoking Monologues

Epic Plot Holes in Iconic Films

This is England ’83 / ’86 / ’88 / ’90

The Qatsi Trilogy

2000s