/horror and “It” (1990)

Pet Sematary | It | Children of the Corn | The Mist Baddie: A clown. Lesson: Fear is scary. For the next installment of Shame September, I get to watch Stephen King’s It. I consider myself fortunate that I never sat through It as a young ‘un, that I have the privilege to sit down and enjoy it in my…

Wet Hot American Breakfast

Hm… that turned out to be kind of a gross title for this article, actually, and it lacks my requisite “Second.” Not a good start. Oh well, nothing I can do about it now. Wet Hot American Summer came out in 2001 and became an immediate cult classic, beloved not only for its weirdly on-point,…

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Shame September – “Akira” is Every Dystopian Sci-fi Movie You’ve Ever Seen

Welcome to Saturday Morning Cartoons. This month we will be doing something slightly different. Sci-Friday’s columnist, Sarah Lawrence, has dubbed this month “Shame September” where we will watch and review movies that we are ashamed to have never seen. (as a disclaimer, I watched this film in Japanese, but I’m adding an English trailer for the convenience of…