Rob Lowe’s Bad Seed fails to sprout
Television standby and Lifetime Channel stalwart Rob Lowe adds a director credit to his expansive resume – and surprise, it’s a remake of The Bad Seed! That sounds like a bit of a random choice,...
Author: E. Young
E. Young is a small town country author of horror and sci-fi works. Strives to cultivate a general sense unease and wholesome pop culture references. Owns a multitude of cats and probably wants to talk to you about a movie or music from a band you've never heard of. Can also be found at Bright Nightmares or on the Twitter machine @xenoxands.
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is a sweet, satisfying teen flick
Romantic comedies and young adult series aren’t really my bag. My romances usually come with zombies and I’m not that involved in YA/NA at all. But sometimes you just have to put down your...
Sharknado: End of an era
2013 was an interesting year in film. The box office was dominated by big budget epics like The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the ongoing war between Marvel and DC...
Sorry to Bother You explores culture, race, and the ‘white voice’
Since its big screen debut, Sorry to Bother You has had a lot of labels thrown at it. Revolutionary. Science fiction. Dystopian. I’ve even seen horror lobbed around a couple of times. And of...
Is tape collecting making a comeback?
Not-so-secret: as a youngster, I was a huge VHS bootlegger. My family life revolved around television and movies. As soon as something from the big screens hit Best Buy and Circuit City, we had a...
Five non-Godzilla kaiju movies to tide you over until 2019
The nerd side of the internet is in love with the first trailer for the upcoming Godzilla: King of Monsters dropped at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. And rightly so. It’s been a few years since...
Pose defies Ryan Murphy to tackle tough issues respectfully
Is it bad that I’m still shocked that Pose on FX is doing as well as it is considering Ryan Murphy’s terrible history of marginalizing trans people himself? Well, here’s a show that focuses...
Why do queer people still police each other?
As yet another month of LGBTQ+ Pride history and celebration rolls around to a close, let’s talk about gatekeeping. No, not from the cis het folks. But from within the queer community. Gatekeeping...
Five unexpected queer texts you should read
Welcome to LGBTQ+ Pride Month, the month of “hey, have you seen…?” and “did you ever read…?” Yes, we’ve all seen And the Band Played On and read The Celluloid Closet. My beef with a lot...
Kelly Marie Tran: It’s not just ‘a few bad fans’
To the disappointment of many fans, Star Wars actress Kelly Marie Tran (Rose Tico) has deleted her Instagram posts and gone dark on the platform. Fans are speculating that the blackout was caused by...