The new animated film adaptation of George Orwell's Animal Farm (directed by Andy Serkis and featuring the voices of Seth Rogen, Woody Harrelson, Glenn Close and Kieran Culkin) is an absolute train wreck and should be avoided at all costs, especially if you're a true fan of Orwell's...like I am. Okay, so here’s the thing about George Orwell (and yeah, I know, everybody throws that name around like they’ve actually read him, like they didn’t just pick up Nineteen Eighty-Four i

It’s that time of year again. The time when I start pacing around the house muttering about snubs. The time when I rewatch acceptance speeches from 1974. The time when I yell at nominations, cheer surprises, and prepare myself emotionally for the inevitable moment when the Academy gets something spectacularly wrong. Oscar Sunday is coming. And this year, we’re doing it live. In Chicago. The right way. Before the 98th Annual Academy Awards air on March 15th, I’ll be on stage

If you love movies... and I mean really love movies, the kind that get under your skin, stick in your brain, and sometimes completely rearrange your emotional wiring, then I’ve got something special coming up that I’d love for you to be a part of. After four decades of watching, reviewing, arguing about, defending, tearing apart, and occasionally falling head-over-heels in love with movies, I finally put it all down on paper in my new book from Eckhartz Press , 40 Years, 40 F

Hey folks, it’s Nick Digilio here, and I’ve got a little question for you: Why not pick up a copy of my new book 40 Years, 40 Films today? Seriously, it’s out, it’s real, you can hold it in your hands, and with the holidays upon us, it makes a fabulous, film-nerd-approved gift. You’ve got people in your life. They like movies. They like stories. Buy them the book. Boom: holiday hero. But listen, while you can absolutely order it online, I’d really love it if you came out to

Stephen King is one of the most beloved American authors of all time. I mean, the guy is the King of Horror. His name is so ubiquitous that even people who don’t read books know who he is. He’s written over 65 novels. Over 200 short stories. That’s not even counting screenplays, essays, nonfiction, the Richard Bachman books. The man has basically written enough material to fill multiple libraries, and the sheer output is staggering. Some of it’s horror, some of it’s fantas

With the Peacock premiere of Night of the Zoopocalypse happening this week, I thought I'd write a bit about the one and only Clive Barker . Clive Barker is one of my favorite creative geniuses. Not just in the world of horror but in the larger world of literature, film, theatre, comics, visual art, and culture in general. He is a true renaissance man of the dark and strange. He writes novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays. He directs films. He paints, illustrates,