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A HORROR-FILLED HALLOWEEN WEEKEND BOOK LAUNCH PARTY AT KAISER TIGER! To say that I am proud of my new book, 40 Years, 40 Horror Films, from Eckhartz Press would be a massive understatement. I spent an enormous amount of time writing this thing, digging through forty years of horror movies, revisiting old favorites, rediscovering forgotten gems, and thinking about why this particular genre has meant so much to me for practically my entire life. And now that the book is finally

[Get the exclusive video version of these weekly reviews each Friday by becoming a paid subscriber!] My Film Critic pants are quite fetching; they are on, pressed, and ironed. I'm ready to review four new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, October 23rd, 2026. 1) WILDWOOD I have said this before, and I'll say it again: Laika may very well be the finest animation studio working anywhere in the world today. Their track record is extraordinary. Corali

Spiders are scary. I realize that's not exactly a groundbreaking scientific observation, but it's true. There is something about those eight legs, those multiple eyes, those hairy little bodies, the way they move, the way they suddenly appear in places where you absolutely do not want them to appear, that just freaks people out. You can be sitting quietly in your living room, perfectly relaxed, enjoying your evening, and suddenly a spider the size of a quarter runs across the

The 62nd Chicago International Film Festival is underway, and, as usual, it's been a terrific time! There's something really special about this festival, and it's not just the movies. It's the excitement in the air, the packed theaters, the people waiting in line, striking up conversations with complete strangers, and talking about the films they've seen, the ones they're looking forward to, and the ones they absolutely hated. I love that stuff. For a couple of weeks, theater

Popcorn and movies. They just go together. They have gone together for so long that I honestly can't imagine walking into a movie theater and not immediately smelling popcorn. You can have your Raisinets, your Milk Duds, your nachos with that suspicious orange cheese that probably has a half-life of 700 years, whatever you want. For me, popcorn is the movie food. It is part of the ritual. You walk into the lobby, you smell it, you spend an absolutely ridiculous amount of mone

[Get the exclusive video version of these weekly reviews each Friday by becoming a paid subscriber!] My Film Critic pants are quite fetching; they are on, pressed, and ironed. I'm ready to review seven new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, October 16th, 2026. 1) KEN RUSSELL'S THE DEVILS There is something wonderfully insane about the fact that one of the most interesting new theatrical releases of the week is a 55-year-old movie that was censored