Bill Watters
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San Francisco, CA, United States
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We Got One! Sigourney Weaver Returns as "Ghostbusters" Dana Barrett
As if we weren't already excited for the upcoming Ghostbusters sequel from Jason Reitman, now we're entirely on board. In a recent interview with Parade, → Read More
"Dune" Casting, Feyd Harkonnen Spotted on IMDb, Vanishes
As the cast continues to fill out for the 2020 reboot of Frank Herbert's Dune, one of the sharp-eyed readers of DuneFan2020 twitter account noticed that → Read More
Renaissance Faires FINALLY Get Love in Lifetime's "American Princess" [Review]
I'm going to be entirely candid and admit that I'd initially sat down to hate-watch Lifetime's new "American Princess". Written and directed by Jamie → Read More
'Rocketman' Soars With Warts and All Elton John Story [Review]
After 2018's biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, about Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, it seems that it's time for retrospectives looking into the lives and careers of some of the late 20th-century musical icons. However where Rhapsody was a super-sanitized and wildly fictionalized account of Mercury's career, the new Rocketman, starring Taron Egerton as the similarly unique Elton John, is a… → Read More
'Godzilla' is Like the Avengers, but with Kaiju, and Pesky Humans [Review]
So, Godzilla: King of the Monsters is one of those movies that every genre fan wishes would come along. Unfortunately, as every Dungeons & Dragons → Read More
Everyone's a Critic: How do Ratings and Reviews Work?
I’ve been often asked about what my review rating scores mean. What’s a 6 vs a 7? Is a 5 a recommend thing or not? Why are critics so negative all the → Read More
'Aladdin' Grants Wish of Being Enjoyable, But Can't Escape Origins [Review]
It's become clear with the changing of the content landscape that Disney has long since abandoned hope of doing what'd it had done for nearly a century - → Read More
'Brightburn' Asks: What if Clark Kent Grew Up Evil? [Review]
Leave it to Guardians of the Galaxy's James Gunn to produce a tight little thriller like 'Brightburn'. Written by James' brother Mark and cousin Brian, → Read More
Stanley Kubrick's Classic of Horror, 'The Shining' is Getting a 4K Remaster
Whenever studios actually go through their back catalog of classic films and do a proper remastering from the original film stock with a 4K scan to a 4K → Read More
'John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum' Delivers the Goods While Dialing the Headshots to 11 [Review]
Heading into the third film in the John Wick franchise, it's a refreshing kind of sequel - one that knows exactly what is expected out of it, and it takes → Read More
'Tolkien': Brilliant Lord of the Rings Creator's Iconography, but Emotionally Distant [Review]
For as much as popular culture loves the classic fantasy works of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, such as The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Adventures of → Read More
'Pokémon Detective Pikachu': Cute, Enjoyable, but Never Evolves [Review]
It's been with trepidation that fans of Pokémon have been awaiting the arrival of the first live-action adaptation of the mega-franchise to the big → Read More
Peter Mayhew Memorial Panel, Guest Table from FAN EXPO Dallas
With the recent news of Peter Mayhew's passing, fans worldwide were left in shock and mourning for the Star Wars actor. This May the 4th weekend, Peter → Read More
Game of Thrones: The Long Night
So we're now into Game of Thrones' season eight, and after tonight's episode, The Long Night, there are only three left. That means every minute counts. → Read More
‘Avengers: Endgame’ – A Grand Finale that Almost Lives Up to the Anticipation [Review]
Whether Avengers: Endgame wound up being the best superhero film of all time, or something as horrid as Age of Ultron, there is no debating that this → Read More
WIRE Buzz: First look at Flash's Godspeed; Trolls come to life; more
The CW recently teased one of The Flash's new speedsters with an announcement of the episode titled "Godspeed" — and now we finally have our first look at the titular character in all his white-suited glory. He'll show up for the first time on April 16, in an episode directed by co-star Danielle Panabaker. → Read More
'Hellboy' is a Good Film Trapped in the Body of a Terrible One [Review]
Any horror fan has seen at least one or two films where a possessed human fights against monsters to keep them under control and contained within them → Read More
'Pet Sematary' Reminds Us that Sometimes Not Remade is Better [Review]
Every year it seems we're faced with the premise that some studio is going to drop an adaptation of one or more of Stephen King's stories. This time it's → Read More
What We Do In the Shadows Returns to Slay Again in the Best of Ways [Review]
It was back in 2014 that Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi brought their small-budget indie film, What We Do In The Shadows, to Sundance. Their unique → Read More
Jordan Peele's Mastery of Atmospheric Horror Overcomes a Weak Story in 'Us' [Review]
With each generation of horror films, there are different levers that filmmakers pull on to make us cringe and jump. Jordan Peele's newest film, Us, leans → Read More