Kenneth Lowe
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Springfield, IL, United States
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Dark City Embodied the Paranoid Thrillers of Its Time While Looking Like Nothing Else
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Return to Gotham: Batman the Animated Series' Scariest Episodes
Batman: The Animated Series might have been a children's show, but some of its episodes are strikingly creepy and disturbing. → Read More
The Rings of Power Is Just Another Step in Distancing Tolkien from the Story He Created
Amazon may get to write the last page for now, but I hope it leads more people to read the rest of it. → Read More
The Gray Man Is the Nadir of Netflix’s B-Movie Model
The Gray Man's uninspired filmmaking draws unlikely comparisons to the drive-in B movies of yesteryear. Netflix, step it up. → Read More
Mad God Sees Phil Tippett Finally Creates a (Horrifying) Vision All His Own
Stop-motion animation legend Phil Tippett has finally created something from his own mind. Mad God proves him the medium's near-mythic king. → Read More
With Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars Has Finally Fully Rehabilitated the Prequels
Witness the power of this FULLY ARMED and OPERATIONAL nostalgia machine! → Read More
The Bourne Identity Figured Out the Useless, Brutal Security Surveillance State 20 Years Ago
The Bourne trilogy, starting with The Bourne Identity 20 years ago, shone a spotlight on the U.S. military industrial complex that'd dominate the decades to come. → Read More
Disney World Finds Itself under Siege. Do Its Owners Wonder Why?
Neo-Nazis circle Disney World and its owners must be bullied into lobbying against hateful laws. Disney World was a symbol of Walt Disney's power - what happened? → Read More
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers Is an Irreverent, Intelligent Piece of Disney Necromancy
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers isn't for kids, but for their parents. But at least its smart and funny cry for help knows what it is. → Read More
The Raid Kicked off a New Decade in Action Cinema 10 Years Ago
The Raid set the standard for action movies and introduced the world to Indonesian ass-kicking 10 years ago. → Read More
Batman: The Animated Series' Most Tragic Villains: Mr. Freeze and Clayface
A taxonomy of Batman's rogues gallery, part one. → Read More
Gasoline Alley and Bruce Willis’ Fall from Grace
Bruce Willis starred in eight movies in 2021, and Gasoline Alley is one of at least another eight with 2022 release dates listed. → Read More
'Batman: The Animated Series' Biggest Asset? Voice Acting
The show's voice acting is still remembered as the genre's all-time best. → Read More
New Star Wars and Star Trek TV Shows Cater Only to Franchise Synergy, Digital Necromancy
The two oldest sci-fi franchises have escaped their creators, but can't escape their pasts. → Read More
Solaris at 50: Tarkovsky Held a Mirror up to the Space Age
Andrei Tarkovsky held up a mirror to the Space Age 50 years ago with his sci-fi stunner Solaris. → Read More
The Legends of Vox Machina Review: Group Chemistry Over Fusty Lore
The (violent, explicit) show is way more about group chemistry than fusty lore. → Read More
Beverly Hills Ninja and Chris Farley Almost Skewered Insensitivity 25 Years Ago
Beverly Hills Ninja, in which Chris Farley plays the butt of ninja jokes, almost pulls off something subversive. We look back at one of Farley's last comedies. → Read More
The Cowboys at 50: Nobody Wants to Work for John Wayne
Released as the Western was evolving away from the hardline classics, The Cowboys sees John Wayne as a dying breed on its anniversary. → Read More
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched Is a World Tour of Folk Horror
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched is part history lesson, part world tour, but it's all about folk horror. And folk horror is more relevant than ever. → Read More
The Wheel of Time: TV’s Best Chaotic Dungeons and Dragons Campaign
Whenever a fantasy television show like Game of Thrones or The Shannara Chronicles airs, connoisseurs will want to know about the usual considerations: Did they get a good cast? What changes are they making to adapt a decades-old series? Did they spend enough on effects to make them look good, and did they write the show well enough that they only use them sparingly? What new spin are they… → Read More