J. C. Macek III
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Southern California, CA, United States
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From Horrifying Comedy to Darkly Funny Horror: Bob Clark Films
What if I told you that the director of one of the most heartwarming and beloved Christmas movies of all time is the same director as probably the most terrifying and disturbing yuletide horror films of all time? → Read More
From Horrifying Comedy to Darkly Funny Horror: Remembering Dir. Bob Clark
What if I told you that the director of one of the most heartwarming and beloved Christmas movies of all time is the same director as probably the most terrifying and disturbing yuletide horror films of all time? → Read More
Can Star Wars Be Saved?
After the vitriolic fan backlash to Star Wars: The Last Jedi and the financial failure of Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars needs saving. Here are some ideas on how to do that without invoking the help of The Force. → Read More
'Where's Daddy?' Casts Light on America's Dysfunctional Child Support System
This is a hard-hitting (and highly recommended) documentary about the ties that bind us and the laws that might just separate us. → Read More
Clowns Are Up to a Different Kind of Funny Business, These Days
Creepy clowns have become the rule, not the exception. How and when did clowns change from entertainers to tormentors? → Read More
Ripoffs from Space: When Big Movies Are Cannibalized by Even Bigger Movies
Hollywood screenwriters know that if you dont have an original idea you can always steal an existing plot... and then set it in SPACE! → Read More
'The Flash' Season Three Speeds Things Up With Higher Stakes and Darker Stories
The Flash season three shows what happens when mistakes unmake the universe. → Read More
The Way Is the Goal: A Revealing Talk with KMFDM's Sascha Konietzko
I was not musically inclined to begin with, says Konietzko, I came to music from a technical point of view. Like ‘How do you make sounds like this. How do you make dub reggae?’ → Read More
Maybe What's Going on in 'Get Out' Is All in His Head
This films horror could be satire of a fish-out-of-water situation; perhaps Chris is only imagining much of what he thinks is happening, and hes just overly anxious... → Read More
Something Isn't Right with Criterion's Release of 'Something Wild'
This film itself is problematic, but Criterions Blu-ray of Something Wild has me wondering, is Criterion slipping? → Read More
What Happens When Happy Shows Turn All X-Files on You?
From The Brady Bunch to M*A*S*H, what do we do when our favorite TV shows spawn shockingly dark offspring? → Read More
The Future and Past of Batman, Superman, Fantastic Four and Hunger Games
Can Batman and Superman save the DCEU or will their efforts fail, again? These and other The Next Reel speculations, past, present and future. → Read More
In 'Esteros', When Intolerant Society Pushes, Love Pushes Back
While appreciating the beauty of Argentina, Esteros tells a story of timeless love. → Read More
The Past and Future of 'Sin City' 'Deadpool', 'Alien', 'Predator' and 'Halloween'
Flops, superheroes, monsters and noir in The Next Reel. → Read More
Is the Flash Fast Enough in Season 2?
The Flash remains true to its namesake character and proves that DC Comics can indeed be translated successfully (and accurately) into live action. → Read More
19 Years on, 'South Park' Is Serialized, Fully Realized, Never Homogenized SoDoSoPa
Who better to mock and satirize our world than our ever-evolving South Park characters? → Read More
Revisiting 'Lucifer', the Man of Wealth and Taste
For a show based around the devil breaking free from Hell, Lucifer is ironically trapped in a repeating formula on Fox Television. → Read More
The Girl of Steel Gets It Right in the First Season
Supergirl manages to balance a large (and growing) ensemble cast with aplomb, but any show with this many costumed characters can come off as a bit silly. → Read More
There's Still Much to Enjoy in 'Star Trek into Darkness'
Star Trek Into Darkness has never looked or sounded better than this new 4K UHD release, but its hard to ignore that this is a big budget remake of Wrath of Khan. → Read More
The Trek Saga Re-Begins, Again, But This Time in UHD
The rebooted Star Trek looks and sounds amazing in 4K, but the Ultra High Definition proves even more that the film hasn't stood up to the (brief) test of time. → Read More