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The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is the Zucker Brothers' Riotously Funny Small-Screen Spoof Police Squad!

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Kurt Wimmer's 2020 Take on Children of the Corn is that Rarest of Pop-Culture Anomalies: an Unnecessary Reboot!

My Journey Through the Films of Stephen King Continues with 1990's Gloriously Gross Graveyard Shift

It's that time again! Should I see the biggest movie of the year or a horror movie 50 Cent tried to get permanently shelved

Jurassic Park: Rebirth is a Gloriously Christopher Pratt-free Return to Form

It's that time again! Should I see the big dumb dino movie or Kpop Demon Hunters?

Donald Sutherland Delivers a Fine Performance as a Cranky Billionaire in the Otherwise Sleepy 2023 Stephen King Adaptation Mr. Harrigan's Phone

M3GAN 2.O Took a Franchise That Was Already Incredibly Gay and Made It Even Gayer

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is Peter Hyams' 1994 Cult Classic Time Cop

In the Classic 1989 Original Pet Sematary, Death is Almost Invariably Better

A Eulogy for my Dad, Harvey Rabin

It's that time again! What should I see?

I'm in Mourning, and Wish My Subscribers Would Stop Making Me Watch Movies About Death and Mourning, Like Danny Boyle's Tense Terror Tale 28 Years Later

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is 1973's The Wicker Man

It's that time again? What new movie should I watch and review?

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is the Transcendently Homoerotic 1985 Slasher A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge

2023's Pet Sematary: Bloodlines Answers All the Questions No One Had About the Oddly Deathless Franchise

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is the Oscar-Festooned Romantic Comedy Moonstruck

The Life of Chuck is a Profoundly Satisfying, Emotional Experience Even if Your Beloved Father Didn't Die While You Were Watching It

From the World of John Wick Comes Ballerina, An Enjoyably Cheesy Cannon-style Throwback

The Joy of Positivity Pick of the Day is the nearly Seven Hour Documentary Crystal Lake Memories

The Funky Animated Prequel Predator: Killer of Killers is a Welcome Surprise, Even If They Don't Bring Back the Magical Autistic Child from The Predator

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is the Flatulence Corpse-Based Cult Comedy Swiss Army Man

It's that time again! Should I watch and write about Alien: Killer of Killers, The Materialists, How to Train Your Dragon or the Life of Chuck

Joan Allen Married a Serial Killer in the Understated, Unnerving

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is the Underrated N'Awlins-set Nicolas Cage Thriller Stolen

In Honor of Father's Day, the movie and holiday, I am SLASHING the price of monthly and yearly subscription by 30 percent

Bring Her Back is a Harrowing and Unusually Sensitive Exploration of Grief and Mourning

From the World of John Wick Comes Ballerina, An Enjoyably Cheesy Cannon-style Throwback

The Joy of Positivity Picks of the Day are The Celluloid Closet and Rock Hudson's Home Movies

Bring Her Back is a Harrowing and Unusually Sensitive Exploration of Grief and Mourning

It's that time again! Should I watch and write up Ballerina: From the World of John Wick, The Phoenician Scheme: Also From the World of John Wick or Dangerous Animals: From the World of John Wick

The Wildly Entertaining 1987 Adaptation of Stephen King's The Running Man Couldn't Be Timelier

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is the lovely 2024 Animated Film The Wild Robot

Karate Kid: Legends is Confusingly a Screamingly Faithful Sequel Yet Also Secretly a Joshua Jackson Boxing Movie

The Live-Action Lilo & Stitch Movie is Surprisingly Non-Terrible!

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is Brian De Palma's 1981 Masterpiece Blow Out

My Dad is Dying and I Am Sad

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is the transcendently bonkers 1977 Japanese Cult Horror Movie House

It's that time again! Should I Write about Bring Her Back, Karate Kid Legends or the Sorta-Movie About Peppa Pig's new baby sibling?

The Live-Action Lilo & Stitch Movie is Surprisingly Non-Terrible!

The Stephen King-derived "What If iPhones Turned Us Into Zombies?" 2016 Snoozer Cell is a Staggeringly Obvious Fright Flick

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is the Bonkers 2018 Shocker Mandy

Tim Robinson Menaces Paul Rudd in the Painfully Relatable Dark Comedy Friendship, AKA You Make Me Deeply Uncomfortable and Maybe You Should Get Away From Me, Man.

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The Weeknd is a Weepy Weirdo in the Wonderfully Terrible Vanity Project Hurry Up Tomorrow

The Late George Wendt delivered a chilling villain turn in friend and collaborator Stuart Gordon's Grim Neo-Noir The King of the Ants

It's that time again! What should I watch and write about?

The Ugly Story Behind the Bryan Singer-dirrected Stephen King adaptation 1998 Apt Pupil May Be Creepier Than the Film Itself

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is Al Franken and Harold Ramis' Fascinatingly Grim 1995 Family Psychodrama Stuart Saves His Family

So The Weeknd's Hurry Up Tomorrow Is Supposed to be Unspeakably Terrible and Self-Indulgent

The Producer of The Final Destination Thinks It's Garbage. I Respectfully Disagree!

My Review of the Nifty Retro Slasher Clown in a Cornfield is Now Available for Everyone!

The Final Destination Franchise Comes Roaring Back to Life with the Rock-Solid Final Destination: Bloodlines

Number 39th With a Very Slow, Precarious Bullet!

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is 2024's Dog-Man

My Journey Through the Final Destination Continues with the Spectacularly Silly Final Destination 3

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is Vincent Minnelli's 1943 Debut Cabin in the Sky

My trip through the Final Destination Series Continues with a Fond Look Back at Final Destination 2

Johnny Depp is Stalked by an Off-Brand Sling Blade in the Insultingly Idiotic 2004 Shocker Secret Window

What should I see and write up this weekend: Final Destination: Bloodlines or Hurry Up Tomorrow?

In honor of the upcoming Final Destination sequel I am re-running my articles on the series

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is 1994's Cabin Boy

Clown in a Cornfield is a Grindhouse-Style Winner That Lives Up To Its Awesome Title

The Gareth Evans-directed Havoc offers explosive action, middling cop drama

Josh Hartnett's Comeback Continues with the Gleeful B Movie Bloodbath Fight or Flight

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is the demeneted 2024 B movie Drive-Away Dolls

I learned of the existence of a movie called Clown in a Cornfield and had to add it to the poll

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is 1994's Hudsucker Proxy

The Gareth Evans-directed Havoc offers explosive action, middling cop drama

It's that time again! Should I see and write about Fight or Flight, Shadow Force or Being Maria this weekend?

Which Stephen King movie should I tackle next, Cell or Secret Window?

With 1408, Stephen King, the Man Behind Film's Most Famous Haunted Hotel Gives Us the World's Scariest Hotel Room

The Joy of Positivity pick of the Day is 1998's Babe: Pig in the City

The Thunderbolts* is a scrappy overachiever that proves there's life left in the MCU

My review of the charming, bleak kid's movie The Legend of Ochi is now available for everyone!

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is the bonkers 1978 Australian exploitation movie Stunt Rock

It's that time again! Should I see Thunderbolts*, Revenge of the Sith and/or Havoc?

A24's Creature Feature The Legend of Ochi is an 80s Throwback for Children Who Enjoy Filmmakers Such as Terence Malick, David Lynch and David Cronenberg

1989's Tales From the Darkside: The Movie is Creepshow III in Everything But Its Name

Tales From the Darkside: The Movie Was Creepshow III In Everything But Its Title

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is Shadow of the Vampire

Kesha or Kidz Bop?

My review of the abysmal Toy Story knockoff Sneaks is Now Available for Everyone!

A Review of The Accountant 2, Ben Affleck's New Autism-Themed Thriller by an Autistic critic

It's that time again! Should I see and write about The Accountant 2, On Swift Horses, Until Dawn or The Legend of Ochi?

As an Autistic Father of Two Autistic Boys, I Am Mortified by RFK Jr's Take on Neurodivergence

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is the riveting 1978 Canadian Thriller The Silent Partner

In 1997's The Night Flier a Vampire Flies Around in a Plane? What? That Can't Be Right

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is Leadbelly (1976)

The Abysmal Toy Story Knockoff Sneaks Gives Sneaker Culture Its Very Own Foodfight!/The Emoji Movie

The Electric State is For No One, But This Zero-Star Is For Everyone

Ryan Coogler's Riveting Sinners Has a Seedy Blaxploitation Premise and Arty New Hollywood Execution

Joy of Positivity pick of the day: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)

Congratulations to the winner of the first ever Box of Awesomeness!

Should I see Sneaks or The Wedding Banquet?

I've Now Been Full Time Freelance for a Solid Decade. It's Been Tough

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is Get Shorty (1995)

Should I make paid subscriber-only reviews publicly available after a week?

What new movie should I write about this weekend?

Creepshow 2 Doesn't Have the Budget or Cast of the Original But Is Still a Down and Dirty Good Time

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day: The Incredibles Edible Peanut Budda Buddha Chocolate Bars

The Electric State Isn't As Bad and Boring as Its Abysmal Reputation Suggests: It's Even Worse

Drop Is a Nifty B-Movie That's Like One of M. Night Shyamalan's Thrillers, But Good

The Electric State or The Amateur?

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day at Nathan Rabin's Bad Ideas is Kyle Mooney's Retro Horror Comedy Y2K

The 2009 Val Kilmer/50 Cent Vehicle Streets of Blood wants to be Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. Instead, it's just bad

New Changes Coming to the Happy Place

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is Wayne's World (1992)

Though Fairly Engaging, 1993's Needful Things is a Time Waster No One Needs to See

It's that time again! Should I See Drop, The Amateur, Warfare or King of Kings?

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is Rodney Dangerfield's 1980 Masterpiece No Respect

God Help Me, I Sincerely Enjoyed The Minecraft Movie!

Of the three movies Val Kilmer made with 50 Cent, which should I write about?

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is 2010's MacGruber

A Hell of a Summer is an Impressive Directorial Debut from Finn Wolfhard, the Child from It, Stranger Things and the new Ghostbusters

The Joy of Positivity Pick of the day is LOST SOUL: THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY’S ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU

Thinner is a very stupid movie

It's that time again! Should I see A Hell of a Summer of a Minecraft Movie this weekend?

The Joy of Positivity pick of the Day: Avenging Disco Godfather (1979)

The Sylvester Stallone and David Ayer-cowritten Jason Statham Vehicle A Working Man is Goofy Fun, but it's no Beekeeper

Death of a Unicorn is the Last Unicorn/Color Out of Space Mash-Up We Never Knew We Didn't Need

The Joy of Positivity: Ruthless People

In the latest entry in Autism in Entertainment, I look back in anger at Fred Durst's Surreally Awful 2019 Insult The Fanatic

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day: Throw Momma From the Train

1986's Maximum Overdrive Illustrated That Stephen King Was Perhaps Not as Good a Director as Arch-Nemesis Stanley Kubrick

What should I see and write up this weekend? Woman in the Yard, A Working Man or Death of a Unicorn

The Joy of Positivity: Better Man (2024)

Robert De Niro Gives Two Underwhelming Performances in The Alto Knights, Which is More Gotti Than Goodfellas

MAGA Hates Disney Because They Think They're "Woke." I Hate Disney Because They Made the Mind-Bogglingly Awful Live-Action Snow White Remake

The Joy of Positivity: The Nice Guys (2016)

How I Plan to Pay Off My Debt

What should I see this weekend? Robert De Niro Times Two or the Wicked Witch played by a Jew?

Black Bag Is Steven Soderbergh at his Steven Soderberghiest

Mickey 17 Is a Weirdly Charming, Defiantly Non-Commercial Look at Life's Inexorable Awfulness

It's that time again! Should I review Black Bag, Novocaine or Opus this weekend?

How I Plan to get out of debt

Cujo Director Lewis Teague Followed Up a Movie About a Killer Dog with 1985's Cat's Eye, a Goofy Anthology About a Heroic Feline

It's that time again! Should I See The Electric State or Mickey 17?

In the latest entry in Autism in Entertainment, I Take a Morbid Look Back at Sia's Infamous Music

The Joy of Positivity pick of the Day: The Oscar (1966)

The Inexplicably Star-Studded Riff Raff is a Half-Assed Nothing Burger of a Movie

John Carpenter's Christine is a Lean, Mean Machine; Also Very Silly

What New Movie should I write up this weekend: Riff Raff, Last Breath or My Dead Friend Zoe?

A Very Personal Post Inspired by Elon Musk's D.O.G.E.Y Demands

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is Ti West's X

Paddington in Peru is Charming as Fuck

Osgood Perkins' Adaptation of Stephen King's The Monkey is Wonderfully Warped and Delightfully Deranged

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is 1997's Con Air

It's that time again? What should I watch this weekend?

Mary and Max is the Rare Movie About Autism That Gets Everything Right

The Joy of Positivity: Creepy Comic Books

Christopher Walken is Brilliant as a Broken Man Haunted By Visions of the Future in David Cronenberg's 1983 Adaptation of Stephen King's The Dead Zone

Captain America: Brave New World Offers More of the Same

The Joy of Positivity Pick of the Day: Piranha (1978)

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day: Burden of Dreams (1982)

The Godawful 2000 horror thriller Bless the Child Once Again Depicts Neurodivergence as a Superpower

This Valentine's Day, should my date be Captain America: Brave New World of Paddington in Peru?

Ke Huy Quan is an Adorable Murder Machine in the Ragingly Okay Love Hurts

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is 1979's The In-Laws

The 1998 Bruce Willis Vehicle Mercury Rising Illustrates What Makes Autism-Themed Entertainment So Offensive

Steve Allen Rants Angrily About Trashy Pop Culture From Beyond the Grave in 2001's Posthumously Released Vulgarians at the Gate: Trash TV and Raunch Radio – Raising the Standards of Popular Culture

The Joy of Positivity pick of the day: Us (2019)

It's that time again! Should it be Heart Eyes or Love Hurts this weekend?

The Delightful Animated Comedy Dog Man is ADHD in Cinematic Form in the Best Possible Way

George Romero and Stephen King Pay Loving Tribute to E.C. Comics with the Classic 1982 Horror Anthology Creepshow

The Joy of Positivity: Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)

Sophie Thatcher Is a Vengeance-Crazed Robo-Manic Pixie Dream Girl in Companion

The Joy of Positivity: Saturday Night Fever (1977)

Aliens Come To Earth in Hunt of Sweet, Sweet Autistic Genius Brain Juice in 2020 The Predator

The Joy of Positivity: Heavy Metal (1981)

Where Do You Even Begin With a Movie Like The Shining?

It's that time again! Should I See Companion, Dog Man or both?

The Joy of Positivity: Hard Target (1993)

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Mark Wahlberg is a Country-Fried Villain in Mel Gibson's Ferociously Adequate Flight Risk

The Joy of Positivity: Mom and Dad (2017)

Do I REALLY have to see The Brutalist?

The Joy of Positivity: The Marvels (2023)

In The Accountant, Ben Affleck Plays a Combination of Good Will Hunting and Jason Bourne With an Autistic Twist

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With All That's Going On in the World, Who Cares What I Thought Of Wolf Man?

It's that time again! Should I see The Brutalist or Flight Risk next weekend?

The Joy of Positivity pick of the Day: Mulholland Drive (2001)

The First Film to Deal Explicitly with Autism Was Also Elvis' Last Movie/Mind-bogglingly offensive

The Joy of Positivity: American Movie (1999)

It's that time again! Should I see Wolf Man or One of Them Days

My Exploration of Stephen King's Films Begins in a Big Way With Brian DePalma's Iconic 1976 Adaptation of Carrie

The Joy of Positivity: The Second Civil War (1997)

Better Man is a Crowd-Pleasing Musical That Will Have You Saying, "That Chimpanzee REALLY Loves Cocaine!"

The Joy of Positivity: Thor: Ragnorak (2018)

What movie should I write up this weekend? The Robbie Williams Monkey movie or a Generic-looking Gerard Butler thriller?

Autism in Entertainment Begins With a Deep Dive into 1988's RAIN MAN

The Joy of Positivity: Cocaine Bear (2023)

What new movie in the theater should I watch this weekend, Den of Thieves 2 or the sequel to Den of Thieves?

In the first Silly-Show Biz Book Club Piece Here I Take a Deep Dive Into the Shallow Waters of Matthew Perry's Friends, Lovers, and the Big, Terrible Thing

The Joy of Positivity: My Blue Heaven (1990)

Like Pretty Much Everything Wallace & Gromit-related, the New Netflix Movie Vengeance Most Fowl Is Pretty Fucking Great

The Joy of Positivity: Postcards From the Edge (1990)

What Non-Theatrical Movie Should I Write About this week? Wallace and Gromit, The Instigators or Wolfs?

What new movie should I write about this weekend?