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John Lithgow is an American treasure, and if you disagree, we can never be friends. I grew up watching him as the loveable yet oafish head of an alien family on 3rd Rock From the Sun after countless rewatches of Harry and the Hendersons with my family. Back then, I would never have considered a…
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Hey, fellow treasure seekers! I’m happy to report we have some Ufology news this week. Just to reiterate, as it may not seem, I believe in aliens/NHI. I understand that I occasionally go hard on grifters like Lue Elizondo and Anna Paulina Luna, but that’s because what they do is a disservice to Ufology. Their…
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How Was Your Weekend? These four banal little words we ask our coworkers to preserve office etiquette that often has a joyless auto-response attached. I suppose it depends on your corporate culture, but most offices simply don’t care what you’re going through these days. They just need you to be productive. So, what if the…
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Welcome back, fellow explorers! I hate to break it to you but I don’t have any interesting Ufological news for you this week. However, I will say that I haven’t received a cease and desist yet from Elizondo’s “tenacious” lawyer on anything I’ve said thus far. I guess every day is a good day until…
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As horror movie lovers, we’re captivated by ghost stories—the fun ones, the dramatic ones, and the ones that are hauntingly unshakable. When The Sixth Sense was released twenty-six years ago, it shook audiences. The symphony of gasps released in the auditorium as traumatic truths were revealed from a specter-seeing boy to his therapist are the…
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We’ve been leaning into independent films distributed through Cranked Up for a while now. While still relatively new, Cranked Up has been putting out films for over a decade as the genre offshoot of Good Deed Entertainment. Though not every title has been gold, Cranked Up is a studio focused on championing great ideas and…
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Ever since Nosferatu’s Max Schreck’s shadow slinked across the screen, movies have been subverting storytelling conventions and providing alternative perspectives. Nosferatu, an abject social metaphor for post WWI plague and German xenophobia, proved horror movie storytelling could instill philosophic concepts beyond that of its Hollywood counterparts, mainly seen for entertainment. Nosferatu is the grandfather of…
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The Sun is a terrible tabloid that spends time fomenting anger and lies under the guise of proper journalism. So it would make sense that Lue Elizondo uses it as a basis of his ‘D’isclosure. Before we jump back to one of our two favorite Utah ranches, I just want to highlight just how dangerous…
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Shadow & Substance is a bi-weekly column that explores the world of film and TV, especially in the genres of sci-fi and horror. Asking the questions and exploring the answers that lie in the middle ground between light and shadow. Why is Doctor Who rejecting horror in favor of whimsy? Doctor Who is an iconic…
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Taking chances is what movies are all about. From the patron angle, you’re taking a chance going to a movie you may know little to nothing about, hoping to have a great experience. For filmmakers, it’s not much different. They’re trying their best to make that experience memorable. But modern-day filmmaking isn’t what it used…