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I would wager that very few movies surprised Roger Ebert. In his more than 45-year career, he pretty much saw it all. But in 1987, he wrote that he was “blindsided” by, of all things, Lyndall...

“You’re a very bad influence.” Who says this line, and why, and when, is a testament to the power of “Emily the Criminal,” written and directed by John Patton Ford, and starring Aubrey Plaza. The film...

J.J. Perry makes his directorial debut with the action-horror movie “Day Shift,” but if you’ve seen any good action movie in the last two decades, you’ve admired his work. In movies ranging from “F9: The Fast Saga” to...

“Five Days at Memorial” may technically be a historical drama, but it often feels more like a horror show. The Apple TV+ mini-series captures in horrific, you-are-there detail what it was like at Memorial Hospital in...

The content warning before “Children of the Underground” sits differently than they normally do in such disturbing documentaries. It’s not just a necessary head’s up that we are about to learn a whole lot about child...

2009 was the year of the first SDCC Zombie Walk. Originally, it was part of a nationwide promotion for the “Zombieland.” By the time I began attending SDCC, I thought the Zombie Walk was somehow related...

Comic-Con started as a celebration of cartoons, as well as popular arts, including films and science fiction/fantasy literature. Originally called San Diego’s Golden State Comic-Con and later, San Diego’s West Coast Comic Convention, the gathering became...

My only trip to Las Vegas was in 2016, and we went there because we wanted to hear Olivia Newton-John. She performed in a small space, fewer than a thousand seats, and she made every one...

When science collides with geekdom, things get niche-y. But creature features have long been part of SDCC, and this year I attended a panel that brought a 1950s favorite forward (“The Science of ‘Godzilla Singular Point'”)...

James Morosini’s “I Love My Dad” grabs the eternal adage of “write what you know” and sprints towards the edge of a cliff. The story is true: Morosini’s father pretended to be someone else online in...