Halloween Movie Countdown Day One: Hocus Pocus

Absurd, wacky, and utterly loveable, Hocus Pocus has become a festive favorite of 90’s era young folks. Originally released in July of 1993, the Kenny Ortega film barely made its budget back at the box office. It wasn’t until the…

Star Trek The Original Series: Where hope is the final frontier

Welcome to our newest bi-weekly column, Prime Time, where different writers pick some of their favorite past shows and talk about what made them standout from the crowd. To read past installments, go here.  Late as I was to the Star…

Six things I learned from starting a film festival

Unlike other jobs, it’s kind of hard to stumble into founding a film festival, or directing one. It’s certainly not a job that I ever thought I would do. You could say it born from a lot of frustration. I’d…

Psych: Be an adult when you need to, but stay a kid when you can

Welcome to our newest bi-weekly column, Prime Time, where different writers pick some of their favorite past shows and talk about what made them standout from the crowd. To read past installments, go here.  Worldwide, there are approximately 2.1 million…

Into the Past: Assessing Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby

After nearly ten years of production qualms, Baz Luhrmann’s The Get Down is soon to be made available for streaming. With trademark flashy visuals and slightly overblown spectacle, Luhrmann tends to be a divisive director. I’m hit or miss with…

Breaking Bad: Scientific Art

Welcome to our newest bi-weekly column, Prime Time, where different writers pick some of their favorite past shows and talk about what made them standout from the crowd. To read past installments, go here.  It would be very easy to…

Futurama: Looking Ahead to Humanity

Welcome to our newest bi-weekly column, Prime Time, where different writers pick some of their favorite past shows and talk about what made them standout from the crowd. To read past installments, go here.  Futurama begins with a simple premise:…