Republic of Lucha: El Rey of South Pasadena / Night of the Bloody Apes [REVIEW]

If you like sci-fi/horror, masked icons, and wrestling, Republic of Lucha is all the reason you need to come to South Pasadena. I found out about the existence of this place firstly through Jorge Gutierrez (Book of Life, El Tigre, & Netflix’s Maya and the Three) mentioning it on his Instagram a few times. Through […]

Woke up this morning…and saw The Many Saints of Newark Trailer

Like many Sopranos fans, I have been seriously waiting for them to drop the new trailer for The Sopranos prequel, The Many Saints of Newark. The film was directed by Alan Taylor and written by David Chase and Lawrence Konner.  The Many Saints of Newark stars Michael Gandolfini in the role as young Tony Soprano.  […]

Foreign Horrorspondence: Japan serves Simian Surrealism

Imagine a poetic voice-over evoking Paul Giamatti doing a Pee-Wee Herman impression, spoken over a montage of dramatic images of sun bursts, clouds, and four volcanic islands rising from the sea: “In the worlds before Monkey, Primal Chaos reigned. Heaven sought order. But the Phoenix can fly only when its feathers are grown. The four […]