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Candyman

Don’t Say His Name

August 27, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Bernard Rose, Candyman, Jordan Peele, Kara Walker, Nia DaCosta, Philip Glass, Teyonah Parris, Tony Todd, Virginia Madsen, Yahya Adbul-Mateen II

Sweets to the sweet in Nia DaCosta’s wicked ‘Candyman’ reboot

Them

Us Vs. ‘Them’

April 29, 2021March 15, 2022 Pablo Gallaga 0 Comments Ashley Thomas, Deborah Ayorinde, Jordan Peele, Lena Waithe, Little Marvin, Them

Amazon’s featured horror series taps into something ugly

‘Judas and the Black Messiah’

February 12, 2021February 18, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Boots Riley, Daniel Kaluuya, Jesse Plemons, Jordan Peele, Judas and the Black Messiah, Lakeith Stanfield, Martin Sheen, Shaka King, Sidney Lumet

A solid, straight-laced, Oscar-friendly film about a Black revolutionary movement

Elevated Horror

There’s No Such Thing As An “Elevated Horror” Movie

October 7, 2020October 9, 2020 Jake Harris 0 Comments Ari Aster, Get Out, Hereditary, Jay Baruchel, Jordan Peele, Midsommar, Random Acts of Violence, Robert Eggers, The Lighthouse, The Wicker Man, The Witch, Us

It’s just horror, and the rest is marketing

Lovecraft Country

‘Lovecraft Country’: Not Very Lovecraftian

August 16, 2020March 15, 2022 Michael Washburn 66 Comments Courtney B. Vance, J.J. Abrams, Jonathan Majors, Jordan Peele, Jurnee Smollett, Lovecraft Country, Michael Kenneth Williams, Misha Green, S.T. Joshi

HBO’s exciting and scary new series seems to miss the point of Lovecraft’s work

Netflix TELEVISION

Growth Spurt

October 16, 2019October 16, 2019 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Andrew Rannells, Big Mouth, Jason Mantzoukas, Jennifer Aniston, Jessi Klein, John Mulaney, Jordan Peele, Maya Rudolph, Nick Kroll

Season 3 of ‘Big Mouth’ is Ready for the Big Time

‘Toy Story 4’: the Clingy Cowboy

June 21, 2019June 22, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Annie Potts, Jordan Peele, Keanu Reeves, Keegan Michael Key, Pixar, Tom Hanks, Tony Hale, Toy Story 4

An Animated Parable About a Needy Ex-Boyfriend

We’re Living in Twilight

May 1, 2019May 2, 2019 Michael Patrick Welch 0 Comments CBS All Access, John Cho, Jordan Peele, Kumail Nanjiani, Rod Serling, Steven Yeun, Twilight Zone

Submitted for Your Approval: the New Twilight Zone is Equal to the Old Twilight Zone

Us family

This is ‘Us’

March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 Pablo Gallaga 0 Comments Get Out, Jordan Peele, Lupita Nyong’o, Us, Winston Duke

Jordan Peele Delivers Another Instant Horror Classic

2019 horror movies

2019 Is Going To Be Horrible

January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 Philip Fracassi 0 Comments Craig Davidson, It, Joe Hill, Jordan Peele, Josh Malerman, Pennywise, Pet Semetery, Stephen King, Throttle, Us

This Year’s Books and Movies Look Freaking Scary