
Book Review: Pure by Julianna Baggott
November 10, 2025Sketching the parameters of Baggott’s palimpsestic narrative is tricky. Briefly put, the backstory of the novel...
Book Review: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
October 15, 2025Magic is all around us, if only we’d pay attention more—if only we’d dream. Maybe then...
The Weekly Listicle: Celebrating Monstrous Matchups
October 4, 2025"Vampires versus werewolves" is only one of the time-tested feuds that film and television have offered...
The Weekly Listicle: Some Movies Are About Things
September 19, 2025At last, the long-rumored prequel/remake of John Carpenter’s 1982 masterpiece The Thing infects theaters across the...
The Weekly Listicle: Method In Our Movie Madness
September 14, 2025The practice of blessing mass entertainment with the bard's prose confers a kind of loftiness upon...
True Blood Recap: Season 4 Bites Deep (But Doesn’t Suck)
September 7, 2025For those who have not been scared off by now, I think we could all use...
A Watchful Eye On… Marvel’s Animated Avengers
August 28, 2025Marvel's animation division, together with cartoon grand masters Film Roman, is on a roll with The...
Trailer Watch: Martin Scorsese’s Hugo
August 23, 2025Martin Scorsese, Hollywood titan, enjoys a special reputation for directing violent, foul-mouthed crime flicks. Admittedly, he...
Best And Worst Movies Of 2011, Part 1
August 23, 2025We the critics of the Fourth Wall - Julia Rhodes, Brett Davinger, and myself - devote...
Bloody Sexy Things: Adapting Clive Barker
August 19, 2025Clive Barker has lent his eyes and hands to virtually every medium, from page to the...





