The Weekly Listicle: There Goes The Neighborhood
August 30, 2025Forget good fences, and forget good neighbors. Characters in movies and television are far more compelling...
The Weekly Listicle: The Art Of The Heist
August 30, 2025This week, I join forces with Brett Davinger to chronicle some of the best heists, rip-offs,...
Book Review: The Craigslist Murders by Brenda Cullerton
August 27, 2025An interior “desecrator” who despises the bored super-rich housewives who can afford her services, she lives...
Best And Worst Movies Of 2011, Part 1
August 23, 2025We the critics of the Fourth Wall - Julia Rhodes, Brett Davinger, and myself - devote...
In Case You Missed… Christopher Smith’s Black Death
August 20, 2025Most movies like Black Death exploit the historical context to take shots at organized religion with...
Insecurity Deposits: Catching Up With Hammer’s The Resident
August 9, 2025The Resident is nicely paced, moodily presented, eerily scored and based upon a very creepy idea....
Lies, LIES! Never Trust Nothing, Especially A “Last” Sequel
August 7, 2025After going to the trouble of naming the fourth installment of the series THE Final Destination,...
The Weekly Listicle: A Question Of Identity
July 17, 2025Identity is a wonderful device for deception and suspense in storytelling. In some cases a whole...
“Let Me In!” Cries A Voice In The Night
July 8, 2025A certain writer for the California Literary Review has thoughtfully distilled a whole year of reviews,...
The Weekly Listicle: Parties For A New Year
July 4, 2025In the spirit of celebration, we take a moment to remember some of our favorite movie...




