No spoilers but my takeaway from 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is that it’s about how the world we live in today is one that puts its trust in false gods and prophets and how that has led to chaos and evil. But the one thing that will ultimately save us is to bring back The Dream of the 90’s.

Back from a visit to The Bone Temple ... ... and this movie completely rocks! 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE is a bleak, brutal, but also very darkly funny and entertaining film. Ralph Fiennes and Jack O'Connell are both awesome here. And that one climactic Fiennes scene: hot damn! Bring on Pt. 3!

Watching Rob Reiner classics this weekend, and kicked things off with a movie I’d never actually seen before: STAND BY ME. While not the flashiest director, Reiner truly was a master storyteller. He brilliantly framed his sequences in ways that always put the characters and their emotions first.

Thought the pilot episode of STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY was a lot of fun! Several of the characters really popped from the get-go. The Klingon raised to be un-Klingon like. The hologram girl trying to understand how to act human. A good start overall. I’m definitely curious to see more.

This has been a rough week, but all week long my refrain has been ... I just need to make it to this weekend, so I can visit The Bone Temple. Who else will be paying a visit to The Bone Temple this weekend? (seriously though, I am ridiculously excited for more 28 Years Later!)

David Finch’s art for the new comic series Skinbreaker (written by Robert Kirkman) is some of the most insanely detailed, dynamic, and impressive comic book art I’ve ever seen. Wow.

Can all these Nazis just admit they're Nazis so we can stop dancing around it? Suffice it to say, this is very bad.

Rewatched DICK TRACY for the first time since I was very young. I really enjoyed it and it's not quite like anything else. Some of the lines Madonna says in this movie though ... they really got away with A LOT for a movie that was ostensibly for kids!

Hey #PortfolioDay Writer here. In 2025, I released the first issue of Halloween Team: Shadows (the sequel series to Halloween Team), with more on the way. I also had a short story in It's A Horror Show: The Found Footage Anthology. Hoping this is just the beginning of my comics-writing journey!

Belated Golden Globes thoughts: - Nikki Glaser was fantastic and so funny. - The podcasting segment was a major nerd-out moment. Griffin Newman! Marc Maron locking the gates! Except, why wasn't WTF nominated for its final year? - SO many amazing movies in 2025. Happy for all the winners.

First watch in many years of WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? Watched it on 4K disc and man, this movie still looks amazing. Also watched the making-of doc, and the painstaking work that went into the movie - blending the live action and animated components in a pre-digital world - is truly awe-inspiring.

Need to retroactively update my Best of 2025 list, because just saw DEAD MAN'S WIRE and wow, fantastic! We got an intro from screenwriter Austin Kolodney - and man, well done Austin, this script is crackling! The movie is funny, intense, thought-provoking. Bill Skarsgård is amazing in it. Go see it!

Strange that so little of the discourse I see around MARTY SUPREME talks about the movie being such a quintessential Jewish-American, post-Holocaust saga. So much of the film's plot and thematic structure hinges upon exploring this. To me it's one of the best movies about Jews in America ever made.

In times such as these … I must finally dive headfirst into that new TMNT 4K box set from Arrow. For tonight, it’s 1990 all over again, baby.

Wanted to shout-out that a big new batch of new-to-digital movies went live this week on Apple, Amazon, Fandango, etc. Such as: Dracula 1931 - Spanish Version Merrily We Go To Hell China Frankenstein: A True Story Captain America II (70's) Exiled: A Law & Order story Cobra Woman - and many more!

A lot of times I really feel like we're in the Planet of the Apes movies, where humanity is just gradually losing its intelligence and becoming more animalistic and primitive by the week.

a.) Burbank is the best place to see movies. b.) I take full credit for this.

Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸

Trancers III: Deth Lives … within the first 10 minutes, Jack Deth is confronted by a hulking red alien monster and is completely unfazed. Bear in mind, this franchise has never included aliens or anything remotely resembling this kind of creature. So you know this is going to be a next-level movie.

AEW really comes through on those tough days, like today. This promotion has such an aura of positivity and so much heart and spirit.

Imagine not just choosing but reveling in being this awful. “Self-described poet” really did it for me.

ICE is America's modern-day Gestapo and needs to be abolished immediately. A horrible but sadly inevitable tragedy today in Minneapolis. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Trancers II … now that’s one crazy love triangle.

The level of lies and propaganda from the Trump administration has now reached the levels of Putin's Russia or Kim Jong Un's North Korea. If you question the extent to which this country has devolved into authoritarianism, look no further than this. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

COVID was that bad and *continues* to be really, really bad. I have friends who lost parents and loved ones. Many, many died. I and countless others were afflicted with Long COVID. To this day I have major issues with lightheadedness, among other things. Everyone's health was affected in some way.

It's been five years. Enough is enough. After that day, he should not have been allowed to hold office for one more minute. Let alone a second term. I still choose to believe that one day there will be accountability. In fact, we should demand it.

Inspired by this review, I am watching TRANCERS for the first time. I mean, the main character’s name is Jack Deth. How could I not? How was Tim Thomerson only 38 in this? He seems a grizzled 50. He’s great though. As is punk rocker Helen Hunt.

Caught up on the recent Batman/Deadpool comics. These were a lot of fun! I'm not even a huge Deadpool guy, per se, but all the various DC/Marvel crossover stories contained in the series were really good, and from an incredible group of creators as well. I mean, Grant Morrison's story alone ...

Between the Epstein Files, the Jack Smith testimony, and now an illegal war with Venezuela - can we all just collectively say "enough is enough"-?! Republicans: grow a spine and stop "just following orders" Democrats: act boldly and quickly and loudly Americans: wake up

Was missing Righteous Gemstones, so finally watched Netflix’s The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter - from Jody Hill and starring Danny McBride and Josh Brolin. If you’re a fan of Gemstones, Eastbound & Down, etc - this movie is another very funny, very entertaining, spot-on satire from that team.

As is a New Year tradition, watched several episodes of The Twilight Zone, including a few more obscure, new-to-me installments. Truly, this show contains so much wisdom and knowledge and has so much to say about morality and about being a good, decent person. Rod Serling was a genius.

Always like to kick off the new year with some vintage sci-fi, so this year watched a movie that I was proud to help make available on digital for the first time ever: COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT. A really fascinating, highly prescient 1970 film that is an early examination of the dangers of AI.

If you missed my annual blog posts looking at my picks for the Best Movies, TV, Games, Comics, and Music of 2025 - click the link and check 'em out! allnewallawesome.blogspot.com

I was going to watch Strange Days tonight because I’d heard it’s finally on streaming. But now it’s gone?! Anyone have any info?

Already missing #StrangerThings ...? Looking for your NEXT favorite spooky adventure? Then you need to read ... HALLOWEEN TEAM Volume 1 + Issue #1 of sequel series Halloween Team: Shadows - out now! Get it for your Kindle app: a.co/d/4IO2axq Or via GlobalComix: globalcomix.com/c/halloween-...

Happy New Year! Let the Mattinelli’s flow!

Not to worry though: no matter what year it is, the spirit of the 80’s will live on. At least in this household!

Have had mixed feelings about this final season of Stranger Things, but I will say that the final 20 minutes or so of the finale was genuinely wonderful and legitimately emotional. I'm going to miss this show, as it's meant a lot to me over the years. A huge thank you to all who made it happen.

2025 was a tough year. But my hope for 2026 is to not let the fight be all-consuming, and to stop and appreciate even the small wins. In 2025 I had writing credits in two comic books, saw momentum with screenwriting, and worked on a few professional projects I'm proud of. Here's to an epic 2026!

My picks for the BEST MOVIES OF 2025. Click for the full Top 50. My Top 10: 1. Marty Supreme 2. Sinners 3. One Battle After Another 4. The Life of Chuck 5. No Other Choice 6. 28 Years Later 7. Superman 8. Sorry, Baby 9. The Long Walk 10. Frankenstein allnewallawesome.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

More Best of the Year blogs, coming in just under the wire! Click the link for my picks for the Best Games of 2025, where I talk about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Old Skies, The Drifter, Lost Records, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and more! allnewallawesome.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

Also caught up on DIE MY LOVE. Wow, that was quite the journey. Lynne Ramsay's films are always incredibly unique and this is no exception. A lot to unpack from this one, but it is certainly effective as a visceral journey into one character's downward-spiraling headspace.

Caught up on 2025's HEDDA, really enjoyed it. It's the most impressive directorial effort yet from Nia DaCosta, and Tessa Thompson delivers an incredible lead performance here. Nina Hoss also delivers an absolute barn-burner of a supporting turn in this one - she should 100% be in awards contention.

Finally got over to the Jack Kirby exhibit at the Skirball Museum here in LA. Tons of amazing original artwork and rarities, and a nice overview of his life and career. Very much worth checking out if you’re at all a comic book fan! Kirby was king. #Skirball #JackKirby @skirball.bsky.social

My picks for the Best Comic Books of 2025! No, I did not include Halloween Team (though of course it's my personal favorite). But, I did include some amazing comics like The Knives: A Criminal Book and Wonder Woman by Tom King ("Mouse Man Knows!"). allnewallawesome.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

More Best of 2025 blogs! Click below for my picks for The Best Rock of 2025 - featuring the likes of Dropkick Murphys, Aerosmith, Evanescence, Florence + The Machine, Twenty One Pilots, Lady Gaga, and more.What was your favorite new music of the year? allnewallawesome.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT is well worth a watch. It's a gripping, darkly comedic story set in Iran, and filmed by Jafar Panahi in a rogue manner that circumvented the government's usual censorship. The tonal shifts reminded me a bit of the works of someone like Park Chan-wook. Really fascinating film.

The first of my Best of the Year posts is live - my picks for The Best TV of 2025. Top 10: 1 Pluribus 2 The Rehearsal 3 The Righteous Gemstones 4 The Lowdown 5 Squid Game 6 The White Lotus 7 King of the Hill 8 Adolescence 9 Poker Face 10 The Great North allnewallawesome.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE is pretty remarkable - not quite like any movie I've ever seen. It's a historical biopic but also a trippy, mesmerizing musical. It's a fable about America and why we live in such a fragile, conflict-ridden country. Amanda Seyfried is amazing here riding the edge of madness.