The Long Walk Review (Film, 2025) content warning: blood, gore, gun violence, foul language, smoking, grieving, mental wellness, animal death The Long Walk is the feel-bad film of 2025. That's a compliment. If I left an adaptation of Stephen King's The Long Walk with a skip in my step and a smile
Film Weapons Review (Film, 2025) Weapons is one of the most inventive horror films to hit theaters nationwide in years.
horror Together Review (Film, 2025) Together is a clever, intimate, and deeply disturbing body horror film.
sd media Punk Rock Flea Market Saturday, July 26 Come join us as Sketching Details and Crafts by Carolyn kick off the Halloween season at the Punk Rock Flea Market.
horror M3GAN 2.0 Review (Film, 2025) MEGAN 2.0 is unapologetically what it is based on the marketing for the film. You get what you pay for.
sdmedia Updates for June 2025 Here's a behind the scenes look at how independent publishing is changing in the current climate.
slasher Final Destination: Bloodlines Review (Film, 2025) Final Destination: Bloodlines is equal parts a sincere attempt to establish continuity in the film's universe and an over the top, schlocky, howler of a horror film filled with laughs and gore.
Music Eurovision 2025 According to Sketching Details Eurovision 2025 is stacked with fantastic songs. Here are a few of my favorites.
movie review Sinners Review (Film, 2025) Ryan Coogler's Sinners cements him as one of the most important filmmakers working in America today.
songs Eurovision and Genre Songs The Eurovision Song Contest is not afraid of embracing genre, from heavy metal monster bands to space wolves singing about bananas. This year is no exception.
sdmedia Updates for April Reflections after a fantastic convention experience on how I present my published work.
book review Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins Review (Book, 2025) Sunrise on the Reaping is Suzanne Collins best and most brutal entry in The Hunger Games' universe.
News Join Me at CycloneCon I'll be at Author's Alley at CycloneCon, Centenary University's student-run fan convention, on April 5, 2025.
dark comedy Death of a Unicorn Review (Film, 2025) Death of a Unicorn is Weird with a capital W, a deeply satirical and gory horror/slasher about unicorns, family bonds, and pharmaceutical greed.
film review Mickey 17 Review (Film, 2025) We are in a Renaissance of capital W weird fiction and Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17 is a masterclass in satirical bizarre sci-fi.
Announcements What's New? March 2025 March has been quite busy for Sketching Details and it doesn’t appear to be slowing down any time soon.
film review I'm Not a Robot Review (Short Film, 2024) A dystopian sci-fi short film about an existential crisis created by a failed CAPTCHA test? Sign me up.
awards Celebrating Horror at the 97th Academy Awards You couldn’t avoid the reach of The Substance if you tried at the Oscars.
sdmedia On Vending at My First Horror Convention Appearance in Over a Decade I achieved a dream this weekend and it was everything and nothing like I expected.
