Film The 94th Annual Academy Awards Takeaways The 94th Annual Academy Awards took some huge risks in their presentation because of the global pandemic. Here are the highlights and…not so great moments.
Games The Binding of Isaac: Repentance Review (DLC, 2021) The new The Binding of Isaac DLC is here. It’s going to take me years to unlock everything.
Reviews The Outer Limits: S1E11 "It Crawled Out of the Woodwork" We’re back with the new The Outer Limits recap over at The Avocado. This week is “It Crawled Out of the Woodwork,” which is a straight up b-movie/drive-in double feature experience shrunk down for an hour long TV show. Read the full review at The Avocado.
Film The Dark and the Wicked Review (Film, 2020) The Dark and the Wicked is the new horror film from writer/director Bryan Bertino. A family reunites to say their final goodbyes to the father, only to discover something evil has taken over the farm.
Announcements The Results of a Week Off I took a week off to take care of myself for once. Here’s what happened.
Games Dead by Daylight Chapter XIX: All-Kill Review (DLC, 2021) Dead by Daylight’s newest DLC builds a horror story out of the K-Pop industry.
News Dragula Season Four Coming to Shudder The upcoming fourth season of The Boulet Brothers Dragula will be airing exclusively on Shudder. Here’s what we know so far.
Reviews The Outer Limits: S1E10 "The Nightmare" This week, we’re taking a look at The Outer Limits episode “The Nightmare.” This is a sci-fi/horror story about soldiers from around the world being captured by an alien enemy and interrogated to reveal their darkest secrets. You can read the full review at The Avocado [https://the-avocado.org/2021/
Reviews A Tale of Two Drag Races Filmed During a Global Pandemic The two newest seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race, the second UK season and the 13th US season, had to deal with the challenges of filming a TV show during the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Games Dead by Daylight 4.6.0 Patch Review (Game Patch, 2021) From colorbind options to physics-defying snow, here’s a rundown of what went right and wrong in the new Dead by Daylight patch.
Film Spookier Times Episode 14: Killer Fashion & Slaxx Killer Fashion is a subgenre of the paranormal slasher where a fashion item--a dress, shoes, hair extensions, an accessory, etc.--gains the ability to kill.
Announcements Announcing SD Media Digest Hey everyone. I’m really excited to announce a new quarterly publication from Sketching Details.
Reviews The Outer Limits: S1E09 "Corpus Earthling" The new The Outer Limits review is up at The Avocado. This week, we’re looking at “Corpus Earthling.” This is the first stereotypical black and white sci-fi episode in all its silly glory. Read the full article at The Avocado [https://the-avocado.org/2021/03/31/the-outer-limits-s1e09-corpus-earthlin
Film The Block Island Sound Review (Film, 2021) The Block Island Sound is terrifying because of its tone, but perhaps a bit muddled by too many competing ideas.
Film The United States vs. Billie Holiday Review (Film, 2021) The United States vs. Billie Holiday is an overwhelming exploration of a dark chapter in American history.
Film Slaxx Review (Film, 2021) Slaxx is a cursed fashion object film that points the satire at the corporation, not the consumers.
Reviews The Outer Limits: S1E08 "The Human Factor" We’re back with the newest The Outer Limits recap over at The Avocado. Today’s focus is “The Human Factor,” the first body swapping narrative of the series. There are some great ideas in play, but ideas alone can’t always carry a sci-fi story to the end. Read
News TikTok Getting Closed Captions Soon TikTok is finally rolling out a beta test for a meaningful closed captions system on their video app.
Games Competitive Gaming and Me There’s a world of difference between being good at something and being good at competing at something.
Books/Print The Invention of Ghosts by Gwendolyn Kiste Review (Book, 2020) The Invention of Ghosts is a novelette by Gwendolyn Kiste. I think this is one of the most unsettling pieces of horror fiction I’ve ever read because of its use of perspective.
Film Promising Young Woman & Defining Genre Promising Young Woman appears to have broken the record for how quickly a horror film can be rebranded as anything but thanks to awards attention. So let's dig into defining genre, shall we?
Film 93rd Annual Academy Award Nominations Here’s a rundown of the 93rd annual Academy Award nominations announced today, 15 March 2021.
Film Tentacles Review (Film, 2021) Tentacles is a psycho-sexual horror film, heavy on the former and light on the latter.
