“Is ‘It’ a New Kind of Horror Franchise?”

Writing this piece reminded me how hard it is to write about a film titled “It,” because, funny enough, “it” is a pretty commonly used word and that just makes everything confusing. Continue reading →

“The Unlikely Connection Between ‘It’ And ‘A Wrinkle In Time'”

Who else but me would watch A Wrinkle in Time and go, “Hey, Michael Peña’s character sure does remind me of Pennywise the Dancing Clown”? Nobody, that’s who. That’s why I’m the one writing about this silly nonsense and not, like, someone else.  I’m being a bit cheeky with this piece I did for Thrillist, but: Come … Continue reading →

Hollywood Has Reached Peak ’80s Nostalgia

If you know me, you know that unchecked and irrational nostalgia for the 1980s, whether in real life or in film or in television or literally frigging anything, makes me want to hurl. So imagine my delight to find that It doesn’t indulge in nostalgia; it just reroots the King story in the 1980s, with only … Continue reading →