Friday Fiction: Join the Marionettes (Part 2 of 5)
Ah, I see you’ve returned. So, you want to know where this nightmare is going, huh?
By Brandon Scott on Jul 29th, 2022
Ah, I see you’ve returned. So, you want to know where this nightmare is going, huh?
By Brandon Scott on Jul 27th, 2022
Everything Everywhere All at Once is a masterpiece. A culmination of increasingly popular science fiction topics, well-trodden philosophy, absurdist humor, and incredible fight choreography.
By Brandon Scott on Jul 25th, 2022
Rules for Vanishing is such a different book from anything we’ve reviewed on the site in a long time. It’s a dark medley of The Wizard of Oz, Lovecraftian Horror, and The Blair Witch Project.
By Brandon Scott on Jul 22nd, 2022
Are you afraid of puppets, dear reader? Do dolls make you uncomfortable? There’s a reason they show up in horror so often.
By Brandon Scott on Jul 20th, 2022
The House with a Clock in Its Walls delighted at first but steadily worsened. The endless brownie points earned spent themselves too fast and left a husk of a film.
By Brandon Scott on Jul 18th, 2022
Dead End: Paranormal Park is a lovely show. I enjoyed the heck out of it. It’s also a show that I’m not equipped to talk about many of its themes, topics, and representations.
By Brandon Scott on Jul 15th, 2022
This is a melancholy one, folks. A short story, but a lot of emotions. It asks a dark question: can you find beauty at the end of the world?
By Brandon Scott on Jul 13th, 2022
Amphibia wants to make dark jokes and frog jokes, and it succeeds at both. Or at least that’s what the early episodes are about.
By Brandon Scott on Jul 11th, 2022
Baymax! is formulaic, predictable, and utterly charming. It brings a smile with every single episode and feels like something special.
By Brandon Scott on Jul 8th, 2022
Ever taken a leisurely jaunt cycling around the neighborhood? How about the entire planet?
By Brandon Scott on Jul 6th, 2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is a movie that could only exist this deep in the Marvel phenomenon. It doesn’t flow or function like an actual movie—it heavily assumes you’ve seen so much media. It doesn’t give you time or an adequate explanation for half the stuff that happens.
By Brandon Scott on Jul 4th, 2022
my positive reviews of media like The Magnus Archives, Black Mirror, and The Twilight Zone weren’t a clear indication, I have a particular fondness for anthology storytelling.