Sitemap - 2025 - Mortal Cinema
My 2025 in Movies: The Best and the Rest
The Nativity Scene Isn't Biblically or Historically Accurate
Does Payakan Know It’s Christmastime at All?
LYT Linkage: Stranger Things Snark, Twilight Gilligan
Hershey Sent Me Christmas Candy to Review
I Ate at L.A.'s North Korean Restaurant
Avatar: Fire and Ash Review - Hot Threesome
Full Disclosure: My LA Film Critics Awards Ballot (UPDATED)
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 Review: Jump! For My Love!
What Does "I Am the Way" Mean?
Weekend 'Round the Web: Predator Fanfic, Imperial Metrics, and a Lumbass
Quick Takes: A Magnificent Life of Chuck's Accidental Train Dreams
The 10 Best Premium Stories From Mortal Cinema, Year 1
Happy Anniversary to Us! Our Top 10 (Free) Stories so far!
Quick Takes: Christy, Blue Moon, Legs/Kick
How Film Critics Debate Over Email
Wicked: For Good Review - Defying Brevity
Quick Takes: Frankenstein, Weapons, Bring Her Back
LYT Linkage: Feminist Muslim Horror Movie
Quick Takes: One Battle After Another and Die My Love
Weekend 'Round the Web: Satan vs. Satan
Quick Takes - Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films, and Eddington
How an Atheist Thinks About Death
Predator: Badlands Review - Dek, the Elle's, With Yautja, Golly
Quick Takes: Sinners, Disney's Snow White, Warfare, Sentimental Value
LYT Linkage - Where Have I Been?
Toy Review: Terrifier's Art the Clown (Ultimate and Ben Cooper) by NECA
Quick Takes: Last Days and Dead Man's Wire
Geekside Film Chat: Horror Movies and Kids Today
Weekend 'Round the Web: King Shit
Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025) Review: Madam Web
Weekend 'Round the Web: Old Friends
Quick Takes: Bugonia and Shell
Out Now 640: The Smashing Machine
Tron Ares Review: Almighty Morbin' Pow Arranger
Toy Review: NECA Blind Box Chucky Figures
L.A. Comic Con: The Food and Other Sights
L.A. Comic Con: Talkin' 'Bout My Generation
L.A. Comic Con Universal Studios Hollywood Panel: Drifting...
L.A. Comic Con Day 1: Watching This Space
Waltzing With Brando Review: B. Zane in the M. Brain
Marvel Zombies Review: Sometahms Undead Is Bettah
Night of the Reaper Review: When a Cache Stranger Calls, Scream “You're Next!”
Runaway Train Retro-Review: Snow Fiercer
Dragged by My Spouse to Downton Abbey (Yet Again)
As Goes Chicago, So Goes Criticism?
Light of the World Review: Dear John
Weekend 'Round the Web: Evolution Is Antsy
MAGA and Right-Wing Religion Aren't the Unlikely Match You May Think
Toy Review: Pumpkinhead 1:10 Scale figure by Syndicate
Misery Retro-Review: Mastered Bates, Still Self-Evidently Pleasing
Caught Stealing Review: Hey, All Right; It Gets by
The Toxic Avenger (2025) Review: Non-Toxic Crusader
Star Trek Strange New Worlds S3 Part 2 Review: Pike the Baptist, Kirk Jesus
Ne Zha 2 Review: Zha. Zha. Gah! Bore.
Weekend 'Round the Web: The Village Revisited, Game of Critics
LYT Linkage: Pamela Anderson Gives Me Wings
Can I Really Be Done With WWE?
Red So-So'nja: Re-Adaptation Proves Disappointingly Dull
LYT Linkage: Point Break vs. The Fast and the Furious
Comic-Con...versation 2025: Hasbro's G.I. Joe Team
NECA News and Pics From Comic-Con
Warp Nacelle Ahead! A Comic-Con Conversation with Brian Volk-Weiss
Sketch-y Dude: A Comic-Con Conversation With Tony Hale
Eyes of Wakanda Review: Slack Panther
Twisted Metal Season 2 Review: Fall Out of Love?
The Naked Gun Review: Neeson, Frankly
SDCC 2025: The Fans Are All Right
SDCC 2025: The Last Masquerade (For Now)
Bambi: The Reckoning Review - Stag Party
King of the Hill Season 14 Review: Yep
The Toxic Avenger (2023) Comic-Con Panel Recap
Real American, fake hero: How Hulk Hogan defined 80s style, 21st century emptiness
The Last (?) Comic-Con Ride Begins: McFarlane Toys and The Lodge
SDCC Masters of the Universe: Movie Weapons and New Figures
LYT's Fast Food Review: Triple Chocolate Feast (Pizza)
Puppy Pics and a Birthday Sub Drive
The Fantastic Four: First Steps Review - Almost Incredible(s)
Avatar: Fire and Ash 3D Trailer Description and Reaction
LYT's Fast Food Review: Big Dill Double SONIC Smasher Meal
Biker Mice From Mars Get Super-Limited Comic-Con Exclusives
Toy Review: McFarlane Deluxe Theatrical Superman
LYT Linkage: Fewer Sequels and Moranis
Sovereign Review: Swanson Dinner
Superman (2025) Review: Krypto Currency
Who Is the Greatest Pro-Wrestler of All Time?
It Couldn't Happen Here Retro-Review: Notorious P.S.B.
Deconstructing Dunning Reflections: The Stench of Failure
Weekend 'Round the Web: Dude, Man
The Arachnophobia Easter Egg That's Now a Memorial
No Choice Review: A Nightmare on Roe Street
Friday the 13th Retro-Review: Cooking With Pam
LYT Linkage: Glory of the '80s
Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 3 Part 1 Review: Comfort Food. Streaming. Hot.
The She-Ra Barbie Doll Feels Long Overdue
Okay, Maybe Unrequited Love Can Work
The Gardener Review: Shear Van Damme
Predator: Killer of Killers Review - Yeeouch-ah!
Realizing Los Angeles Doesn't Love Me Back
LYT Linkage: Nerds, Navy Jesus, and Next Times
LYT's Fast Food Review: Taco Bell Chicken Nuggets
Podcast: The Underground Cinema of Gregory Hatanaka
Doctor Who Is Good Again! Don't Bail!
Our mission, that we chose to accept: Watching Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt become a cult leader
Breaking Down Nirvana's 'Heart-Shaped Box'
Re-Animator 40th Anniversary 4K Review: Go, West!
Why I Still Haven't Seen 'Sinners'
Robo Force Review: If '80s Toy Cartoons Were Made Today
For a final (?) Mission, an older Tom Cruise forgets some basic film lessons
Religious Fundamentalism as Kayfabe
Queen of the Ring Review: Buff Burke, Well
LYT's Fast Food Review: Sonic Unicorn Dreams Slush
Toy Review: Diamond Select The Walking Dead Figures
Screamboat Review: Willie Make It?
Rust Review: Transcending the Tragedy?
The Invisible Doctrine Review: His Name Is Neo (Liberalism)
Thunderbolts* Review: Hugs, Not Drugs
LYT Linkage: Super Jesus, Passion Jesus, Beavers and Scallops
Weekend 'Round the Web: Firewalking, Writing, and Fighting COBRAAAA!
Egghead & Twinkie Review: In the Zone
That's No Rebel Moon...Or Is It?
An Involuntary Farewell to Comic-Con
Water for Life Review: Chile Will-y
Weekend 'Round the Web: Indy, Motley, Whiney, and Cruelty-Free
We Were Dangerous Review: Girls on Top
Toy Review: LED Eyes Lion-O and Mumm-Ra ThunderCats Ultimates
“How Do I Get My Movie Reviewed?”
Make Me Famous Review: 15 Minutes or Less
It's the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S3 Teaser!
Parvulos: Children of the Apocalypse Review – Toxic Parenting
Give Me All the Squid Game LEGO-ish Sets, Please
LYT Linkage 3-23-25: Criminals, Controversy, and Kathryn
A Cursed Man Review: Super-Hex Me
The Assessment Review: Baby Lust
Astral Plane Drifter Review: The Get-High Desert
Weekend 'Round the Web: It's an Ehrensteinland After All
The Cat Who Saved Me, Part Two
The Cat Who Saved Me, Part One
Idiocracy Re-Review: When Morons Just Wanted to Have Fun
PODCAST: Film critic Luke Y. Thompson on Tom Cruise as action star and Scientologist dope
Why Don't People Read the Bible Cover-to-Cover?
With Daredevil is Street Level MCU "Born Again?"
Weekend 'Round the Web [Belated]: Of Oscars, Loss, Star Trek, and Satan
LYT Linkage 2-28-25: Bad Hi, Gene!
Slamdance Review: Not-So-Puny BANR
I Told Travis Knight He Should Direct Masters of the Universe
Weekend 'Round the Web: Transgender Kurt Cobain, Cruisin'
Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse Review - The Mausketeer
LYT Linkage 2-16-25: Marine Trekkin', Across the Dune-i-verse
A. Bumer Krittick's Academy Award Predictions
Falcon's Crest: Captain America: Brave New World Review
Weekend 'Round the Web: CDC, WHO, PDA, WTF, FUBAR
Invincible S3 Review: Mark of Maturity
Bringing in the Sheaves Episode 1: "Pilot"
Heart Eyes Review: It's Nasty (Genius of Love)
NEW PODCAST! Little House on the Prairie Fan-Commentary "Pilot"
It's Lycanthrope Season: Geekerati's Werewolf Film Recommendations
Breakfast With Netflix: Squid Game, Duffer Bros. and More
Is Fundamentalist God a Fascist?
Weekend 'Round the Web: Rocky Pans and KISSing Fish
LYT Linkage: Make It So, Cobra Katniss!
Star Trek Section 31 Review: Yeoh Baby Yeoh Baby Yeoh!
MOTU and ThunderCats Crossover Figures
Wolf Man (2024) Review: Furry's a Jolly Bad Fellow
Squid Game 2's Calamari Calamity
Stream Review: Twitch-y Terrifiers
Pic of the Week: "Specific Hat"
Full Disclosure: My Critics Choice Awards Picks, 2025
Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare Review: Following the (Public Domain Horror) Leader
Toy Review*: G.I. Joe Classified Dragonfly Crew
Horror and the Zeitgeist: Making Art (the Clown) Great Again
Code Unknown – How Repo Man Remains All That and a Plate o' Shrimp