Another Year Around the Sun (This Time on Ghost)

My hopes for the future as I celebrate another year of The Film Maven.

Interview

Casper Kelly Reveals the Surprising Reason Buddy Had to Look Warm and Cuddly

And the classic film Kelly deliberately homaged in the movie.

Movie Reviews

The Dog Stars Review: Ridley Scott's Apocalyptic Drama Can't Find Its Way Home

Jacob Elordi can't do much more than be sad in this story of a boy and his dog.

Women They Warned You About

Linda Fiorentino: Hollywood's Real Life Femme Fatale

This '90s indie darling is the prototype for "difficult," but is it deserved?

Podcast

Ticklish Business Breaks Down the Top 3 Robert Redford Movies

The actor, who passed in September, never had any misses.

Popcorn Disability

Popcorn Disabilities: I Love The Greatest Showman, But Do We Need a Broadway Show?

Disney's doing a stage musical and I'm still cringe about the whole thing.

Movie Reviews

It Ends Review: Alex Ullom's Directorial Debut Processes Gen Z Trauma In Haunting Thriller

Existenial dread dominates on this endless road

Journalism Is F*cked...

The State of Entertainment Journalism in 2026

Yes, it's still very much f***ed and we're all doomed.

Movie Reviews

The End of Oak Street Review: Anne Hathaway Battles Dinos In This Oddly Toned Spielberg Rip-Off

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery but the movie works best when it throws that away

Theme Park

Bringing Obsession's Nikki to Halloween Horror Nights Is a Gross Idea, Here's Why

If this isn't proof most people don't care what the movie's about....

Publishing

Promoting a Book on a Budget, How-Tos and Suggestions

If "on a budget" means none.

Best Of Lists

6 Best Things I Watched in July

Last month had me seeing a lot of great things in a theater.