This is actually a review comparing two movies. I recommend Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. If you’re looking for something to watch on Halloween, this is a good pick. There are some frightening scenes though, so don’t let young Trick-or-Treaters watch it. Drawing power: Does the story pull you in and make you …
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As every child who has ever asked their momma knows, zombies come from spores. Spores are wicked, little gobs of dusty fuzz that cling to the following: the undersides of plants, chewed up gum on the sidewalk, dried up mushrooms, carbon dioxide molecules, political parties, anti-gender tweets, socks, and of course in the vapor of …
Not all traditions are worth keeping. Some are good for the soul. Some traditions bring only temporary happiness. Some are horrible to everyone involved. For a tradition to be worth keeping, it has to have some lasting merit. There’s a simple tradition in my family of handing out candy on Halloween while watching a movie. This …
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Halloween is a fun time to make things more mystical, spiritual, even more thrilling. There’s a word from French which has become lost from our vocabularies. The idea the word represents has become less lost, but still under-appreciated. The word is frisson. Our worldwide culture craves the frisson of fright, though we’ve forgotten how to …
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