Back in October, I thought — I can definitely write about Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. I’ve watched it multiple times, I’ve seen the documentaries, followed the conspiracies. The novel was integral to my teen horror awakening. I KNOW this subject, I told myself, it’ll take me two weeks, tops. …

“Everything here is like a fever.” — Erich Maria Remarque’s iconic anti-war novel about WWI has been adapted a few times since it was published in 1929, and this latest iteration has earned a whopping 9 nominations at this year’s academy awards. Director Edward Berger focused his version on the cycles and systems of violence rather than…

“Sydney Briar is alive. Sydney Briar is alive.” — Pontypool is a slow-burn apocalypse story about a shock jock radio host in small town Ontario who finds himself reporting on some very strange events. As he and his colleagues stay isolated in the basement radio station, they try stay sane as they report on the chaos around town. The…

“Where do you think you’re going, you little baby??!” — Brandon Cronenberg is baaaaack with a psychedelic not-so-sexy psychological thriller and it’s full of rich people doing bad things, men having their egos destroyed and impressively erect nipples! Infinity Pool mocks the artist’s journey and lampoons tourist/resort industries. Alexander Skarsgård’s character James loves the attention he gets in the 1st…

Here are some reviews I’ve written for other sites: The Twilight Saga (2022) Piggy (2022) Dark Glasses (2022) Swallowed (2022)

*this article contains spoilers for Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049* My confession I need to come clean with everyone. I … do not like Blade runner. I’ve never felt any connection to it. There is so much about this movie, on paper, that I should love, but it just leaves me cold. Yes, I’ve seen the director’s cut (1992). I’ve seen the…

After writing about the 2006 documentary Jesus Camp as well as the 2021 docu-series Q: Into the Storm, a friend of mine who was a member of the New Life mega church reached out to me. CWT participated at New Life’s youth conference shortly after the scandal that led to…

Ok, hold my hand, let’s go down the rabbit hole. Q Into the Storm is a 6 part documentary that aired on HBO throughout March 2021. …

Paul Thomas Anderson is an American filmmaker with 8 feature films under his belt, as well as a music documentary and a handful of shorts. In his early 20s, he scraped together money from a college fund, his girlfriend and gambling winnings to make a short film that ended up…