Thinking Outside The Long Box

The world needed a hero.............they got Black Adam! This was one of the more anticipated movies in the last couple of years, on the DC side. The reason I say that, is because DC is going through some major changes, and so many people were looking for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to change all of that with the debut of his super hero, and with the debut of the film, the Black Adam! "In ancient Ka...

Are you ready to move on from zombies, and onto another creature of the night? Now, Vampires by no means have been sheltered from their fame, as they've definitely had their moments to shine as well. BUT, now seems like a great chance to dip back into the Vampire genre, and there is no better story to do that with, than Interview with the Vampire! "Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, or simply...

The subject of today's episode came as a surprise release to most people, but ended up being a very fun surprise for everyone!! They labeled it a "special presentation" which we assumed just means that it's a "short" as opposed to being a full feature length film. We are talking about Marvel's Werewolf by Night! "It is the first Marvel Studios Special Presentation in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ...

We're doing a double feature today!! We're talking about a current movie, wrapped into our pop culture classic!! If you're a horror fan, then this is the episode for you! We're talking about the newest Pinhead project, Hellraiser, and the original Pinhead Project, also aptly named, Hellraiser! "Sexual deviant Frank (Sean Chapman) inadvertently opens a portal to hell when he tinkers with a box he b...

There was a lot of hype going into today's subject. I don't necessarily mean from us, but I mean hype around the movie in general. The reviews for the newest versions of Halloween seemed to be relatively positive, and this was the one that was going to bring it home! We're talking about the trilogy ending, Halloween Ends! "Four years after her last encounter with masked killer Michael Myers, Lauri...

Our spooky sessions are almost at an end! Today's episode comes from a lower budget film that had some super cool promotions leading into its opening weekend! If you didn't see the media stunts during the MLB then you should do yourself a favor, and go check out the stunts! We are talking about the horror film, Smile! "After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Co...

It's pop culture classic time everyone!! We're going back to 1988 to talk about our next topic, which is one year after I was born!! Somehow Doyle doesn't have the best and nicest things to say about this movie, but this movie is definitely well loved by the masses!! We're talking about Beetlejuice!! "After Barbara (Geena Davis) and Adam Maitland (Alec Baldwin) die in a car accident, they find the...

Do you like the horror genre? How about horror when it comes to religion, exorcism's, and demons? Today we're talking about season three of such a show!! Evil, our topic for the day, has been such an entertaining series for the last few years! This season has been no different, and I think has been the best season so far! "A skeptical forensic psychologist (Herbers) allies with a Catholic seminari...

So many Stephen King books are made into movie and TV adaptations. This subject is different in that it was made specifically so that it would go right to the TV, and the "book" that was made from the screenplay came out right before it debuted on TV, only to try and sell the screenplay itself, not because it was meant to be a book. BUT, we're talking about the Stephen King film, Storm of the Cent...

We're onto part two of one of the best Batman movies that have been made in some time!! It's spooky season, but while this may not be the most spooky thing that you could watch for Halloween, it's definitely worth the watch for sure!! "Batman suspects that a former ally might be the serial killer. The killer known as Holiday continues to stalk the Falcone crime family while a new class of costumed...

Come on, who isn't game for a good Batman story! Of course, the caveat is that it has to be "good." There have been many Batman stories, and they have all had their shares of ups and downs, but it seems as though nobody is arguing about whether The Long Halloween has its downs at all! So, we are talking about the first part of this Batman movie!! "During the holidays, a brutal series of murders st...

The show we're talking about today has been many years in the making! With a much newer explosion of TV shows that are coming out of the Disney machine, Marvel has been putting out so much more content lately. One of those shows is of course, the brand new series, She Hulk!! "In She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany)—an attorney specializing in superhuman-oriented legal case...

Here we are, at the end, of one of the best trilogies that has ever been created. YES, we're biased with that comment, but financially, and ratings wise that comment definitely seems to hold much truth for the majority of people. We're here at the conclusion of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, talking about the Return of the King!  "The culmination of nearly 10 years' work and conclusion to Peter Ja...

"The quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little, and it will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet hope remains while the company is true." Galadriel's last words to the fellowship before it all but came apart at the seems. We're still going along the Lord of the Ring train tracks onto part two of this amazing trilogy. We are of course talking about The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. "T...

This is one of the few pop culture classics that I can remember actually going to the theater and enjoying. It's also a book that I remember re-reading right before the movie came out. Without realizing it, The Lord of the Rings might have been the biggest influence on my nerd tendencies. I fell in love with this series, as well as the different races of beings, the writing, and everything that ma...

I am a GIANT fan of pretty much anything that has to do with J.R.R. Tolkien!! I started reading with Lord of the Rings all the way back in elementary school! Naturally, I would move onto The Hobbit, and then try my hand at Unfinished Tales, and The Silmarillion! Today's topic is all about the Prime Video series that is expanding this universe in a great way! We're talking about The Lord of the Rin...

It's comic book review time!! For today's comic book we are paying a visit to our friends from BOOM! Studios!! The comic book series is written by Stephanie Phillips, and drawn by Flaviano! We're talking about their comic book Grim! "Jessica Harrow is dead. But her journey has only just begun! Discover the world of the afterlife, where Jessica has been recruited as a Reaper, tasked with ferrying c...

We're diving into a Sylvester Stallone movie, and seeing if this superhero movie is just Stallone in a cape. The running theory is that Stallone essentially plays himself in 99% of the movies that he is featured in. Would this movie be any different? This isn't his first foray into superhero movies, with his role in Guardians of the Galaxy taking that spot. BUT, Samaritan is his first leading role...

We're going all the way back to 2001 for our pop culture classic for this episode!! The origination of "family" as we know it, straight from Vin Diesel's mouth! This movie has spawned a series that goes into ten different films! We are of course talking about the original Fast & Furious!! "Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) enjoys the adrenaline of street car racing and his fans treat him like a rock st...

We've come to a topic that itself has come to a conclusion. Yes, if you watched the very end of the last episode, they teased a possible open ending with a few whispers here and there, but it's already been announced that season 3 will be the last season of our topic today, Locke & Key! "Season 3 picks up in the aftermath of season 2, with Kinsey, Bode and Nina adapting to life without Tyler (who...

There are movies.....that just by the trailer, heck, just when you hear the castings, you know are going to be silly. That doesn't mean that they're going to be bad, it just means that they're going to be made with the only intent of making their audience laugh, and not taking themselves too seriously. I think today's topic is one of those movies. We're talking about the Jamie Foxx film, Day Shift...

Today's topic brings a film series much closer to its original than many other sequels do. This is the seventh film in this franchise if you don't count the Alien crossovers, otherwise this is the ninth installment into the Predator franchise. Prey is the topic at hand today!! "A skilled Comanche warrior protects her tribe from a highly evolved alien predator that hunts humans for sport, fighting...

Neil Gaiman has been creating amazing projects for a very long time. There are many many fans of a lot of his work, but today's topic happens to be one of his most popular. The Sandman is a Gaiman special when it comes to comic book fans! Netflix just turned that awesome comic book into a series, and we're here to talk about this newly minted series!! "Premise. Morpheus, the personification of dre...

It's pop culture classic time! The first season of this series came out in 2011, making it eleven years old, and perfect for our next pop culture classic topic!! For Juan, it's special, not only because he watched the whole series as it was coming out, but because he absolutely loves Lawyer drama series like this!! We are of course talking about the series, Suits!! "Set at a fictional New York Cit...

It's been three really long years before there was a full version of San Diego Comic Con!! There was a special event held last year, but it just wasn't the same. If you've never been to any San Diego Comic Con, you definitely need to make the trip! It's not as hard as everyone thinks it is, in order to get a key, you just have to be persistent!! But, during this episode, we talk about what it was...