Movie about horny nuns is more harmless than it sounds — There is a masterpiece out there, directed by one of the most controversial European filmmakers ever, about nuns, desire, witchcraft, and the Holy Inquisition. This film has strong images involving Catholicism icons (even Jesus Christ himself!), …

Amazing sounds and images in a shallow mystery plot — Every teenager from the 1980s/90s certainly made or listened to mixtapes — those compilations of music from different albums/artists/styles recorded on cassette or CD-R to liven up parties. Mixtapes rarely stood out from the commonplace, but sometimes you found some really special selections that were pure fun while they lasted…

A detailed analysis of all the cuts and additions — With COVID-19 forcing humanity to lockdown, many people took advantage of the year 2020 at home to tinker with projects that had been stopped for a long time. Some even tried to improve things that were already done. It was the case of Sylvester Stallone. Locked at home with nothing…

Familiar faces keep appearing on cheap movie covers — There’s an evil woman crawling on the DVD cover of a horror movie, promising nail-biting suspense and skin-chilling terror. But then you watch the film and discover that the evil woman isn’t even there. …

Published in 1953, the magazine is an interesting time capsule — Back in the 1950s, the concept of men’s magazines was still very far from what we understand today. The first publications of the genre were harmless: Stag (created in 1937), Peek (which hit newsstands in 1938), and Laff (quite popular in the 1940s) used to publish articles about literature, music…

Umberto Eco’s book plays with our obsession with secrets — Have you ever heard of QAnon? According to far-right theorists, it is a secret sect formed by Satanic, cannibalistic pedophiles — including Hollywood actors, Democratic politicians, and high-ranking government officials! — who operate a global child sex trafficking ring and conspire against the future of the U.S. …

“Srigala” was produced when foreign ‘rip-offs’ were common — During the good ol’ days, countries with lenient copyright laws (or no copyright law at all) used to produce their own versions of Hollywood blockbusters. …

The crimes of Bundy, Gacy, and Co. inspired television dramas — There has been a lot of criticism recently about the protagonism real-life serial killers have received in American films and documentaries. …

Same characters, two very particular versions of the end — When George Clooney’s blockbuster “The Midnight Sky” premiered on Netflix in late 2020, many people didn’t know it was inspired by Lily Brooks-Dalton’s book “Good Morning, Midnight”. …