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  • The Harbingers Review

    The Harbingers Review

    Going into this series — a Tribeca official selection from 2025 — after finding it on LinkedIn, I expected something like “The Prestige” book or movie. What I got was something far more nuanced, emotional and not a simple revenge story. Also no dead women. With season two starting in a couple of days, it’s…

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  • PRE(View): Welcome to Unlicensed Night Vale

  • A PRE(View) of Realm’s Zaya

  • Sleeping Beauty from Voices in the Wind

    Out of all the Disney princess movies, “Sleeping Beauty” is one I have never seen from start to finish. As with most Disney animated films before the 90s, the creative team behind them takes creative liberties with the original fairy tale. Voices in the Wind Theatre — the same people who brought us a Snow…

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  • The Shadow: Black Rock Remake

    This reimagining of an episode of “The Shadow” from a company now focused on getting an unofficial “Uncharted” audio drama into your ears plays fast and loose with the word remake. Check out the previous review of the original Black Rock episode and a brief history of the Shadow as a literary character. The Six…

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  • The Shadow Radio Drama: Black Rock

    Black Rock: Remaking the Shadow Radio Drama One of the most influential shows from the golden age of radio, “The Shadow” radio drama casts a large umbra over pop culture. This is a two-part review comparing the original broadcast with a fan-made remake. Complicated History or Comic Book History? The Shadow is an intellectual property…

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  • Feminist Themes and Horror in Night of the Orchid

    “Night of the Orchid” is an entirely different story than “Red Moon” and has the characterization the latter lacked in spades. Whether this is more a character story or plot story is entirely based on the listener’s own predispositions. It’s very literary in that regard. As for myself, the plot took a back seat to…

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  • Red Moon: Watchmen meets Taken?

    Cold War Espionage and A Watchmen Spy Story A spy thriller wrapped up in an alternate history conspiracy that has a lot of build up, but not the payoff needed to stick the landing. Eddie Sloper is your typical gumshoe who gets in way over his head, but like Liam Neeson in “Taken” he has…

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