Between August 17 and October 5, movie audiences will be treated to a trio of animated spectacles aimed for kids but containing more than a tinge of supernatural movie magic to draw in adults audiences. Each is steeped in movie monsters from ghosts and zombies to Frankenstein to Dracula’s hotel full of cinematic beasties. Decades ago, young audiences were introduced to the world of monsters and... 

Dark Shadows are here again. First came the campy, classic television show, then a ’90s remake. Now we get to see Tim Burton and Johnny Depp take on the franchise. Of course, it still has the might of The Avengers to contend with. We offer a review of Dark Shadows and our take on The Avengers continual success before moving into the realm of television and discussing which shows are making... 

Dark Shadows is an uneven horror comedy that is neither scary nor entirely funny but manages to be entertaining despite its many flaws. Frequent collaborators, Tim Burton and Johnny Depp reunite once again to bring Dan Curtis’ cult soap opera “Dark Shadows” (1966-1971) and its lead character Barnabas Collins to the big screen. Seth Grahame-Smith, the writer of “Pride and Prejudice... 

We’re back after a few weeks’ absence. With our return we talk about The Raven and The Cabin in the Woods, one of which is the most awesome movie several of us have seen in theaters in quite a while (hint: it doesn’t have John Cusack in it). After our reviews we start laying out the summer with a thumbs up/thumbs down for the upcoming potential blockbusters. What are we most interested... 

It feels like only yesterday that we moved out on our own, set up WidescreenWarrior.com, and shortly thereafter celebrated our 200th episode. Now it’s 100 episodes later… but the more things change, the more they stay the same. We deal with the technical troubles of adding a few more seats as we gather together the current iteration of the show along with the Queen of the Podcast to talk... 

I wasn’t a big fan of the original Dark Shadows, which precedes me by a few years. In fact, I wasn’t even aware of the soapy show until the series saw a reboot in the ‘80s with Ben Cross in the lead role of Barnabas Collins, the cursed vampire ancestor of the Collins household at the center of the series. That reboot kept a very serious tone despite the low-budget origins of the original series.... 

A few years ago, a new tradition was born with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: take iconic literature and alter it to introduce contemporary supernatural threats. The idea was duplicated a few times with little to no success… until someone decided that instead of revising classic literature the next real step was to revise history. Thus Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter was born – a retelling... 

With Rise of the Planet of the Apes, 20th Century Fox looks to revive their Planet of the Apes franchise. Based on the 1963 novel La Planete des Singes by Pierre Boulle, the original movie hit the theaters in 1968 starring Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall in Franklin J. Schaffner’s classic Planet of the Apes. Since then, they provided four sequels – Beneath, Escape, Conquest and Battle –... 

Critics pretty universally liked the first super-hero movie of the summer, with Thor getting good buzz from most websites. More than one tossed around the phrase “Marvel Studio’s best picture to date,” which I’m not sure I agree with, but it’s a darn good movie. The characters are strong, Branagh brings good depth with his direction, and the story is entertaining with enough action thrown... 

Closing Tabs started as a weekly look at news we didn’t cover on the site throughout the week. As the site has grown, however, we’ve moved away from reporting most news (you can catch most of it regurgitated on other sites anyway) in favor of more original opinions and editorials. Still, that news is out there, clogging up the tabs on our browsers. We’re revamping the column as a Tuesday/Thursday...