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Me, explaining Indian cinema to my uncle: It’s like you are watching a Mission: Impossible, and Ethan Hunt is running around and saving the world from terrorists and nukes and then everyone just stops to sing and dance because WHY WOULDN’T THEY?! And it’s GREAT.

Great guy!

Check out our review of the 80s horror classic Poltergeist

Triangle! I just watched it this year

YouTube video by So Wizard Podcast Timur Bekmambetov Talks MERCY at NYCC 2025!

Check out the first of many interviews I did for @SoWizardPodcast where we talked to the director of Wanted about his upcoming project with Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson!

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I am thinking of going as piecemeal for Halloween this year. Just going to Spirit Halloween and picking out, like, five random items and putting them together. A demon mask with zombie hands in a fireman coat and a cowboy hat? Why not?

Unpopular opinion:

If they remake a movie that you love and it sucks, you still have the original movie to love. Nothing is lost!

If they remake a movie that you love and it’s great, now you have TWO movies to love!

There is only upside and no downside to remaking great movies!

Applauding my pick, or you were disappointed in F4?

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A movie you were excited for but ended up disappointed?

Now watching (rewatch for podcast prep): Poltergeist (1982)

Sometimes I think about the time my wife and I watched Parasite. Specifically, I think about the part where she somehow got convinced it was going to be a zombie movie and was mad that, an hour in, no zombies had shown up yet.

Jab’s Deep Dive: Image Comics – Part 1 (of A LOT) Hey all! Here’s a series of things I was writing for another site about Image Comics and its history. Anyone with more familiarity, or any recollections of that period, feel free to chime in as wel…

Over at SWO Productions, Jabroniville has an extensive series on the early history of Image Comics! Why not give some of it a read today, starting at the beginning?

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Stats re: my top 16 favorite movies ever

2 are animated
3 are not in English
2 are from the 70s
1 is from the 80s
2 are from the 90s
3 are from the 00s
8 are from the 10s (!)
3 are primarily Horror
4 are based on Comic Books
5 are primarily Comedy

Give me some stats on yours!

My four favorite manga series! What are yours? You can include anime if you prefer!

In September 2025 my website, SWO Productions, shattered its record for most views in a month. By a lot!

Thanks to everyone who enjoys our daily articles and other fun stuff!

Movie G.O.A.T.s!

The greatest of all time: Horror movie, Comedy, Action flick, Animated film.

What are yours?

Four comics I would recommend to someone to get them into comics.

Four more movies in the book. Every one of these was for podcast work!

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Now watching (first time watch, for podcast prep): Persepolis

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Now watching (rewatch for podcast prep): Across The Spiderverse

More movies down!

The things we do for our podcasts.

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Now watching (first time watch for podcast prep): Madame Web

They are so good!

Damn I have to try more Doritos flavors, haha. Not sure I have had any except the core two.

Top four 80’s Horror films:
A Nightmare On Elm St
Friday the 13th Part 2 or 6, depending on the day haha
Aliens
Day of the Dead

Top 4 songs of the 2000’s:
TikTok by Kesha
Good 4 U by Olivia Rodrigo
Bodak Yellow by Cardi B
Sunflower by Post Malone

Now watching (first time watch): The Naked Gun (2025)

Why the Best Comic Characters Just “Work” Some of the most memorable and fascinating characters in all of fiction were first created for comic books. The last decade-plus of movie ticket sales can more than substantiate that. But even befo…

Need some comic book reading today? Check out my article on what makes some of the greatest comic book characters great!

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Top Ten Favorite Movie Franchises Don’t tell anyone, but I’ve actually done this list before. I’m not even going to link to it because it was years and years ago, and a lot has changed since then. I’ve watch…

Over at the website, I have a new article up where I count down my favorite movie franchises of all time! Check it out!

In the meantime, tell me your top 5 movie franchises ever.

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