A Brief History On August 1, 2026, American science fiction erotic thriller film Soulm8te was released on digital platforms by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment in the United States of America. Digging Deeper Not surprisingly, this film is in the same movie universe as another recent film warning about the dangers of AI, M3GAN, along with other cinematic cautionary tales such as West World, The Stepford Wives, and the like. Our hapless, lovelorn hero, David, played by David Rysdahl (he of television and recent movie experience) works for a company experimenting with creating commercial companion androids, as usual as movies go,…
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A Brief History On July 8, 2025, Hour of the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas by Megan Shepherd was published by Random House/Disney, a sequel to the popular novel, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. Digging Deeper After recently seeing the uprated version of the iconic film, Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, we were anxious to read the novels that continue the tale from the perspective of Sally, who becomes the Pumpkin Queen. Having thoroughly enjoyed the first Sally book, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen:, we were eagerly awaiting the second Sally…
A Brief History On July 1, 2025, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas – The Graphic Novel by Liz Marsham was published by Disney Press, an adaptation of the popular novel, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. Digging Deeper Obviously, the story we enjoyed in the novel is the same in the graphic novel version, and since we found the story in the novel to be highly entertaining the same analysis remains true for the graphic novel. In fact, the graphic novel version flows smoothly much like a regular novel, with appropriate…
A Brief History On June 26, 2026, American superhero film Supergirl was theatrically released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States of America. Digging Deeper The first observation we can make about this film is, James Gunn did it again! After a somewhat different take on Superman in 2025’s aptly named film, Superman, we find the female version of the Kryptonian superhero (superheroine?) to likewise be something less than an irresistible force for good with no lack of confidence or purpose. Another flawed superhero, we find our Supergirl (played by Aussie Milly Alcock) a to be an almost morally…
A Brief History American superhero film fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see Supergirl on Tuesday, June 23, 2026 at 7:00 PM at Phoenix Theatres Great Northern Mall, 450 Great Northern Mall, North Olmsted, OH 44070! We have a link/code for a total of 15 pairs of passes. For a chance to receive one of these limited number of advance screening pairs of passes, please send an email to admin@historyandheadlines.com with the subject of “Supergirl movie pass.” The fifteen recipients of the codes will be determined in the order emails for this…