A Brief History On January 23, 2026, French supernatural psychological horror film Return to Silent Hill was released in theaters in the United States by Cineverse and Iconic Events Releasing. Digging Deeper A reboot of the Silent HIll film franchise based on the video game, Silent Hill 2, from back in 2001, Return is taking the original premise of the haunted rural mining town in a slightly different direction with new characters. A lovelorn man seeking his lost love desperately in the nightmare title town, the alcoholic James receives a mysterious letter from his former love interest, Mary, urging him to “return to…
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Major Dan
Major Daniel Zar is a retired veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He served during the Cold War and has traveled to many countries around the world. Prior to his military service, he graduated from Cleveland State University, having majored in sociology. Following his military service, he worked as a police officer eventually earning the rank of captain prior to his retirement.
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A Brief History On October 24, 2025, American black comedy thriller film Bugonia was released in theaters in the United States by Focus Features. Digging Deeper Starring the two time Oscar and two time Golden Globe winning actress, Emma Stone, this black comedy dives deep into the conspiracy theory world of one apparently delusional man (played by Jesse Plemons) assisted by his somewhat pathetic autistic cousin in a seemingly idiotic plot to kidnap a big pharma CEO believed by the conspiracy addled men to be an alien with evil intentions. With their suspected alien abductee firmly in their grasp, the…
A Brief History On December 5, 2025, American martial arts film Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair was released in theaters in the United States by Lionsgate. Digging Deeper A highly credible mash up of Quentin Tarantino’s first class films, Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Kill Bill: Volume 2, this reimagining of the gory story runs 253 minutes of pure martial arts and tongue in cheek one liners and features Quentin’s own take on the amalgamation of the two films. Not surprisingly to Tarantino fans, this re-issue of sorts is a worthy part of the story of The Bride (Uma Thurman…
A Brief History On November 7, 2025, American science fiction action film Predator: Badlands was released in theaters in the United States by 20th Century Studios. Digging Deeper If you can believe it, this is the seventh film in the Predator franchise, and one that takes a serious turn from the others! Unlike the more serious, general horror film genre of the other films, Badlands has a decidedly different mood for the film, something evident from the first time the title killer alien meets the femme fatale of the film, a cyborg (or synthetic as the movie calls “her”), a…
A Brief History On August 31, 2019, a sightseeing tourist helicopter crashed in Norway, killing the pilot and all five passengers. Sadly, the thrill of taking a helicopter tour of Hawaii, The Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, New York City, Hoover Dam, and any of a number of tourist sites is often marred by a jarring crash that too often kills the occupants of the chopper. Digging Deeper The military are not strangers to massive use of helicopters, and during the Vietnam War, the US lost 5,607 of their military whirlybirds. While helicopters are useful for troop and gear transport, medevac,…