Chris Charles

Film Review Julia 17 (2017) ★★★★★ Andreea Boyer gives an emotional performance in her feature-length directorial debut Andreea Boyer, who wrote, directed, and stars in this powerful drama, gives a superb performance in the title role. Julia is a teenage

Music Review Messer Chups – Don’t Say Cheese ★★★★★ Good, but needs more Zombierella If you’re a Messer Chups fan first and a Zombierella fan second (something this reviewer can’t imagine), you should dig this one. However, if you’re a

Book Review Victorian Days and Punk Rock Nights by Ladyaslan ★★★★★ Quite a trip with Ladyaslan Ladyaslan’s poetry is up to interpretation. It’s felt, rather than comprehended. Readers will probably relate to it on very different levels. As I read,

Book Review The Scream Queen’s Survival Guide by Meredith O’Hayre ★★★★★ How to Make it Out of a Horror Film Alive 101 This is a humorous “guide” on how to come out alive if one ever finds herself (or himself,

Film Review 310/302 (South Korea, 1995) ★★★★★ Dark story about two ladies with a “thing” about food Cheol-su Park’s dark psychological thriller about two ladies who live across the hall from each other in an apartment building. The story opens

Film Review Galaxina (1980) ★★★★★ The ill-fated Dorthy Stratten’s first, last, and only star vehicle If it weren’t for the fact that this was ill-fated Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten’s star vehicle, Galaxina probably would have been one of

Film Review Attack Girls Swim Team vs. The Undead (Japan, 2007) ★★★★★ Sasa Handa and Yuria Hidaka alone, make this one worth a look An inoculation that’s supposed to prevent a virus that’s going around the school turns those that get

Talk Show Review Eye on Entertainment (2005-) ★★★★★ Dawna Lee Heising is a gem on either side of the microphone The show’s charming and glamorous creator and hostess, Dawna Lee Heising, always conducts thoughtful interviews and her guests clearly enjoy

Film Review Garden Party Massacre (2017) ★★★★★ Dawna Lee Heising keeps this comedy-horror from falling completely flat. (No pun intended.) I suppose if you liked Shaun of the Dead, you’d like this one. It’s in the same vein. Most of

Film Review Big Tits Zombie (Japan, 2010) ★★★★★ JAV alumnae Sora Aoi and company fill out their roles very nicely If you like T&A with your gore, the Japanese filmmakers take a back seat to no one and this is