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Ever since "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" released last weekend, there’s been a lot of media hype about it being Marvel's “first horror movie”. Well, to those people who have been saying that, I have news: it's not Marvel's first horror movie, 2007’s "Ghost Rider" is. It's not even Marvel's second horror movie if you count the 2011 “Ghost Rider” sequel and 2020’s “The New Mutants”. There’s actually been some debate whether the sequel to 2011’s “Doctor Strange” is horror to begin with.  Do I consider “Doctor Strange 2” a horror film? Well, if it isn’t, it at least comes pretty close to being one. Doctor Strange is a character who already had roots in the horror genre. However, director Sam Raimi adds to the movie’s dark elements with his style of directing, a style that has been influenced by many of H.P. Lovecraft's story concepts. It’s a style that he used in his Lovecraftian horror movies that he was already well known for su...

Well, here's that "Special Edition" post I said I would have for you last time: my review of  The Dark Knight Rises. See, I always keep my word. It may be delayed a little bit, but I keep it.  Photo Credit: IMDB.com/Warner Bros.  Finally we’ve come to an end of another Batman saga of movies. Supposedly. The movie does play in such a way that sets up the possibility of a fourth film. But even if no fourth film comes along, The Dark Knight Rises still does a great job of concluding director Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy.   Dark Knight Rises carries on well its consistent realism of the previous two movies. Two elements it does this best with is the plot and characterization. Bruce Wayne has been hiding out since his friend’s, District Attorney Harvey Dent’s, death eight years ago which is the time lapse in setting since the events of the previous film.   Feeling guilty about Dent’s death, Wayne has abandoned both his role as socialite and...