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REVIEW: “Train To Busan” a ride of a lifetime

April 29, 2020

Horror movies have had a trend of overproducing certain ideas. “Train to Busan” was the exception.

Frightful venues in San Diego

A Haunted Hotel mascot walks along 5th Street in the Gaslamp scaring patrons as they wait in the line to enter the longest-running haunted house in San Diego. Photo credit: Kenan Jackson

Kenan Jackson

October 28, 2014

San Diego is known for its weather and beaches, but around Halloween its scary attractions are its strongest suit. The Haunted Hotel located on Fourth...

Rest in Peace: A Tribute and Retrospective on the (Dying) Zombie Trend

Jennifer Manalili

December 9, 2013

Nothing seems to be more predominate right now then our fascination with the undead, and it’s a phenomenon that continues to come back from the dead over and over again.Zombies for lack of a better word, reincarnate themselves and infect (sorry, we had to) popular culture at certain times. Like other trends, they evolve to reflect whatever needs to be relinquished from soci...

Box office season heats up

Jennifer Manalili

May 15, 2013

Do Trekkies, Iron Man and a reimagining of the Superman legend sound like a good time?The big battle in terms of summer box office this year is between Marvel and DC Comics, with the latter universe’s Superman stepping into the limelight just as Batman bowed out last summer with “The Dark Knight Rises.” And with 2012 being dominated by Iron Man, Black Widow...

The violent video game in us all…

Adam Baird

May 13, 2013

In case you've been living in a cave down by the beach in the past few months, I'd like to let you know something: there has been quite a lot of violence going on in the world lately. Shootings. People and places blowing up. Revolutions and wars. Rape culture. Of course, if your absence has been because you have retreated to a bomb shelter, then...well played.But, being the "...