Last week’s Riverdale ended with two strong revelations: Cheryl Blossom is guilty and that Jason Blossom didn’t die on the 4th of July as previously thought but rather a week later. Riverdale’s first two episodes were a freight train, and while episode 3, Body Double is a very enjoyable slice of television it veers too […]
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REVIEW: Riverdale – Episode 2 – “A Touch Of Evil”
Following a slick, stylish and deceptively heartfelt series premiere, Riverdale has knocked it out of the park with the second episode, A Touch of Evil. Deftly continuing to build on the mythology of Riverdale and the mystery at hand, the second episode smartly shifts some of the focus away from grief and sexy, sexy danger […]
Riverdale – Series Premiere Review
Riverdale is Twin Peaks meets Archie. That sounds exactly up the Humanstein alley, but does that work or is it yet another grimdark reboot? Find out in the Humanstein review.
January 2017 Hype Calendar
Hello Humanstein readers! I proudly present the first in a series of calendars for 2017! Included you will see interesting stuff happening throughout the month. That will include movie premieres, television series premieres, book releases, comic drop dates, a selection of Blu-ray titles each Tuesday, video games, toys, junk food releases, etc. Basically, if I […]
Humanstein’s Top 10 Films of 2016
2016 sure was a year, huh? While the world at large kind of seemed to have lost its mind, cinema, and particularly genre cinema, was at the top of its game. There were so many excellent films I loved released in 2016 that my Top 10 very easily could have been a Top 20. It […]
A Very Steinmetz Christmas – A History And An Update
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa. I’m your host, Nathan “The King of Christmas” Steinmetz, and I’ve gone ahead and baked you all up a little holiday treat. Kind of. Normally, and by normally I mean occasionally, I put out a Christmas special. I did this for the first time back in the hazy […]
7-Eleven Gingerbread Latte – Coffee Review
The first Humanstein junk food review of the season is here! Is the 7 Eleven Gingerbread Latte worth its weight in candy or is it just another fruitcake? Find out in the Humanstein review.
Horror Block – December 2016 – Unboxing and Review
Ho, ho ho, happy Humanstein readers! It’s been a little bit since I wrote up my Horror Block but I’m back with a review and unboxing of what very well may be my favorite Block of the year! The December 2016 Horror Block is chock full of fun holiday spookums and I couldn’t be happier. […]
Arrival (2016) – Movie Review
This has been a trying week for a lot of us. Arrival, the new sci-fi film from Denis Villeneuve is an important one. Find out why in my review.
Netflix and Kill – HALLOWEEN EDITION
Happy October, spooky friends. With it being the last weekend in October, you’re either in the spooky mood or you’re trying to get there. I’m here to help, but there’s an unfortunate truth: Netflix hasn’t been doing an incredible job of bringing in horror films lately. Hell, they’ve honestly been doing a pretty piss poor […]