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Posted By Ashley Williams RetroCrush today announced that Hiromu Arakawa's Hyakusho Kizoku – The Farmer's Days Season 1 and Sota Sugahara's 500000000 Years Button are now streaming on the service, expanding its lineup of contemporary anime through a partnership with REMOW. 500000000 Years Button, the 2022 experimental anime from Sota Sugahara and Sota Studio, was adapted from his viral 1999 manga. The series explores a thought experiment: If pressing a button would subject yo

By Justin D Williams The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is one of the most memorable psychological thrillers of the 1990s. Released in 1992 and directed by Curtis Hanson, the film takes a simple domestic fear and turns it into a tense, chilling story about trust, trauma, revenge, and the danger of letting the wrong person into your home. In this retrospective, I look back at the film’s production history, story, characters, themes, and why it still holds up today. I also talk abo

By Justin D Williams Supergirl left me feeling conflicted because I could see a stronger movie buried underneath the one we got. The story follows Kara Zor-El on a personal journey shaped by loss, revenge, and self-discovery. Without getting into spoilers, this is not the bright, hopeful version of Supergirl that some viewers might expect. This Kara is wounded, angry, and still carrying the weight of everything she has lost. For me, the movie's strongest parts were the flashb

By Justin D Williams What I really appreciated about Women Who Rock You – Songs From Janis to Alanis & More is that it does not feel like a simple night of cover songs. The concept has more weight than that. It feels like a tribute to women who did not just sing music, but lived inside every lyric. These were artists who gave us pain, fire, rebellion, heartbreak, confidence, and survival all through their voices. With songs honoring Janis Joplin, Tina Turner, Stevie Nicks, Me