The Shards (2026) The Film Buff Review

Posted by PETER A DELUCA AKAPD
On September 2, 2026

The Shards (2026) is the FX/Hulu limited series Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis built from Ellis’s 2023 novel—the same writer who gave us Less Than Zero, The Rules of Attraction, American Psycho, The Informers, and Glamorama. Set in 1981 Los Angeles, it follows a fictionalized teenage Bret (Igby Rigney) and his Buckley prep-school circle—Kaia […]

Backrooms (2026) The Film Buff Review

Posted by PETER A DELUCA AKAPD
On September 2, 2026

Backrooms (2026) is the rare internet nightmare that survived the jump to a real movie. Kane Parsons—the YouTuber behind the Kane Pixels shorts that made yellow wallpaper and buzzing fluorescents feel like a trap—directs his feature debut from a Will Soodik script, with James Wan among the producers and A24 releasing it. Chiwetel Ejiofor plays […]

Green Lantern (2011) The Film Buff Review

Posted by PETER A DELUCA AKAPD
On September 2, 2026

Fifteen years later, the 2011 Green Lantern movie starring Ryan Reynolds still occupies a strange spot in superhero cinema. Directed by Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, The Mask of Zorro) and shaped by Geoff Johns’ modern Green Lantern mythology, the $200 million Warner Bros. film opened to mixed-to-negative reviews, a 25% Rotten Tomatoes score, and a […]

Green Lantern: First Flight (2009) – The Film Buff Review

Posted by PETER A DELUCA AKAPD
On September 2, 2026

Green Lantern: First Flight (2009) Review: The Best Hal Jordan Origin Story Still Holds Up In this Film Buff review, Peter A. DeLuca (AKAPAD) breaks down Green Lantern: First Flight (2009), the first full-length animated origin for Hal Jordan outside the comics. Written by DC animation veteran Alan Burnett and directed by Lauren Montgomery, the […]

Posted by PETER A DELUCA AKAPD
On August 29, 2026

When Hayden Panettiere passed, a lot of us went straight back to 2006 — that first season of NBC’s Heroes that felt like Lost with superpowers. Comic shops were packed. Tim Sale’s artwork was everywhere. Jim Lee and Alex Ross did the hardback covers. For one year, the show could do no wrong. But if […]

Mother Mary (2026) – The Film Buff Review

Posted by PETER A DELUCA AKAPD
On August 26, 2026

Mother Mary (2026) – The Film Buff Review Something is happening in cinema right now. A quiet, unsettling new strain of storytelling is taking shape — one that fuses the glittering spectacle of pop stardom with psychological horror, trauma, and spiritual reckoning. David Lowery’s Mother Mary doesn’t just join that conversation. It deepens it. Starring […]

Frank Miller: American Genius (2021) The Film Buff Review

Posted by PETER A DELUCA AKAPD
On August 26, 2026

Frank Miller: American Genius (2021) – The Film Buff Review Dive into the long-awaited digital release of Frank Miller: American Genius (2021), the insightful documentary that chronicles the life, groundbreaking art, and complex legacy of one of comics’ most influential writer-artists. In this AKAPAD The Film Buff review and podcast episode, we explore how the […]

Posted by PETER A DELUCA AKAPD
On August 19, 2026

Brian Holguin (1964–2026), one of the most underrated writers of the 1990s, has passed away. Best known for his transformative run on Top Cow’s Cyberforce and his acclaimed work on KISS: Psycho Circus, Holguin brought structure, character depth, and real storytelling craft to an era often remembered only for flashy art and late books. In […]

Normal (2025) The Film Buff Review of a great movie with a bad title

Posted by PETER A DELUCA AKAPD
On August 19, 2026

Ben Wheatley and Bob Odenkirk Shine in the Action Film Normal AKAPAD the FILM BUFF podcast · Normal (2025) The Film Buff Review of a great movie with a bad title Summary This video features a detailed discussion about director Ben Wheatley’s work with a particular focus on his recent film Normal, starring Bob Odenkirk. […]

Posted by PETER A DELUCA AKAPD
On August 19, 2026

Normal (2025) is a great action movie stuck with a bad title. Directed by Ben Wheatley and starring Bob Odenkirk, this stylish and violently entertaining film follows a grizzled small-town sheriff pulled into escalating chaos, including a full-blown Yakuza war in the middle of Normaltown, USA. In this Film Buff review, AKAPAD breaks down why […]