Fandango (1985) – The Film Buff Reivew

Posted by PETER A DELUCA AKAPD
On September 15, 2026

Fandango (1985) Review: Kevin Reynolds, Early Kevin Costner, and Judd Nelson’s Coming-of-Age Road Trip Before Bull Durham, before Field of Dreams, before Dances With Wolves turned Kevin Costner into a 1990s brand, there was Fandango (1985)—Kevin Reynolds’ feature debut and one of the sharpest coming-of-age road movies of young Hollywood. What later got recut in […]

SHOW – LIFE – HEALTH – UPDATE – AKAPAD THE FILM BUFF PODCAST

Posted by PETER A DELUCA AKAPD
On September 10, 2026

AKAPAD The Film Buff Podcast Update: Long COVID Recovery, Philly–Nashville Travel, and 31 Days of Dread 2026 AKAPAD the FILM BUFF podcast · SHOW – LIFE – HEALTH – UPDATE – AKAPAD THE FILM BUFF PODCAST If you just dropped into the feed of feeds, this is the show-life-health episode—not a movie review. Peter A. […]

The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, Bone and the Changing Face of Comics (2009) The Film Buff Review

Posted by PETER A DELUCA AKAPD
On September 5, 2026

The Evolution of Comic Artistry: Jeff Smith, Bone, and the Landscape of Cartoonist Documentaries AKAPAD the FILM BUFF podcast · The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, Bone and the Changing Face of Comics (2009) The Film Buff Review Summary This video discussion offers an insightful exploration of the 2009 documentary “The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, Bone, and the […]

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

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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 […]