A nostalgia trip that I was a completely willing participant in.

Super Mario Bros. has always occupied a negative space for many people. I am not one to disagree. The script is a mess and the final product is, well, not great.

However, it is not a film without its merits. I'll spare you the synopsis. If you are reading this, you know that the film is about a plumber named Mario Mario, his brother Luigi Mario, a princess named…

A fascination with the horrific seems to be having its time in the sun at present. Podcasts, a new series on a serial murderer on every streaming service, true crime literature, the list continues. At one time something reserved for the goth kids in high school that was judged for liking, has now become widely accepted and mainstream. Apt Pupil, however, came out before this shift and has some rather poignant cultural parallels to our present.

Apt Pupil posits the…