Joshua Robbins
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Arts & Culture
HeroesCon Returns to Charlotte with Giant-Sized Mini-Con
I’ve never been to a convention before, not a Comic-Con, not a HeroesCon in Charlotte, not even a more ……
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Visart Diaries
‘Kills’ Me Now: A Full History of the Halloween Movie Franchise
Despite my desire to stay retired from my movie-writing career, I’ve been pulled back in by my editor and, more…
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Visart Diaries
‘Society’ Brings Body Image Issues to Another Level
The best horror and science fiction always tend to have a social awareness to them, even if you have to…
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Arts & Culture
‘The Corndog Man’ is a Deep-Fried Look at Southern Hypocrisy
I’ve spent my whole life in the South and I honestly can’t imagine living anywhere else. I was born and…
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Arts & Culture
The Return of Joe Bob Briggs
The man, the myth, the legend, Joe Bob Briggs will be in Charlotte on 4/20, and while that sentence may…
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Arts & Culture
Zombie Movies Ain’t Dead, They Just Needed ‘The Battery’
What does a movie made with $6,000 look like? In the case of 2012’s The Battery, pretty damn good. I’ve…
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Arts & Culture
Two-Lane Blacktop: The Great American Road Movie
James Taylor and Dennis Wilson may not be two names that immediately get you thinking about street racing and illegal…
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Columns
VisArt Diaries: ‘Chaos’ in the Cave
One of the many things I’ve ranted about in this column, but maybe not often enough, is the back room…
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Visart Diaries
VisArt Diaries: On the Road
Touring in a band can be a lot of fun, and getting to play music in a front of a…
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Arts & Culture
VisArt Diaries: ‘The Fourth Man’ Breaks Down Homophobic Tropes
For this installment of VisArt Diaries, I want to highlight some of the VHS that Visart has to offer. For…
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Arts & Culture
VisArt Diaries: Autopsy of a Horror Film
Happy 2019, we all made it, unless you’re not reading this, then I assume you’re dead. If you’re not dead,…
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Visart Diaries
VisArt Diaries: Embracing the Mythical Mockbuster
As you know if you read my debut VisArt Diaries column from two weeks ago, I’ve spent the last year…
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Arts & Culture
Visart Diaries: No Leg to Stand On
For the last few years I’ve been keeping track of every film I’ve watched. I thought it would be interesting…
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