Author: Michael Cook

T.J. Klune’s “In the Lives of Puppets” delivers a warm, cozy retelling of a familiar story with a surprisingly dark undercurrent.

Howard Berger and Marshall Julius’ “Masters of Make-Up Effects” offers a love letter to practical effects and the artists that create them.

“Schmigadoon” returns with a new season lambasting the musicals of the 1960s and 1970s. It’s campy, it’s heartfelt, and it’s so much fun.

While its two halves distract from one another, Florian Sigl’s new adaptation of “The Magic Flute” is more magical than mundane.

Dark Horse Comics brings its adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s “Norse Mythology” to an apocalyptic conclusion in “Norse Mythology Volume 3.”

“Theater Camp” is equal parts endearingly cheesy and delightfully absurd. A true love letter to live theater and summer camps of all kinds.

“Talk to Me” combines an emotional rumination on the loneliness of grief with a surprisingly gory tale of demonic possession.

“Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls” is an absurd, heartwarming romp about friendship succeeding in the face of adversity.

“Aliens Abducted My Parents” is a familiar remix of coming-of-age stories and science fiction cheese that’s worth watching at least once.

Sophie Barthes’ “The Pod generation” is a heartwarming, funny, and very human piece of science fiction that’s well worth a watch.