Molly Templeton

Portland

I read, I write, & I pet cats. Columnist & more @reactormag; publicity & more for the estate of @ursulakleguin. Not here much. (Same name at the blue place.)

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Articles

Not Everyone's a Peacemaker Fan in the Trailer for Season Two

6 days ago | reactormag.com | Molly Templeton

I don’t know: Is it a good thing or a bad thing if Guy Gardner (Nathan Fillion) is making fun of you? He doesn’t look like a guy with the greatest grasp on, well, anything. But then, Hawkgirl (Isabela Merced) is also in the room in which it all happens—by which I mean three people (Maxwell Lord is the third) insult Peacemaker (John Cena) when they’re supposed to be asking him questions. Mostly Hawkgirl seems to be there for the popcorn, though.
We're Gonna Need to See This Haunted Vacuum Cleaner Movie Immediately

6 days ago | reactormag.com | Molly Templeton

Sometimes, SFF movie news can feel a little repetitive. You type the words “Marvel” and “DC Studios” and “Disney” over and over again. But not today. Today we get to talk about Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s A Useful Ghost, which makes its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival later this month and has, at present, a surprising and delightful trailer.
Kate Stayman-London’s Fang Fiction Will Transform Into a TV Series

6 days ago | reactormag.com | Molly Templeton

More vampires are coming to your television. According to Variety, a series adaptation of Kate Stayman-London’s 2024 novel Fang Fiction is in the works, with Diablo Cody (Jennifer’s Body) executive producing.
Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder Will Star in Jane Schoenbrun’s Slasher Film

6 days ago | reactormag.com | Molly Templeton

We’ve been waiting for more details on Jane Schoenbrun’s next film, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, basically since we first heard about it—and now there’s news, and it’s very good news indeed. Variety reports that Gillian Anderson (The X-Files; Sex Education, pictured above) and Hannah Einbinder (Hacks) are set to star in the film, which will reportedly be “funnier and grislier” than Schoenbrun’s previous films.
"Something's Different" in The Conjuring: Last Rites Teaser

1 week ago | reactormag.com | Molly Templeton

“Don’t touch anything,” Ed Warren (Patrick Wilson) says in a basement full of haunted stuff, at the very start of the teaser for The Conjuring: Last Rites, the supposed last Conjuring film. It’s good advice! And I’m sure some people fail to take it. Last Rites is, as the teaser will tell you, based on the last case investigated by the real-life Ed and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga). And this time, as Lorraine says, “Something’s changed.” Maybe it’s the sink full of blood?
Charlize Theron Faces a New Nemesis in the Trailer for The Old Guard 2

1 week ago | reactormag.com | Molly Templeton

The end of The Old Guard seemed to make it quite clear who Andromache of Scythia—Andy to her friends—would have to face in the second film. There was, if I can say this without spoiling a five-year-old film, some baggage there. Some history. But The Old Guard 2 has a second enemy up its sleeve.
Uma Thurman - Reactor

1 week ago | reactormag.com | Molly Templeton |Leigh Butler |Keith DeCandido |Emmet Asher-Perrin

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It's Okay to Know Where the Story Is Going

1 week ago | reactormag.com | Molly Templeton

Note: This column includes spoilers for The Last of Us, season two, episode two. A year and change ago, when writing up the news about Kaitlyn Dever’s casting in The Last of Us, I wanted to know why people had such strong feelings about her character. I found the shortest possible version of the answer and went on my merry way, not sure I would even be back to watch the show’s second season.
The Raven Scholar

1 week ago | reactormag.com | Molly Templeton

I have struggled to write this review of The Raven Scholar for one simple reason: Every time I begin to think about The Raven Scholar, I want to pick up the book again. The book is nearly 700 pages long. This is not a reasonable wish. I cannot reread a 700 page book every time I think about it. But this does say something about the kind of book it is: propulsive, compelling, engrossing, cleverly plotted, devastating, and also, yes, quite fun.
Mark Hamill Leads the Way in The Long Walk

1 week ago | reactormag.com | Molly Templeton

The premise of the first novel Stephen King wrote—published years later under his Richard Bachman pseudonym—makes it seem like it could, if you squint, be the direct ancestor of Speed. Except rather than a bus that’s gotta stay over 50 miles per hour, the characters in The Long Walk must keep walking at a minimum pace of 4 miles per hour. There are other rules, but this is the basic one. Stop walking and die. Be the last man standing walking and win.