Craig Ellison

Craig Ellison

About Craig Ellison

Craig Ellison has been writing about entertainment for nearly a decade — from college newspapers to major film publications. His work focuses on adult animation (Futurama, Solar Opposites), video game adaptations (Castlevania: Nocturne), dark fantasy (Jujutsu Kaisen, Daemons of the Shadow Realm), and horror (Mike Flanagan, John Carpenter's The Thing, and anything A24 touches).

Before shifting fully into entertainment, Craig spent over six years as a baseball writer, publishing weekly articles across multiple outlets. That sports background gave him an unusual but useful skill: he treats streaming rankings, IMDb scores, and release schedules like a box score — with healthy skepticism and a soft spot for the underdog.

Craig got his start in student journalism at Illinois Valley Community College (writing for The IV Leader) before transferring to Eureka College on the Stephen W. Rigazio scholarship. At Eureka, he wrote for The Pegasus, covering everything from campus happenings to politics — including the 2020 election and Palestine. He graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor's in Communication.

What he's watching right now

  • Only Murders in the Building
  • What We Do in the Shadows
  • Castlevania: Nocturne
  • Whatever FromSoftware game is currently ruining his sleep schedule

Favorite films

  • Forrest Gump
  • Pulp Fiction
  • The Thing (John Carpenter)
  • Sinister
  • Anything A24

Favorite anime

  • Jujutsu Kaisen
  • Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Why trust his reviews: Craig watches everything he covers. No second-hand takes. No fluff. Just honest opinions from someone who has spent nearly a decade writing professionally about film, TV, and animation.

Craig writes for CineCorner independently. All views are his own.


All news by Craig Ellison

What happens at the end of Gattaca?
What happens at the end of Gattaca?
Andrew Niccol's 1997 debut spends most of its running time on a man about to be caught. Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) has been passing as Jerome Eugene Morrow (Jude Law) to hold a navigator's seat on a mission to Titan, topping up daily with Jerome's blood, urine, and hair. The last ten minutes decide whether the fraud holds.
What year does Peaky Blinders take place?
What year does Peaky Blinders take place?
Six series, one feature film, and a habit of skipping two to four years between them. The Shelbys age considerably faster than the episode count suggests.
Still waiting on the 'Ocean's Eleven' prequel? There's finally a big step forward
Still waiting on the 'Ocean's Eleven' prequel? There's finally a big step forward
At last, the long-gestating 'Ocean's Eleven' prequel has made a proper move forward, the kind that suddenly makes it feel real.
Viewers have had their say on Jason Statham's 'Mutiny' — brace yourself
Viewers have had their say on Jason Statham's 'Mutiny' — brace yourself
Rotten Tomatoes audiences have weighed in on Statham’s latest — but did his new outing land a knockout or take one on the chin?
Box office shake: The Odyssey bumps the biggest Harry Potter movie ever
Box office shake: The Odyssey bumps the biggest Harry Potter movie ever
The Odyssey has leapfrogged a very big hitter on the all-time worldwide chart — and the name it’s just nudged aside may surprise you.
Eyeing Avengers: Doomsday? You’ll want Deadpool & Wolverine first — six reasons why
Eyeing Avengers: Doomsday? You’ll want Deadpool & Wolverine first — six reasons why
Deadpool & Wolverine’s title characters remain unannounced for Avengers: Doomday — but there’s a catch you’ll want to clock before crying foul.
So, who hogged season 3 of House of the Dragon? Screen time settles it
So, who hogged season 3 of House of the Dragon? Screen time settles it
A screen time breakdown hints who really owns House of the Dragon Season 3, and the pecking order isn’t quite what you’d expect.
Cue the lawyers: lawsuit says Taylor Sheridan took the Yellowstone idea from a writer’s pitch
Cue the lawyers: lawsuit says Taylor Sheridan took the Yellowstone idea from a writer’s pitch
‘Yellowstone’ is at the centre of a lawsuit alleging it pinched its premise from a 2016 pitch — and the complaint lands squarely at Taylor Sheridan’s door.
Ready for more Disney deja vu? Every upcoming live-action remake and sequel in one place
Ready for more Disney deja vu? Every upcoming live-action remake and sequel in one place
Disney’s conveyor belt of live-action remakes and sequels rolls on—including Tangled and Cruella 2—but that’s just the start of what’s on the way.
What happens at the end of The X-Files? The finale was never written to be one
What happens at the end of The X-Files? The finale was never written to be one
The X-Files has finished twice. The first time was 19 May 2002, with a two-part episode called "The Truth". The second was 21 March 2018, with "My Struggle IV" on Fox. Only one of those was written as a full stop, and it wasn't the later one.
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