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

House of the Dragon keeps recycling the same villain arc
House of the Dragon keeps recycling the same villain arc
House of the Dragon doesn’t need perfection — it needs to ditch the copy-paste villain trend, fast.
The one blockbuster Christopher Nolan needed before Hollywood would back The Odyssey
The one blockbuster Christopher Nolan needed before Hollywood would back The Odyssey
Oppenheimer didn’t just crush the box office—it opened the gates for Christopher Nolan’s next epic. On The Daily Show, the director said the biopic’s runaway success finally got The Odyssey the studio green light.
Avengers: Doomsday runtime confirmed just before ticket pre-sales begin
Avengers: Doomsday runtime confirmed just before ticket pre-sales begin
Avengers: Doomsday just locked its runtime, and Disney will start selling premium-format tickets on July 20—setting up Marvel’s next mega-sequel for a December blitz.
Exactly when Lucky drops on Apple TV and the full season schedule
Exactly when Lucky drops on Apple TV and the full season schedule
Anya Taylor-Joy fronts Lucky, a seven-part crime miniseries dropping on Apple TV this summer.
Hotel Transylvania 5 reveals its title and first plot tease, hitting theaters October 2027
Hotel Transylvania 5 reveals its title and first plot tease, hitting theaters October 2027
Hotel Transylvania is checking back in — the fifth film, The Haunting of Hotel Transylvania, will haunt theaters in October 2027, with fresh story chills on the way.
Steven Spielberg and Emily Blunt’s Disclosure Day lands a digital release date
Steven Spielberg and Emily Blunt’s Disclosure Day lands a digital release date
Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi Disclosure Day, starring Emily Blunt, hits digital and VOD on July 21, 2026—just weeks after its June 12 theatrical debut.
Mike Flanagan just confirmed his long-awaited Dark Tower adaptation is very much alive
Mike Flanagan just confirmed his long-awaited Dark Tower adaptation is very much alive
The director is done waiting — his Holy Grail is finally moving forward, and he’s all in.
MCU Nova casting: the contenders who actually make sense
MCU Nova casting: the contenders who actually make sense
Nova is finally blasting into the MCU, and the casting debate just went cosmic. Michael Waldron, the writer behind Loki and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, is reportedly developing and scripting a feature centered on the Nova Corps human rocket. So who should suit up?
George Lucas says AI is the future of filmmaking—and he’s all in
George Lucas says AI is the future of filmmaking—and he’s all in
George Lucas is back — and bullish on AI. The Star Wars creator calls it the future of filmmaking as the 82-year-old steps out of retirement to voice a character in the comedy-adventure Minions and Monsters.
Meet the new Ed and Lorraine Warren in The Conjuring: First Communion
Meet the new Ed and Lorraine Warren in The Conjuring: First Communion
The Conjuring: First Communion rolls back the clock, locking in Garrett Wareing as young Ed Warren and Amanda Fix as young Lorraine Warren for a dive into the couple’s early years.
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