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

A town where nobody dies: Bohemian Rhapsody's Ben Hardy leads Prime Video's new horror series
A town where nobody dies: Bohemian Rhapsody's Ben Hardy leads Prime Video's new horror series
An X-Men alum nabs the lead in an Arrowverse creator’s Prime Video horror about an ex-con in a town where nobody dies.
Personal Shopper, but racier: Kristen Stewart and Riley Keough's new supernatural film
Personal Shopper, but racier: Kristen Stewart and Riley Keough's new supernatural film
Kristen Stewart and Riley Keough are set to join acclaimed director Olivier Assayas on a haunting new supernatural film — with two more familiar faces in the mix.
Fans had a wild theory about Captain America in the Doomsday trailer. Endgame: Encore's new ending backs it up
Fans had a wild theory about Captain America in the Doomsday trailer. Endgame: Encore's new ending backs it up
Avengers Endgame: Encore pours petrol on a lingering Captain America theory sparked by the 'Doomsday' trailer, adding another hint it might actually be right.
What Midsommar is based on: a real Swedish village, a real devil-fiddler legend — and Ari Aster's own breakup
What Midsommar is based on: a real Swedish village, a real devil-fiddler legend — and Ari Aster's own breakup
Beneath the flower crowns sits an actual village, a folk song about Satan with a violin, and a director working through the worst split of his life.
Not exactly hyped for Jon Watts’ Star Wars trilogy? Spider-Man fans aren’t either
Not exactly hyped for Jon Watts’ Star Wars trilogy? Spider-Man fans aren’t either
Spider-Man fans aren’t exactly chuffed that the Spider-Man director will helm the next big Star Wars film in a new trilogy.
Not everyone's sold: Catherine Zeta-Jones’ John Wick-like TV show is already polarizing critics
Not everyone's sold: Catherine Zeta-Jones’ John Wick-like TV show is already polarizing critics
Catherine Zeta-Jones’ new John Wick-like series is already splitting critics ahead of its streaming debut, and the early score being bandied about won’t calm any nerves.
Avengers Endgame’s Encore ending sets up a precedent the MCU could regret
Avengers Endgame’s Encore ending sets up a precedent the MCU could regret
Heads up: Avengers Endgame: Encore rewrites Endgame’s final beat, binning Steve-and-Peggy’s dance for an extended scene with a surprise visitor — and it sets a worrying MCU precedent.
Season 4 barely ended — Reacher already greenlit for season 6
Season 4 barely ended — Reacher already greenlit for season 6
Prime Video’s Reacher has already bagged an early renewal, landing another run just weeks after season 4 wrapped.
Stephen Graham starts filming Heat 2 this week — and is the first to confirm Adam Driver is in it
Stephen Graham starts filming Heat 2 this week — and is the first to confirm Adam Driver is in it
Michael Mann’s Heat 2 is shooting with Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale and Stephen Graham — and Adam Driver has finally been named on record.
Avengers: Doomsday still has secret cast members, its director says
Avengers: Doomsday still has secret cast members, its director says
Think Marvel’s massive roster reveal was the lot — director Anthony Russo says the cast isn’t complete, with more announcements still to come.
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