This should have been a review of Shutter Island. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to review Shutter Island. I tried so hard I really did, I saw the film on release and loved it. I’m a huge fan of Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio and I love nothing more than a dark, creepy thriller. I can’t review Shutter Island, … Continue reading
Monday through Friday at 8:10am, I’m standing at the other ends of two leashes as my dogs traipse through creeping English ivy and carefully and slowly circle a spot before they shit on it. We pause multiple times on our morning walk for my male dog to balance on three feet, dick pointed awkwardly and … Continue reading
It wasn’t so terribly long ago that a multitude of campy genre films descended on our multiplex screens and video rental shelves. The 1980s were a heyday for high concept, low brow entertainment from studios that looked to make a buck by offering a cheaper and more disposable version of the blockbuster. Star Wars spawned … Continue reading
Also titled: Harry Potter and the never read books and only watched some of the movies Well what else do you need to know? Yes I’ve never read the books and I haven’t seen all the movies. I can’t remember if I saw the fourth movie, and I know I haven’t seen the fifth movie. … Continue reading
First off: a big thank you to my friend Emily for inspiring this week’s blog! Horrorfind Weekend 12 was this past weekend. For those not familiar, it is an annual horror convention, usually held in Hunt Valley, Maryland. This year it was moved to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania – the second time it has moved from its … Continue reading
To sit down and read Grant Morrison’s entire run on Batman in one shot is something of a larger-than-life, consciousness-expanding experience, for the reader and for a character that gets a lot of grit and darkness but still usually remains within the common paradigms of the modern superhero story (usually). Beginning with issue #655 I … Continue reading
In my head, I have a number of movies that I think of as LA movies. They might not necessarily have much to do with LA aside from being set there, but they’re linked in my mind to the city. Especially after living here for a couple of years. Along with HEAT, SWINGERS, and a … Continue reading
I’m sure if you are on Facebook at the moment you have been sent (or will soon be sent) the 15 Albums challenge. In case you haven’t here is the gist.Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen albums you’ve heard that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall … Continue reading
When it comes to movies, each individual person has their own specific conception of bliss. Some movies are able to unite us, such as The Wizard Of Oz or The Godfather or Raiders Of The Lost Ark or Spider-Man, but more often there are movies that hit center on a much more esoteric … Continue reading
This blog is dedicated to Ken Savage. Bayformers was on last night. Including the commercial breaks it was on for eight and a half hours. It’s better than the sequel (the only film that has EVER put me to sleep), enjoyable even, but there is something not quite right about it, something is missing. Let me think, let me think… … Continue reading