The impossibly pure image of the Victorian gentleman in Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella is fascinatingly changed into the image of the white oppressor in 1976's Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde. Like the best of the more direct adaptations of the novella, this features a Jekyll, in this case named Dr. Pride, who isn’t simply a…
First, apologies to you few but faithful readers. Work stress and a broken modem prevented these two reviews, so I’m combining them into one post. A silly shocker and a gothic ghost story. A cursed object and a surreal town. Episodes 6 and 7 run the gamut of Ito stories.
First - because it’s gotten cold again around these parts. And then because you don’t wanna get too nervous and miss this week’s big movie. If you still got tickets, I hear they sold out pretty soon in some parts of the world... :)
I’ve said before I’m a sucker for stories about groups of characters trapped in a house or a ship or some place else, preferably dealing with a haunting. So I liked the 2011 Doctor Who audio play The House of Blue Fire which begins in a house where four amnesiac strangers have been gathered. Ultimately, the story…
*cries for Clone Club* it’ll all be over soon...
Well... this is interesting if true. Definitely a grain of salt here, but Batman-on-Film is reporting that the Justice League movie is doing some pretty major reshoots. Re-shoots that may run from June all the way through August, which is kind of insane. That’s basically enough time to film an entire movie. According…
So... where to start? Without giving away anything?
There are three kinds of hard truths; the kind you find hard to face, the kind other people find hard to face, and the kind everyone finds hard to face. 2016's Sausage Party is mainly about the second kind but it’s more sensitive than you might imagine. Particularly for a movie about talking food getting massacred and…
I watched the subbed version (English) of the first episode. The sub is bad, but I like the show enough that I want to watch the second ep.
Because he’s Batman! And for the very same reason, he’s kinda getting into some trouble with a new villain, though. That he gets out alone. All alone. Without any help!
Which is not the scary part. The scary part is that it’s Jared Leto’s Joker. Seriously kids - don’t take gifts from Jared Leto. Even when his not the Joker. Especially when he’s not the Joker, because then he’s probably himself......
I don’t see what could possibly go wrong. Other than someone disrupting the signal with some loud and distracting Beastie Boys music... :) So in case you were wondering how to the the technology to control a swarm of ships/drones with nothing but your kind look no further than the Arizona State U....
I know some here teach literature. I actually am writing this paragraph after I wrote the rest. I think Joseph Rosenberger is a good cautionary tale about writing for a living. How hard it is even for a truly prolific who published 300 novels plus articles. How it can lead to bitterness and does not always lead to a…
I lean heavily to pulp that is action driven and or leans to fantastical. Fantastical seems to be dead. Edgar Rice Burroughs was a master at fantastical fiction.
Some get along better, some get along worse... Some feel a déjà vu and some wish they had remembered TOT better when it comes to the Fate of their character.... And traitors brothers gotta stick together
Seeing all the reviews for the new Marvel superhero movie AntMan really made me think I’ve seen a different movie. It’s not bad. It’s funny and the FXs are nicely done. And it reasonably well fits into the MCU. But, a five star movie this is not.
I’ve endured Falling Skies this far and will see it through to the bitter end because I’m stubborn that way. The last couple of episodes bode poorly for a decent finish though. “Never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for every viewer of Falling Skies.” Spoilers ahead.
LG’s display arm recently showcased a detachable organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel that’s thin and light enough to stick to a wall using just a magnetic mat.
It’s a weird beast, but it seems most of its weirdness makes sense.
... build in the 70's... where do you think these tunnels would lead?