Stephen King’s Mr Mercedes
Never Trust a Brady: Stephen King’s Mr Mercedes What is it with Stephen King and his scandalous use of the noble name of Brady? Or even more specifically — Stephen King, the name of Brady and incestuous relationships with mothers? I can still remember how creeped out I was in 1992 when he wrote the screenplay for a movie (directed by Mick Garris) called Sleepwalkers. Its main character was a guy called Charles Brady who was...
Jurassic World (2015)
Jurassic World (2015) “Ooohhh… ahhh…. That’s how it always starts. And then later there’s running and screaming.” Thus spake Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Ian Malcolm in the second of Steven Spielberg’s groundbreaking (yep, pun intended) dinosaur movies, once the Rules of Engagement had been established. Well, the first part isn’t particularly true anymore. This is now twenty-two years later and according to Claire Dearing...
Daredevil : Love and War
Daredevil: Love and War Down from the Attic: 3 I’m the first to admit that I’m well out of the loop on what’s happening with modern comic books; but Good Lord, what the hell put the zap on writer Frank Miller’s head? I looked up a recent interview just after finishing this Golden Oldie and he both looks and sounds like he has the fried brain pan of somebody who has had some serious substance abuse issues in recent years. Then I...
On the passing of a Gentleman
This piece was originally posted on Dec. 26 2012. With respect – Christopher Lee / Cinema Legend 1922 – 2015 Inside the Wicker Man The Morbid Ingenuities By Allan Brown “It is a film about sacrifice which was itself sacrificed. It is also a film about the life force; it has been hacked, slashed, buried, written off and lost but it continues to live; indeed it refuses to die.”...
Arkham Tales Legends of the Haunted City
Arkham Tales Legends of the Haunted City Edited and Introduced by William Jones An Occasional Look at Lovecraftian Anthologies: 5 I’m not going to devote too much time to this 2006 Chaosium Inc. anthology. It’s not that it’s particularly bad (although it certainly isn’t particularly good). It’s just that I’m not really the person that it’s aimed at; and as I read the introduction it quickly became apparent that I had made a...
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