On the Lookout for Books and Movies
Having just completed another parallel post season with my partner Rachel, the blogger otherwise known as the Scientist Gone Wordy, we came up with a notion. Usually around this time…
The Legend of Hell House Film Review
In keeping with our tradition of closing our doors on All Hallows Eve, the blogger otherwise known as the Scientist Gone Wordy and I examine something dark and seasonal. Another by the…
Friday Forgotten Film: High Risk (1981)
Clint: “You guys got a name?” Stone: “No.” Clint: “Got a cause?” Stone: “Yeah. Inflation.” As I’ve continually mentioned, whatever doldrums and cynicism the decade of…
Stephen, Carrie, Chloë and Sissy
Admittedly, I became hooked on horror as a pre-teen watching movies at home and on the big screen. Later, it’d be friends at work who’d turn me on to Stephen King,…
Forever Autumn: Year of Bests – 2014
A couple of years back, I did not publish a year-end piece on those articles I most enjoyed reading for the period. Routinely, my online browsing turns…
Tales From Earthsea Film Review
Here we go, again. Another September 30th. Ever since I became a parent, approaching 19 years, now (that’s 133 in dog years), I’ve become acutely aware of this…
The Life of Bolaji Badejo
Originally posted on Strange Shapes:
Bolaji Badejo was born in Lagos, Nigeria, on August 23rd, 1953, the second child to parents Victor and Elizabeth Badejo (née Bamidale).…
Purely Because of a Movie – Songs on My iPod Part 13
Concluding my summer of 2014 series, which was begun right here and chronicled my history with said device, that examined the music that ended up on my iPod…
Purely Because of a Movie – Songs on My iPod Part 12
Finishing my summer of 2014 series, which was begun right here and chronicled my history with said device, examining the music that ended up on my iPod byway of the films that…
The Andromeda Strain Film Review
The blogger otherwise known as the Scientist Gone Wordy and I return to the genre that kicked off this duo post book slash movie review series of ours in the first place. Science-fiction. For…
Reblogged » The Andromeda Strain (1971) — Art of the Title
The Andromeda Strain (1971) — Art of the Title. The good folk over at The Art of the Title site provided an elegant critique, and video clip,…
Purely Because of a Movie – Songs on My iPod Part 11
Continuing my summer of 2014 series, which was begun right here and chronicled my history with said device, examining the music that ended up on my iPod byway of the…
the SPIELBERG BLOGATHON: day 2
The anticipated moment has finally arrived! Well, it actually started yesterday with Kellee’s day 1 post, but co-hosting this is still pretty darn exciting. In honor…
“I’ll be right here” – The SPIELBERG BLOGATHON weekend!
Originally posted on Citizen Screenings:
The time has arrived to join in on the celebration. He is not only one of the most influential filmmakers in…
A Back-to-School SLIFR Movie Quiz? Count Me IN!
My good friend Dennis Cozzalio, he of the wonderfully named Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule blog, has come up with yet another of his cinematically off-the-wall but…
Purely Because of a Movie – Songs on My iPod Part 10
Continuing my summer of 2014 series, which was begun right here and chronicled my history with said device, examining the music that ended up on my iPod byway of the…
Purely Because of a Movie – Songs on My iPod Part 9
Continuing my summer of 2014 series, which was begun right here and chronicled my history with said device, examining the music that ended up on my iPod byway of the…
Favorite Scene: The Abyss
“I’m telling you what it is, you’re just not hearing me.” Back in 2010, two noted action directors vied for the vaunted Academy’s top award. One made…
Announcing a First: the SPIELBERG BLOGATHON
For many, August signals the ending of summer, and some of us getting a year older. One of the fun ways this August celebrates summer is…
TMT: Getting Beyond The Abyss
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. Since this film’s silver anniversary lands this weekend — as my…
It Rains... You Get Wet 