Fans of del Toro have been looking forward to this one for a while, and rightfully so. I went out and saw this on the day of release and was delighted. Mr del Toro is a master storyteller and The Shape Of Water was indeed a complex and beautiful story. As with the more famous […]
Scrolling through my Instagram feed recently I came across this post from the My Favorite Murder podcast: View this post on Instagram A post shared by My Favorite Murder (@myfavoritemurder) For some reason I was compelled to read the comments and I found that people were confused by the second to last tattoo. It features […]
Podcasts are a favourite way to wind down for me. For the most part I listen to them for fun while working on something. But not Within the Wires. There is no listening while doing something else, having it play in the background and paying only partial attention to what is going on. From the […]
Hello! The most wonderful month of the year begins. I am very excited about the spookiness this year will hold and I hope you are too. Chances are, scary movies are a favourite way to spend an October evening. But how do we keep track of all of the choices out there? I know that […]
Black Static, issue #56 by TTA press cover art by Joachim Luetke The Green Eye – Scott Nicolay (illustrated by Ben Baldwin) This is a story of summertime boyhood antics cut short by a supernatural urban legend called the Spooklights. Are the unfortunate circumstances that follow are a result of the legend or just a young […]
I am participating again in Damon Wakes’ yearly literary tradition of Flash Fiction Day. It’s a great way to limber up before Flash Fiction Month in July. For the past couple of years I have put aside writing in favour of other creative pursuits and I am grateful for the chance to get the writing […]
I actually watched two movies this week! At this rate I might even catch up some day! I hope to find the time to do posts on both I Am Not A Serial Killer and Green Room. Also on the to-do list is Black Static #56. APPETIZERS Nightmare Magazine: Alice Through the Plastic Sheet by […]
MAIN COURSE Logan – What a heavy movie! Heavy with emotion, heavy with action, heavy with blood. It was a far less summer blockbuster serving of the Marvel universe than I am used to. I had no idea what I was going in to, but I was glad I saw it. I loved Stephen Merchant […]
Girlfriend’s Day (2017) written by: Eric Hoffman, Bob Odenkirk, Philip Zlotorynski directed by: Michael Stephenson starring: Bob Odenkirk, Amber Tamblyn, Stacy Keach tl;dr > Go open up Netflix right now and watch this film. Bob Odenkirk is a god. Girlfriend’s Day is a quasi-noir about Ray Wentworth (Odenkirk), a damaged man who writes sentiments for […]
I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore (2017) written and directed by Macon Blair starring: Melanie Lynskey, Elijah Wood I Don’t Feel At Home Anymore In This World was the easiest-to-watch films I have seen in a while. I had not heard much about it, just enough to suggest that I might like […]
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