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Nightmare Alley: Life’s Little Detour

January 8, 2022January 9, 2022 · Leave a comment ·

It wasn’t so much a nightmare, only a detour for Stanton Carlisle as he hurtles towards his fate in “Nightmare Alley”

Character Profile: Erin Bell

January 6, 2019June 3, 2020 · Leave a comment ·

Nicole Kidman gets ugly as a hardboiled detective with a feminine twist in “Destroyer”.

Schnabel & Van Gogh: “At Eternity’s Gate”

December 10, 2018January 16, 2019 ·

Filmmaker Julian Schnabel uses an experimental aesthetic to portray the unstable mind of Vincent van Gogh in “At Eternity’s Gate”.

Ed & Me: Our Heroes Have Always Been Storytellers

October 23, 2018January 1, 2019 · Leave a comment ·

Ed Brubaker’s latest crime graphic novel “My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies” is storytelling at its absolute best and I’m his number one fan!

Robert E. Howard & the “Worms of the Earth”

November 26, 2017November 29, 2017 · Leave a comment ·

Thou shalt know the name of he who wrote dark fantasy and sword & sorcery short stories for the pulp magazine Weird Tales, Robert E. Howard.

Choose Oats Studios

August 4, 2017November 29, 2017 · Leave a comment ·

Choose those conventional films that lack vision or choose Neil Blomkamp’s Oats Studios as your source for films to ignite and inspire.

“Nameless”: Gods & Monsters by Grant Morrison

March 30, 2017November 29, 2017 · 3 Comments ·

There are comic books writers, then there are the gods of the comic book industry. Grant Morrison is one of those Gods.

“The Last King”: Norwegian History on a Budget

November 30, 2016December 1, 2016 · Leave a comment ·

1206, Norway is troubled by civil war. The tyrannical hands of Christianity possess an unrelenting stranglehold on the country and the church and its faction of Norwegian aristocracy, known as the Baglers, is deceitfully wielding its way through Norway’s heirarchy in an attempt to obtain … Continue reading “The Last King”: Norwegian History on a Budget

“The Eltingville Club”: When Geekdom Goes too Far

October 15, 2016October 15, 2016 · Leave a comment ·

Comic books are meant to be fun. They began as an inexpensive source of entertainment for kids. They were an impulse buy or last minute purchase by parents at the grocery store. Something fun for an adult to gift to their child as they waited … Continue reading “The Eltingville Club”: When Geekdom Goes too Far

Decisions, Decisions in “Eye in the Sky”

July 5, 2016October 15, 2016 · Leave a comment ·

To eliminate the target, or not to eliminate the target?, that is the question. A victory for terrorism is like a slap in the face to our government. After rampage shootings or suicide bombings citizens ask, “How come nothing was done to prevent this from … Continue reading Decisions, Decisions in “Eye in the Sky”

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