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Monday Miscellanea, 8/8/22

Reading What did I say I was going to read last week?Yeah, I didn’t read that.Instead, I decided to read Derek Delgaudio’s Amoralman, which was briefly on my 20 Books of Summer list when I was in the mood for magician nonfiction. Review pending. Nothing remaining on my 20 Books list seems very appealing. In […]

Countdown to October: Movies 10–12

Cronos Year: 1993Runtime: 1h 34mRated: R Director: Guillermo del Toro Writers: Guillermo del Toro Stars: Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook Initial: I think I was getting Cronos confused with Timecrimes (2007) because I thought I’d seen Cronos, but I had not. Production Notes: Guillermo del Toro’s first feature-length film. What Did I Think:Guillermo del […]

#20BooksOfSummer22 Review ~ Infinity Dreams

Infinity Dreams by Glen Hirshberg Glen Hirshberg introduced the Nadine and Normal adventures in the anthology The Ones Who Are Waving. There, he published three “Collector” stories with a brief forward. Nadine and Normal are Hirshberg’s take on the occult detectives with a nod toward the differences in story-telling rhythms between that mystery subgenre and […]

Monday Miscellanea, 8/1/22

Reading I switched books early last week. I had been reading On Boxing by Joyce Carol Oates, but after Oates got into an internet discussion that she probably should have stayed out of, I didn’t feel like giving her much of my attention. I’ll read On Boxing eventually, but not right now. Instead, I started […]

Countdown to October: Movies 7–9

The Blair Witch Project Year: 1999Runtime: 1h 21mRated: R Director: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez Writers: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez, Heather Donahue Stars: Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard Initial: Another rewatch of a movie I saw in the theater. When I used to go to the theater more often (in the mid- to late […]

#20BooksOfSummer22 Review: Nightmare Fuel

Nightmare Fuel: The Science of Horror Films by Nina Nesseth An electronic copy of this book was supplied to me by the publisher. Last year, I read a book called The Science of Women in Horror. It was a mildly perplexing book. The History of Women in Horrors or The Roles of Women in Horror […]

Countdown to October: Movies 4–6

Unsane Year: 2018Runtime: 1h 38mRated: R Director: Steven Soderbergh Writers: Jonathan Bernstein, James Greer Stars: Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, Juno Temple Initial: Another Random Number Generator Horror Podcast No. 9 pick. I knew nothing about this movie. I hadn’t even watched the trailer. But, hey, Steven Soderbergh! Production Notes: Shot over 10 days […]

Monday Miscellanea, 7/25/22

Reading Finished Nightmare Fuel by Nina Nesseth. As is usual, I’ll have a review tomorrow or Wednesday. I guess I’m not quite in the mood for fiction yet because, of of the books left on my 20 Books of Summer list, I’m most drawn to Joyce Carol Oates’ On Boxing for my next pick. Shelf […]

Countdown to October: Movies 1–3

On July 18th, I’d had enough of summer. Alas October was 75 days away. What’s an autumnal woman to do? Well, ready your watermelon jack-o-lanterns because I’m “counting down” to October with 50 horror movies/TV shows. Each bundle of reviews might be themed, but maybe not. Nosferatu the Vampyre Year: 1979Runtime: 1h 47mRated: PG Director: […]

#20BooksOfSummer22 Review ~ The Cormorant

The Cormorant by Stephen Gregory I don’t remember how, but at some point in college, I watched “The Cormorant,” an 88 minute episode of Screen Two, which is a British anthology TV series. I think it was probably on PBS and caught my eye because it starred Ralph Fiennes. Knowing that it was based on […]