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Cinema Saturday, 6/14/25

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me Year: 1992Runtime: 2h 14mRated: R Writers: David Lynch, Robert EngelsDirector: David LynchStars: Sheryl Lee, Moira Kelly, Chris Isaak, Ray Wise After two FBI agents go missing while investigating a murdered girl in Deer Meadow, we follow Laura Palmer through her last week of life in the town of Twin […]

Reading Notes, 6/11/25

Book The Female Hypnotist: Stories from the Victorian and Edwardian Eras, edited by Donald K. Hartman A copy of The Female Hypnotist was supplied to me by Themes and Settings in Fiction Press. This is the fourth book in a series of historic hypnotism fiction. There is some overlap in the stories with the first […]

Monday Miscellanea, 6/9/25

What Happened Last Week? I finished a pretty intricate build on our Minecraft server. We are playing the You Like Food? modpack, which adds an enormous number of foods to the game. One of the biggest food mods is Pam’s HarvestCraft. I decided to craft all the foods from Pam’s (and Croptopia) and put them […]

Cinema Saturday, 6/7/25

Companion Year: 2025Runtime: 1h 37mRated: R Writer: Drew HancockDirector: Drew HancockStars: Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Harvey Guillén Iris’s life is upended during a couple’s weekend at the remote cabin of a wealthy friend-of-a-friend. Companion got a lot of chatter; I was interested without knowing much about the film. I hadn’t even seen the […]

Monday Miscellanea, 6/2/25

What Happened Last Week? Minecraft I started a new iteration of my Minecraft mod pack and a new build to go with it. It is indeed a very square house, but one with lots of floor space. Of course now that I look at the screenshot, I see all sorts of ways I can improve […]

Cinema Saturday, 5/31/25

The Host Year: 2006Runtime: 2hRated: R Writers: Bong Joon Ho, Ha Joon-wonBaek Chul-hyunDirector: Bong Joon HoStars: Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doona, Go Ah-sung When Hyun-seo is taken by a monster to be a for-later snack (?), her family rallies to rescue her. A rewatch from the era when I often had movies […]

Project Fangoria: Issue 8

Issue 8, October 1980 The 1980 Halloween month edition begins with Bob vs Gene. Editor Bob Martin calls out Chicago Tribune movie critic Gene Siskel after Siskel suggested in his review of Friday the 13th that readers should write to the head of Paramount Pictures and actress Betsy Palmer to complain about the violent content […]

Monday Miscellanea, 5/26/25

What Happened Last Week? Not a whole lot has been going on: Past Miscellany Writing Check-In The market that was holding “Phoenix” passed. I sent it back out. My project for the summer is active reading with an emphasis on story endings (my writing weakness).

Cinema Saturday, 5/24/25

Sleep Year: 2023Runtime: 1h 35mRated: n/a Writer: Jason Yu Director: Jason YuStars: Jung Yu-mi, Lee Sun-kyun When Hyeon-su starts having violent episodes in his sleep, he and his wife are obviously distressed. Is this just a sleep disorder or is Hyun-su being possessed? Another non-Enlish language film for my Unofficial HorrorX52 Challenge. Hyeon-soo and Soo-jin […]

Reading Notes, 5/21/25

Book Finished my third read-through of Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. My current take: a man’s scientific and philosophical pursuits are derailed by a megalomaniac bent on revenge. This reading isn’t at all influenced by the United State’s current administration. No, not at all. (Actually, Ahab isn’t completely devoid of empathy. He has a moment with […]