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80s in August: 1985

Young Sherlock Holmes Explorers The Stuff Other Movies from 1985: The Black Cauldron, Brazil, Ladyhawke, Legend, Red Sonja, Back to the Future, Day of the Dead, Enemy Mine, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Real Genius, Weird Science, Fright Night, Re-Animator.

Reading Notes, 8/19/21

Finished Reading The Flight of the Eisenstein by James Swallow This is the fourth book of the Horus Heresy, a long, still on-going series of novels detailing the events that lead to the Warhammer 40K gaming setting. Despite that possibly ignominious designation, the books I’ve read in the Horus Heresy are pretty good. They are […]

80s in August: 1984

All Of Me Giorgio Moroder Presents: Metropolis Dreamscape Other Movies from (year): Ghostbusters, Gremlins, The NeverEnding Story, Splash, Dune, Firestarter, The Last Starfighter, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Starman, The Terminator, Children of the Corn, A Nightmare on Elm Street

80s in August: 1983

Fire and Ice The Dead Zone Mortuary Other Movies from (year): Krull, Videodrome, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Return of the Jedi, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Jaws 3-D, Psycho II, Christine, Cujo (good year for Stephen King, I guess).

Reading Notes, 8/12/21

Finished Reading Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert After making it through God Emperor of Dune, I have to say, Heretics is where Herbert lost me. The plot is my least favorite kind: factions scheming against each other. That can work, but I need some characters that are compelling enough to me to be hooks. […]

80s in August: 1982

The Last Unicorn Timewalker Next of Kin Other Movies from 1982: The Beastmaster, Conan the Barbarian, The Dark Crystal, Blade Runner, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, The Thing, Tron, Creepshow, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Poltergeist

80s in August: 1981

Dragonslayer Lifepod The Monster Club Other Movies from 1981: Clash of the Titans (this was my original pick, but it went off-service), Time Bandits, The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Escape from New York, Mad Max 2, Outland, Scanners, An American Werewolf in London, The Evil Dead, Ghost Story, The Howling. 1981 was a great year for […]

80s in August: 1980

Hawk the Slayer Battle Beyond the Stars Inferno Other Genre Movies from 1980: The Empire Strikes Back, Flash Gordon, Altered States, Superman II, Somewhere in Time, The Changeling, The Fog, Friday the 13th, The Shining

Reading Notes, 8/2/21

Finished Reading All Systems Red by Martha Wells I’ll be honest, I was looking for a short science fiction book for #TrekAThon and I’d heard a bit about the Martha Wells “Murderbot Diaries.” All Systems Red was fine. A first person narrative, our main character is the self-dubbed Murderbot, a sentient security droid who hacked […]

Cinema Saturday, 7/31/21

First, a programming note: I’m going to be doing another month-long movie watch next month — 80s in August! I’ll be picking three genre films from each year of the decade, a fantasy film, a sci-fi film, and a horror film. I’m limiting my choices to the streaming services I currently have access to (Hulu, […]