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Another Cinema Sunday, 3/2/25

The Fall Year: 2006Runtime: 1h 57mRated: R Writers: Dan Gilroy, Nico Soultanakis, TarsemDirector: TarsemStars: Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell At a hospital in 1915 Los Angeles, a broken man tells a little girl an epic story. This is a rewatch for me and was added to my Cult of Personality list due to the […]

Reading Notes, 2/27/25

Read Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer Subtitle: What Do We Do With Great Art By Bad People? Problematic artists are not a new phenomena. Claire Dederer began contemplating the question of what to do with the works of “bad” people, monsters even, while watching the films of Roman Polanski, a man who couldn’t […]

Monday Miscellanea, 2/24/25

Winter’s Respite Readathon My goal for any readathon is to read more than I might have otherwise. I finished the last few stories in Harlan Ellison’s I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream anthology. I read my story for Deal Me In and started a reread of Moby-Dick. I also read about a half […]

Cinema . . . Sunday, 2/23/25

Longlegs Year: 2024Runtime: 1h 41mRated: R Writer: Osgood PerkinsDirector: Osgood PerkinsStars: Maika Monroe, Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, Nicolas Cage FBI agent Lee Harker investigates a serial killer who leaves behind no physical evidence other than coded lettered signed “Longlegs.” Longlegs was on my Honey, I Shrunk the Watchlist challenge for the prompt “Movie I’ve Been […]

Project Fangoria: Issue 5

Issue 5, April 1980 In this issue’s editorial, co-publisher Kerry O’Quinn weighs in on what makes Fangoria different from the monster magazines of old. He cites three things: O’Quinn concludes with a request to the readers to weight in on what they want to see in the magazine. To wit, the issue also includes a […]

Reading Notes, 2/19/25

Read The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttirtranslated by Mary Robinette Kowal Iðunn is very tired. She’s been to doctors. The doctors don’t know what’s wrong—even the young female doctor who believes her! When Iðunn leaves her fitness watch on one night, she begins to learn why she’s never fully rested. Excellent novella. Iðunn is very […]

Monday Miscellanea, 2/17/25

What Happened Last Week? Trip to the library! I still had a renewal left on my books and DVDs, but I had actually finished reading/watching them. Amazing, I know. I was very reserved with this trip’s “haul,” only gathering two books and one DVD. The cafe was open again so I indulged in a coffee […]

Cinema Saturday, 2/15/25

Bell, Book and Candle Year: 1958Runtime: 1h 46mRated: Approved Writers: Daniel Taradash, John Van DrutenDirector: Richard QuineStars: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Elsa Lanchester A witch sets her sights on Jimmy Stewart in an effort to be plainer and more human. Unsure if she can capture his attentions in a non-magical manner (despite being […]

Reading Notes, 2/12/25

Read Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror, edited by Jordan Peele & John Joseph Adams Movie director and producer Jordan Peele put his name behind this very solid anthology of horror fiction by Black authors. The stories are pretty wide-ranging in the horror sub-genres with ghost stories, body horror, urban legends, corrupt […]

Monday Miscellanea, 2/10/25

What Happened Last Week? I did quite a few VOTS updates: an A/B league update, an update for the hat tournament that happened on Saturday, and we opened spring league. Of course, as soon as spring league registration was announced, it was pointed out that the Sidewinders (Arizona’s professional women’s ultimate team) have practices on […]