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October 27, 2023
Is this the worst film of all time?
It is hard to believe that Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women was made in 1968. The vast majority of films made two decades earlier have better production qualities – sound and visual – than this shocker that was presumably made on less than a shoestring budget. The dialogue is awful, the ‘acting’ leaden; … Continue reading Is this the worst film of all time? →
“Stories and Texts for Nothing”
The most remarkable thing about Samuel Beckett’s Stories and Texts for Nothing is the percentage of the short ‘nothing texts’ which prefigure or overlap Waiting for Godot. Even to the extent of remarkably similar – if not repeated – phrases. Not surprising really given that they were all written around the same time, 1945-1950. There … Continue reading “Stories and Texts for Nothing” →
October 26, 2023
Digest of this week’s Substack activity
Here is a summary of my activity on Substack this week. Click on any of the images to be taken to the post concerned.
October 24, 2023
So bad it was good..?
Yesterday I watched Roger Corman’s 1978 sci-fi shocker, Starcrash. It starred a young David Hasselhoff (who didn’t know any better and was probably desperate), and Christopher Plummer (who should have known better but may have been equally desperate). The villain came from the ‘over-the-top’ school of acting, and whose only line for several minutes was … Continue reading So bad it was good..? →
Free subscription anyone?
I would like to offer my website subscribers a free month’s subscription to my Substack site. However, in order to do so I need to be confident that you have accepted receiving emails from me. I’m pretty sure you have as you’ll get an email every time I put out a post like this one! … Continue reading Free subscription anyone? →
October 22, 2023
This week’s recent Substack activity…
Click on an image to be taken to the article / post. All can be read for free.
October 20, 2023
Sonnet Man #28 – “Heading into Winter”
This is the last of these on this website. Sonnets 29 onwards will be available on my Substack site with the recording accompanying the text. Free subscriptions available. Amazon UK – Waterstones – Barnes & Noble #poetry #poetrylovers #poets #writers #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
Sonnet Man #27 – “Perspective”
Sonnets 29 onwards will only be available on my Substack site (with the text). Free subscriptions available. Amazon UK – Waterstones – Barnes & Noble #poetry #poetrylovers #poets #writers #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
October 19, 2023
New content for you on my Substack site!
Having spent the best part of the last two days shaping my Substack site and uploading its initial content, I thought I would let you know what’s there – and what won’t be here… A section dedicated to works-in-progress. The first entry here introduces a photography/poetry collaboration I’ve started to work on, and includes the … Continue reading New content for you on my Substack site! →
Sonnet Man #26 – “Falling Apart”
Sonnets 29 onwards will only be available on my Substack site. Amazon UK – Waterstones – Barnes & Noble #poetry #poetrylovers #poets #writers #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
