A. Renee Hunt's Blog, page 47
May 22, 2017
Gantz:0
*Movie Review with subtitles 
I have been a fan of anime for years. This is the new style; digital animation where the characters look very real. It all began with Final Fantasy, but Gantz:0 is pretty good and a story all its own.
After being killed, doing a good deed, Kato finds himself resurrected, in a room with three strangers. They tell him he has to suit up and play a game, clearing a board in order to get back home. If you die again, you die for real. Then he's thrown into the city of Osaka (I've been there!), where they fight giant heads that reminded me of Attack On Titan, and other strange creatures. There's even a Zord that fights some thing that climbs up from the depths of the surrounding waters, like Godzilla!
The movie is pretty much the live version of a video game, but it's FULL of non-stop action, with some cheesy romance. There's no serious acting and the story's a bit silly, but like I said, it's a video game. Peep the trailer! Gantz:0
Directed by Yasushi Kawamura
Produced by Digital Fronteir
Based on Gantz by Hiroya Oku
Starring Daisuke Ono, M.A.O, Tomohiro Kaku and Saori Hayami
I have been a fan of anime for years. This is the new style; digital animation where the characters look very real. It all began with Final Fantasy, but Gantz:0 is pretty good and a story all its own.After being killed, doing a good deed, Kato finds himself resurrected, in a room with three strangers. They tell him he has to suit up and play a game, clearing a board in order to get back home. If you die again, you die for real. Then he's thrown into the city of Osaka (I've been there!), where they fight giant heads that reminded me of Attack On Titan, and other strange creatures. There's even a Zord that fights some thing that climbs up from the depths of the surrounding waters, like Godzilla!
The movie is pretty much the live version of a video game, but it's FULL of non-stop action, with some cheesy romance. There's no serious acting and the story's a bit silly, but like I said, it's a video game. Peep the trailer! Gantz:0
Directed by Yasushi Kawamura
Produced by Digital Fronteir
Based on Gantz by Hiroya Oku
Starring Daisuke Ono, M.A.O, Tomohiro Kaku and Saori Hayami
E-Virus: Emily's Journey by Jessica Ward
This prequel is the start of Emily's adventure (E-Virus: Emily's Journey) to her Pharmaceutical Scientist of an Uncle for The Diary of the Modern Day Girl series. It's all about a young lady, (she's 25), who looks like a teenager, I guess. She's a marine biologist, who's socially inept, trying her best to survive the virulent effects of what's called the E-Virus outbreak. On her journey, Emily meets up with an awkward guy, who'd prefer to be a hermit. Together they make their way towards her Uncle's lab that's miles away. There re many dangers, including a new species of humans, but it's the survivors who aren't infected that bring the story.
E-Virus, by Jessica Ward, is interesting, but it needs a little work. There were various errors throughout the read. Nothing that hurt honestly, but the story itself just wasn't enough for me to want to purchase the follow-up books. I do love the covers though; you know how much I'm a cover junkie. This one is just a slipper, but if you click on the book cover, you'll see the character, and author, has a thing for shoes. It's cool- very original for a horror story, and since it's a gal lead, it rather fits.
So yeah, check out the prequel, E-Virus: Emily's Journey, and see if it's for you. I enjoyed it, but I'm off to the next read!
E-Virus: Emily's Journey
Prequel to The Diary of the Modern Day Girl series
Jessica Ward
December 26, 2016
Peelers
*Movie Review 
An undisclosed, quiet town, violent, oil-spewing creatures and a strip bar- No, it’s not the setup for a poor joke; it’s the setting for Blue Jean is an ex-stripper and owner of the Titty-Balls bar. Yes, that’s the name. Anyway, on her final night as owner, all she wants is to get out with herself, and her motorbike, in one piece.
Sadly, that’s not in the plans.
Four miners, who thought they’d struck oil, wanted to celebrate, thinking they’d received a blessing. More like an infection! One by one, the men show symptoms of a foreign sickness and every patron of the Titty-Balls bar are in for one wild night!
I don’t know if this movie is considered a spoof, but things seemed a bit exaggerated enough to deem so for this review. The characters were riotous, to a degree and the storyline was okay, but I found myself amused by the vast amounts of blood, infectious fluids and gore. Bodies were cut into large chunks, heads were relieved of their necks and dancing. Lots of dancing. The vibe sync’d with a Tarantino movie, but with a tough, female lead, and a minor subplot.
Peelers isn’t a great movie, but enjoyable as an online stream or cable picture. I did find an appreciation for the ending though; it’s not what you’d expect- with another surprise at the very end, should you choose to watch. What you get is a little longer than necessary, but it shares a bit of information mentioned earlier in the film. Peelers released in April of 2016. Peelers
Produced by Stephen Sawchuk
Directed by Sevé Schelenz
Written by Lisa DeVita and SevéSchelenz
Actors: Wren Walker, Caz Odin Darko and Madison J. Loos
April 9, 2016
An undisclosed, quiet town, violent, oil-spewing creatures and a strip bar- No, it’s not the setup for a poor joke; it’s the setting for Blue Jean is an ex-stripper and owner of the Titty-Balls bar. Yes, that’s the name. Anyway, on her final night as owner, all she wants is to get out with herself, and her motorbike, in one piece. Sadly, that’s not in the plans.
Four miners, who thought they’d struck oil, wanted to celebrate, thinking they’d received a blessing. More like an infection! One by one, the men show symptoms of a foreign sickness and every patron of the Titty-Balls bar are in for one wild night!
I don’t know if this movie is considered a spoof, but things seemed a bit exaggerated enough to deem so for this review. The characters were riotous, to a degree and the storyline was okay, but I found myself amused by the vast amounts of blood, infectious fluids and gore. Bodies were cut into large chunks, heads were relieved of their necks and dancing. Lots of dancing. The vibe sync’d with a Tarantino movie, but with a tough, female lead, and a minor subplot.
Peelers isn’t a great movie, but enjoyable as an online stream or cable picture. I did find an appreciation for the ending though; it’s not what you’d expect- with another surprise at the very end, should you choose to watch. What you get is a little longer than necessary, but it shares a bit of information mentioned earlier in the film. Peelers released in April of 2016. Peelers
Produced by Stephen Sawchuk
Directed by Sevé Schelenz
Written by Lisa DeVita and SevéSchelenz
Actors: Wren Walker, Caz Odin Darko and Madison J. Loos
April 9, 2016
Reel Nightmare
*Movie Review 
There are indie movies that run off your back, like ducks with water, and quickly forgotten. Then their are those that take root, leaving you to ponder the movie for nights on end? Reel Nightmare is definitely not the latter.
Set in a New England town, where aVictorian home is location for an independent film by high school and college friends. The bulk of buddies come together for their mate, to complete a three-day movie shoot, and a little memory sharing. Sadly, their production is never completed, due to unexpected guests and a series of necronominiconic events!
Found footage movies seem to be extremely popular these days, even though they really aren't. Ever since The Blair Witch Project, filmmakers have flocked to the affordable method of live-movie play. but that doesn't mean it should happen. In Reel Nightmare, is filmed through someone’s ipad, phone and camera, but the premise is still there. The movie begins with all the usual, annoying prattle before getting to bits of paranormal mystery, with some cool effects, by Paul B. Rubio, but the movie got lost. People were haunted and murdered long before the Necronomicon was ever read and the witches released. Was the book truly necessary? If you read the movie blurb, you read about vengeful witches, but the movie isn't about them! I was left in a confused state.
Also, the pace of Reel Nightmare wasn’t strong or interesting enough to enjoy. I grew tired of the interaction, and they were so busy being petty, nothing was accomplished. Their deaths could have been avoided, had they only used some Common Sense. Lastly, when the action truly began to mystify, there were fifteen minutes left. The flashback of the witch murders explained a bit, but honestly, they just shouldn't' have.
Reel Nightmare released February 7, 2017.
Reel Nightmare
Written & Directed by Armand Petri and John De Fazio
Produced by Art Arutyunyan
Actors: Madeleine Heil and Garreth Morovsky
Musical Score: Dara Taylor
There are indie movies that run off your back, like ducks with water, and quickly forgotten. Then their are those that take root, leaving you to ponder the movie for nights on end? Reel Nightmare is definitely not the latter.Set in a New England town, where aVictorian home is location for an independent film by high school and college friends. The bulk of buddies come together for their mate, to complete a three-day movie shoot, and a little memory sharing. Sadly, their production is never completed, due to unexpected guests and a series of necronominiconic events!
Found footage movies seem to be extremely popular these days, even though they really aren't. Ever since The Blair Witch Project, filmmakers have flocked to the affordable method of live-movie play. but that doesn't mean it should happen. In Reel Nightmare, is filmed through someone’s ipad, phone and camera, but the premise is still there. The movie begins with all the usual, annoying prattle before getting to bits of paranormal mystery, with some cool effects, by Paul B. Rubio, but the movie got lost. People were haunted and murdered long before the Necronomicon was ever read and the witches released. Was the book truly necessary? If you read the movie blurb, you read about vengeful witches, but the movie isn't about them! I was left in a confused state.
Also, the pace of Reel Nightmare wasn’t strong or interesting enough to enjoy. I grew tired of the interaction, and they were so busy being petty, nothing was accomplished. Their deaths could have been avoided, had they only used some Common Sense. Lastly, when the action truly began to mystify, there were fifteen minutes left. The flashback of the witch murders explained a bit, but honestly, they just shouldn't' have.
Reel Nightmare released February 7, 2017.
Reel Nightmare
Written & Directed by Armand Petri and John De Fazio
Produced by Art Arutyunyan
Actors: Madeleine Heil and Garreth Morovsky
Musical Score: Dara Taylor
Guest Blog: Martini Fisher, author of Time Maps
Telling Stories to Appreciate the Unusual: Diversity, Acceptance and Freedom through Mythology Like many academics, I like to think that I can write. But, we know that writing is difficult - from trying to find that initial idea to following through until you had to edit a particular section that you were particularly attached to. Writing and editing are not for the faint-hearted which is why we see so many papers full of incoherent ramblings - a constant reminder that just because we know our stuff doesn’t always mean that we can write about it. But, I believe I am luckier than most, in that the materials for my writings have been available for thousands of years and all I need to do was to collect, analyse them a bit and then retell them.
Whenever people ask me what it is that I do, I say that I’m a mythographer. I am a person who collects myths as opposed to a mythologist who studies myths in details, because although I study myths, I’m never really interested in them as stand-alone stories. I prefer to get to know different legends, appreciate them for what they are and what they symbolize, then keep searching. Sometimes these researches that I do lead to discoveries where I feel like I get to see humanity at our best and love us for it. I get to admire our bravery, compassionate wisdom and our cake-making skill – Humanity has been making cheesecakes for centuries. Small cheesecakes were served to ancient Greek athletes during the first Olympic Games in 776 BC. Therefore, eat cheese-cake, respect the ancient arts.
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Even with my limited knowledge of anatomy I realize that this isn’t quite right. The word Hyppalectyon became a term of insult by ancient Greek playwrights such as Aeschylus and Aristophanes, and evidently a rather effective insult at that. I don’t blame them. If someone called me “chicken butt” I wouldn’t be too impressed either.
Mythography allows me more freedom. Instead of specializing on myths from particular regions, I feel that I’m allowed to be greedy and find as many stories as I can from anywhere in the world. I travel a lot, so myths and legends make my travel more exciting as I would hunt for museum, statues and ruins and figure out the stories behind them. Even a piece of rock is interesting - the Australian aboriginal tribes traditionally use rocks and rivers as their way of defining a point in time. This is a completely different way than what we are familiar with. Each Aboriginal tribe also uses their local landscape to make their myth its own. Specific points in the landscape then serve as visual reminders of the mythical characters and their actions, as well as important details of knowledge, validating the society’s ownership of the story.
Imagine, then, what stories contained in every tree or every river. Imagine them bearing fascinating stories in their different languages and customs. I realize, though, that drawing inspirations from nature is not everybody’s style - I favor statues and paintings myself and my visual artist brother draws his inspiration from people. He would sit for hours people-watching (in a completely non-creepy way, of course) and try to imagine their stories - and this works beautifully. My goodness, imagine how much one can learn just by looking at you! Imagine yourself as a point of an arrow, your parents standing side-by-side one step behind you, and their parents standing behind them, then the parents of your grandparents, and their parents, on an on. All these people would have had different skin tones, grown up in different places and listened to different stories. Then, all those experiences were passed down to you. Keeping that in mind, no one is insignificant when they have this massive tribe behind them, and no one is boring as they store in them millions of stories passed down through generations - they may not remember the stories, but they are there.
A culture's mythology is a powerful tool for psychology as it casts light on the culture's shared unconscious. There is no better way to understand a culture deeply than to know and appreciate its stories and dreams. Most of the symbols in our dreams are universal symbols whose meaning is invested in the stories they inhabit, and there are many who believe that these symbols and these stories are encoded in the very cells of our species' DNA. If you don’t believe me, then let me tell you this: the mythological symbol for immortality have not changed from the Neolithic period (stone age). They are the woman, the snake and the bird. There was a statue of the bird-serpent goddess from this period, and as time went on every culture from East to West accepted this symbol as a given. It was not until later that this symbol broke off into its three parts and the serpent became famous as immortal dragons and fairy tale antagonists. The immortal bird became known as the phoenix, and to this day we still recognize them and find their images to be somewhat comforting, because deep within us we remember them. Both creatures have been symbols of immortality for more than 10.000 years in just about every culture in the world.
When I was at school, my specialty was ancient religions. And that was what myths of gods and goddesses essentially were. Not many people like me to remind them of this, but every religion's stories are retellings of universal mythic themes. The Creation of the World, the first Man and Woman, Heaven and Earth, a great flood, stories of heroes and heroines, as well as birds and serpents. And in turn, they became the basis for literature. Myths were exchanged even before people create art, language or the written word. The Cave paintings at Lascaux and Alta Mira are about 30,000 years old and they were not even the oldest. People would have had stories that explained these paintings. Were they stick figures representing a bunch of men and bison? Was there a particular need to paint them? Were the paintings a form of prayer for their safety? Myths and symbols are the elementary particles of imagination and creativity. Jacques Barzun, a cultural historian, says that “what links myth with Literature is the Imagination.”
In fact, if I were to research a person, or create a character, the stories they relate to and their belief would be the first two things I would try to find out about them. Although other writers, most of them better writers than myself I’m sure, may prefer to find a character’s motivation first, the way I see it is this: if a girl wants to be a doctor, yet due to her environment or whatever reason she believes that she will never pass her exams, then it will be more likely that she won’t pass her exam and be a doctor. She would either let her disbelief rule her head and psych herself out or not do her exam at all, because the truth is, what you believe forms a big part of the world you live in. Much bigger than you think. We’ve seen many examples of how someone re-write the rules and change others perspectives. In the Italian animal grotto, the unicorn is placed in the middle of the “real” animals. In the chinese zodiac, the dragon were put in the same level as the other animals. No one was worried about the logic in these arrangements. Different realities can and do exist, and it really started from a belief. If you don’t believe in dragons, it is absolutely fine, but it is important to recognize that many other people we share this world with believe in them, and live with this reality. This is important to recognize as belief, or rather the acceptance of another culture or reality, becomes the base for many others.
Myths show and highlight every culture's similarities as it insists on each culture's uniqueness. In fact, in many places, it was pretty much how I get to know people. I love asking them “what is your favorite myth?” or “who’s the mythological character you relate to the most?” because sharing stories and legends promote tolerance and good-will and bring together those who love hearing, and telling, the stories - even if those stories are urban legends involving scary ladies in white on the side of the roads. The white lady is somewhat of a favorite scary story in Asia who, by the way, is an ancient character from Slavic mythology. Whatever the story is, when you exchange stories with others, you are light and happy, receptive to whatever differences you may find, and ready to be amazed at the similarities between your cultures. I truly believe that the acceptance we continually learn through telling stories will build a future that is great enough to accept and celebrate all of its old legends, and secure enough to help us tell a new and more inclusive legend, suitable to our times and to an even better future.
Whenever people ask me what it is that I do, I say that I’m a mythographer. I am a person who collects myths as opposed to a mythologist who studies myths in details, because although I study myths, I’m never really interested in them as stand-alone stories. I prefer to get to know different legends, appreciate them for what they are and what they symbolize, then keep searching. Sometimes these researches that I do lead to discoveries where I feel like I get to see humanity at our best and love us for it. I get to admire our bravery, compassionate wisdom and our cake-making skill – Humanity has been making cheesecakes for centuries. Small cheesecakes were served to ancient Greek athletes during the first Olympic Games in 776 BC. Therefore, eat cheese-cake, respect the ancient arts.
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Even with my limited knowledge of anatomy I realize that this isn’t quite right. The word Hyppalectyon became a term of insult by ancient Greek playwrights such as Aeschylus and Aristophanes, and evidently a rather effective insult at that. I don’t blame them. If someone called me “chicken butt” I wouldn’t be too impressed either.
Mythography allows me more freedom. Instead of specializing on myths from particular regions, I feel that I’m allowed to be greedy and find as many stories as I can from anywhere in the world. I travel a lot, so myths and legends make my travel more exciting as I would hunt for museum, statues and ruins and figure out the stories behind them. Even a piece of rock is interesting - the Australian aboriginal tribes traditionally use rocks and rivers as their way of defining a point in time. This is a completely different way than what we are familiar with. Each Aboriginal tribe also uses their local landscape to make their myth its own. Specific points in the landscape then serve as visual reminders of the mythical characters and their actions, as well as important details of knowledge, validating the society’s ownership of the story.
Imagine, then, what stories contained in every tree or every river. Imagine them bearing fascinating stories in their different languages and customs. I realize, though, that drawing inspirations from nature is not everybody’s style - I favor statues and paintings myself and my visual artist brother draws his inspiration from people. He would sit for hours people-watching (in a completely non-creepy way, of course) and try to imagine their stories - and this works beautifully. My goodness, imagine how much one can learn just by looking at you! Imagine yourself as a point of an arrow, your parents standing side-by-side one step behind you, and their parents standing behind them, then the parents of your grandparents, and their parents, on an on. All these people would have had different skin tones, grown up in different places and listened to different stories. Then, all those experiences were passed down to you. Keeping that in mind, no one is insignificant when they have this massive tribe behind them, and no one is boring as they store in them millions of stories passed down through generations - they may not remember the stories, but they are there.
A culture's mythology is a powerful tool for psychology as it casts light on the culture's shared unconscious. There is no better way to understand a culture deeply than to know and appreciate its stories and dreams. Most of the symbols in our dreams are universal symbols whose meaning is invested in the stories they inhabit, and there are many who believe that these symbols and these stories are encoded in the very cells of our species' DNA. If you don’t believe me, then let me tell you this: the mythological symbol for immortality have not changed from the Neolithic period (stone age). They are the woman, the snake and the bird. There was a statue of the bird-serpent goddess from this period, and as time went on every culture from East to West accepted this symbol as a given. It was not until later that this symbol broke off into its three parts and the serpent became famous as immortal dragons and fairy tale antagonists. The immortal bird became known as the phoenix, and to this day we still recognize them and find their images to be somewhat comforting, because deep within us we remember them. Both creatures have been symbols of immortality for more than 10.000 years in just about every culture in the world.
When I was at school, my specialty was ancient religions. And that was what myths of gods and goddesses essentially were. Not many people like me to remind them of this, but every religion's stories are retellings of universal mythic themes. The Creation of the World, the first Man and Woman, Heaven and Earth, a great flood, stories of heroes and heroines, as well as birds and serpents. And in turn, they became the basis for literature. Myths were exchanged even before people create art, language or the written word. The Cave paintings at Lascaux and Alta Mira are about 30,000 years old and they were not even the oldest. People would have had stories that explained these paintings. Were they stick figures representing a bunch of men and bison? Was there a particular need to paint them? Were the paintings a form of prayer for their safety? Myths and symbols are the elementary particles of imagination and creativity. Jacques Barzun, a cultural historian, says that “what links myth with Literature is the Imagination.”
In fact, if I were to research a person, or create a character, the stories they relate to and their belief would be the first two things I would try to find out about them. Although other writers, most of them better writers than myself I’m sure, may prefer to find a character’s motivation first, the way I see it is this: if a girl wants to be a doctor, yet due to her environment or whatever reason she believes that she will never pass her exams, then it will be more likely that she won’t pass her exam and be a doctor. She would either let her disbelief rule her head and psych herself out or not do her exam at all, because the truth is, what you believe forms a big part of the world you live in. Much bigger than you think. We’ve seen many examples of how someone re-write the rules and change others perspectives. In the Italian animal grotto, the unicorn is placed in the middle of the “real” animals. In the chinese zodiac, the dragon were put in the same level as the other animals. No one was worried about the logic in these arrangements. Different realities can and do exist, and it really started from a belief. If you don’t believe in dragons, it is absolutely fine, but it is important to recognize that many other people we share this world with believe in them, and live with this reality. This is important to recognize as belief, or rather the acceptance of another culture or reality, becomes the base for many others.
Myths show and highlight every culture's similarities as it insists on each culture's uniqueness. In fact, in many places, it was pretty much how I get to know people. I love asking them “what is your favorite myth?” or “who’s the mythological character you relate to the most?” because sharing stories and legends promote tolerance and good-will and bring together those who love hearing, and telling, the stories - even if those stories are urban legends involving scary ladies in white on the side of the roads. The white lady is somewhat of a favorite scary story in Asia who, by the way, is an ancient character from Slavic mythology. Whatever the story is, when you exchange stories with others, you are light and happy, receptive to whatever differences you may find, and ready to be amazed at the similarities between your cultures. I truly believe that the acceptance we continually learn through telling stories will build a future that is great enough to accept and celebrate all of its old legends, and secure enough to help us tell a new and more inclusive legend, suitable to our times and to an even better future.
May 16, 2017
The Z Virus
TV/Online Streaming Series Review 
I spoke with Rick Jennings, the Exec. Producer of ScreenMagic Films, and he cleared a few things up for me. First off, it is so cool that they've received enough feedback to possibly receive a deal for full-length episodes. Until then, if you have an Amazon Prime account, Vimeo On Demand, ScreenMagic Roku channel and/or ScreenMagicTV.com, you can watch all episodes. AND this not fanfiction; don't get it twisted. With that said, the world as we know it, is no more. Something’s happened and there be zombies! Bunker Fever 
Uninvited Guests 
Episode 1: Bunker Fever, introduces David. He’s a loner, hiding in the basement of a school's cafeteria. After deciding he can’t reach his friend, via short wave radio, he decides he’s got to get out. He walks some distance, then winds up shooting the first real person he meets - go figure! In Episode 2: Uninvited Guests you're shown how the zompoc began, before meeting three characters, with one named AJ (David’s friend). They too, leave their shelter and go wandering and run in to some very unfriendly folks.
The episodes are short, about 15 minutes, but interesting. I admit, there wasn't a thing I didn’t like, other than the sound effects of the first kill. They were a bit artificial, but the scene itself, was impressive. Rather brutal even! I also liked how episode one's ending tied in to episode two, offering up immediate answers. That’s always a bonus.
Should they be received by Amazon, they'll make the episodes full-length, which would be even better. That would mean more action, more blood and more answers. The music was spot on, the cinematography was great and I'm happy with what I saw. Let's hope more is coming soon! Again, The Z Virus is available on Vimeo On Demand, Amazon.com Prime, Roku’s ScreenMagic and ScreenMagicTV.com. Below is the intro trailer; check it out.
I'm outta here- Cheers! The Z Virus
Written & Directed by Joey Moran
Executive Producer: Rick Jenkins
Actors: Freddie Degrale, Moran Carew, Every Changeux and John Kviklys
January 2017
*All photos courtesy of ScreenMagic Films
I spoke with Rick Jennings, the Exec. Producer of ScreenMagic Films, and he cleared a few things up for me. First off, it is so cool that they've received enough feedback to possibly receive a deal for full-length episodes. Until then, if you have an Amazon Prime account, Vimeo On Demand, ScreenMagic Roku channel and/or ScreenMagicTV.com, you can watch all episodes. AND this not fanfiction; don't get it twisted. With that said, the world as we know it, is no more. Something’s happened and there be zombies! Bunker Fever Uninvited Guests Episode 1: Bunker Fever, introduces David. He’s a loner, hiding in the basement of a school's cafeteria. After deciding he can’t reach his friend, via short wave radio, he decides he’s got to get out. He walks some distance, then winds up shooting the first real person he meets - go figure! In Episode 2: Uninvited Guests you're shown how the zompoc began, before meeting three characters, with one named AJ (David’s friend). They too, leave their shelter and go wandering and run in to some very unfriendly folks.The episodes are short, about 15 minutes, but interesting. I admit, there wasn't a thing I didn’t like, other than the sound effects of the first kill. They were a bit artificial, but the scene itself, was impressive. Rather brutal even! I also liked how episode one's ending tied in to episode two, offering up immediate answers. That’s always a bonus.
Should they be received by Amazon, they'll make the episodes full-length, which would be even better. That would mean more action, more blood and more answers. The music was spot on, the cinematography was great and I'm happy with what I saw. Let's hope more is coming soon! Again, The Z Virus is available on Vimeo On Demand, Amazon.com Prime, Roku’s ScreenMagic and ScreenMagicTV.com. Below is the intro trailer; check it out.
I'm outta here- Cheers! The Z Virus
Written & Directed by Joey Moran
Executive Producer: Rick Jenkins
Actors: Freddie Degrale, Moran Carew, Every Changeux and John Kviklys
January 2017
*All photos courtesy of ScreenMagic Films
The Wailing
*Movie Review 
I've seen many foreign films and this one was one of the strangest - but it was good. Today's review: The Wailing.
It all begins with an illness. Similar to a plague, the sickness spreads, ending in multiple, violent deaths. Jong-goo, the investigating officer is set onto the case, expected to wrap things up straight away. Sadly he can't. Strange incidents, one after another, are happening and the link ties to, of all things, a demon!
No one believes Jong-goo and it's not until his own daughter is affected that he acts on his own accord. He has to do battle with the demon, practically alone, in order to save his daughter and family. If there's still time...
Though there's a great ending, this is one of the craziest movies I've seen in a long time. You have to see it all to believe it. There's a bit of comedic relief, which really wasn't necessary, but this is a serious movie. It's also very dramatic, as with most Asian pictures. There's a scene when Jong-goo, responding to a a tip on the case, where he
destroys a man's home- because of what he believes. It was near heartbreaking, but the layers of this movie prevents too much attachment; my heart couldn't get in to it. Also, just when you want to take the movie serious, there's a bit of silliness that distracts. I don't know if it was intentional, but it threw me off. That said, was the movie good? It was; not great, but hauntingly good.
If you're looking for a ghostly Korean film, this is one may be for you. The Wailing is available anywhere you want to stream or rent videos. The Wailing
Directed by Na Hong-jin
Produced by Suh Dong-hyun, Kim Ho-sung
Written by Na Hong-jin
Starring: Kwak Do-wang, Hwang Jung-min & Chung Woo-hee
I've seen many foreign films and this one was one of the strangest - but it was good. Today's review: The Wailing.It all begins with an illness. Similar to a plague, the sickness spreads, ending in multiple, violent deaths. Jong-goo, the investigating officer is set onto the case, expected to wrap things up straight away. Sadly he can't. Strange incidents, one after another, are happening and the link ties to, of all things, a demon!
No one believes Jong-goo and it's not until his own daughter is affected that he acts on his own accord. He has to do battle with the demon, practically alone, in order to save his daughter and family. If there's still time...
Though there's a great ending, this is one of the craziest movies I've seen in a long time. You have to see it all to believe it. There's a bit of comedic relief, which really wasn't necessary, but this is a serious movie. It's also very dramatic, as with most Asian pictures. There's a scene when Jong-goo, responding to a a tip on the case, where he
destroys a man's home- because of what he believes. It was near heartbreaking, but the layers of this movie prevents too much attachment; my heart couldn't get in to it. Also, just when you want to take the movie serious, there's a bit of silliness that distracts. I don't know if it was intentional, but it threw me off. That said, was the movie good? It was; not great, but hauntingly good.
If you're looking for a ghostly Korean film, this is one may be for you. The Wailing is available anywhere you want to stream or rent videos. The Wailing
Directed by Na Hong-jin
Produced by Suh Dong-hyun, Kim Ho-sung
Written by Na Hong-jin
Starring: Kwak Do-wang, Hwang Jung-min & Chung Woo-hee
Kate B. Jerome Books: The Wise Animal Handbook and Lucky to Live in Missouri
*Children's Books 
When I win books- I win books! These two are geared specifically to my location too, making it personal for my son and I. Granted, if you follow any of my personal media, you know my Ewoks have moved 650 miles away from me, to Alabama, so I can't share with them for younger opinions anymore. I still love the kiddie books, regardless. So Let me share these two amazing book. So when I entered the giveaway, it asked specific questions, as far as where I lived. I wasn't sure why at the time, but it's because she's taken the time to a 41-book series! Each one made to be read aloud, sharing and even personalizing the pages for your little one! I can't tell you how much work that took, but I'm so glad she did it. A book like this makes interaction phenom and I won't lie, I had so much fun doing it alone! I got to fill in blanks, color, and I even made an awful self-portrait of myself. Don't Judge Me! lol
This book gets you speaking to your young one on important bits of information, like where you live, what you like and state teams and birds.
The Wise Animal Handbook is a huge nursery rhyme, using adorable pics of animals to deliver values the mind and hearts of young readers. Filled with encouraging cadence on encouragement, facing fears and the importance of family is strong, but humorous enough for them to love the read, not feel preached to. This book is perfect for the beginning readers, as well as the read-a-longs. 
Kate B. Jerome has written a ton of books, all educational and made for sharing and discussion. Her careers is for the children of our world- how can you go wrong with an author like that? Check out both books and discover almost 92 others by visiting
Arcadia Kids
! Just make sure you specify which state you're from if you want Lucky to Live in... to get your information correct.
When I win books- I win books! These two are geared specifically to my location too, making it personal for my son and I. Granted, if you follow any of my personal media, you know my Ewoks have moved 650 miles away from me, to Alabama, so I can't share with them for younger opinions anymore. I still love the kiddie books, regardless. So Let me share these two amazing book. So when I entered the giveaway, it asked specific questions, as far as where I lived. I wasn't sure why at the time, but it's because she's taken the time to a 41-book series! Each one made to be read aloud, sharing and even personalizing the pages for your little one! I can't tell you how much work that took, but I'm so glad she did it. A book like this makes interaction phenom and I won't lie, I had so much fun doing it alone! I got to fill in blanks, color, and I even made an awful self-portrait of myself. Don't Judge Me! lolThis book gets you speaking to your young one on important bits of information, like where you live, what you like and state teams and birds.
The Wise Animal Handbook is a huge nursery rhyme, using adorable pics of animals to deliver values the mind and hearts of young readers. Filled with encouraging cadence on encouragement, facing fears and the importance of family is strong, but humorous enough for them to love the read, not feel preached to. This book is perfect for the beginning readers, as well as the read-a-longs. Kate B. Jerome has written a ton of books, all educational and made for sharing and discussion. Her careers is for the children of our world- how can you go wrong with an author like that? Check out both books and discover almost 92 others by visiting
Arcadia Kids
! Just make sure you specify which state you're from if you want Lucky to Live in... to get your information correct.
Transmission by Ambrose Ibsen
*eBook & Audiobook Review 
Transmission is an original tale. of how a good deed can truly go wrong.
For everyone!
Kenji and Dylan are two college students who didn't go home for break, like the rest of the campus. Choosing to stay and just hung out, they played video games and listened to music. Until a pirated album Kenji wanted, is played through headphones. A particular song, Cannibalism seems to have something hidden beneath it's ambient drone- something that resembled a message. Not far away, a man watching a WWII documentary discovered a figure that didn't belong. Not part of the film crew, the figure shared a message, barely audible- but definitely there!. The three men don't know one another, but together, they embarked on an endeavor with supernatural ramifications. And they couldn't stop because the message claimed: they needed help... Ambrose Ibsen, took me on a journey; one I didn't see coming till it was right before me, presenting itself in all of its nightmarish glory. The story, written in cryptic fashion, kept me tugging on a line I knew was going to reel me in to certain demise. I just couldn't stop reading!
I loved the ending, written in a way that left me to ponder the actual ending. The author didn't tell exactly what took place, but one can make some rather large assumptions. With the way it was told, I had no issues with it. No cliffhanger, just a mysterious ending.
I purchased the ebook, with Audible download ( available here ) and listened while working out, as well as cleaning house. I never lost interest, but found Urry's voice to be a bit of a drone from time to time. He reminded me of one of my college professors- monotonous, but just enough inflection to hold me. The guy needed to add a bit of emotion- but the story was great, nonetheless!
Check out Transmission while I move on to the next read. Cheers!
Transmission
Ambrose Ibsen
Narrated by Jake Urry
Published by author, via Amazon Digital Services
May 31, 2016
Transmission is an original tale. of how a good deed can truly go wrong.For everyone!
Kenji and Dylan are two college students who didn't go home for break, like the rest of the campus. Choosing to stay and just hung out, they played video games and listened to music. Until a pirated album Kenji wanted, is played through headphones. A particular song, Cannibalism seems to have something hidden beneath it's ambient drone- something that resembled a message. Not far away, a man watching a WWII documentary discovered a figure that didn't belong. Not part of the film crew, the figure shared a message, barely audible- but definitely there!. The three men don't know one another, but together, they embarked on an endeavor with supernatural ramifications. And they couldn't stop because the message claimed: they needed help... Ambrose Ibsen, took me on a journey; one I didn't see coming till it was right before me, presenting itself in all of its nightmarish glory. The story, written in cryptic fashion, kept me tugging on a line I knew was going to reel me in to certain demise. I just couldn't stop reading!
I loved the ending, written in a way that left me to ponder the actual ending. The author didn't tell exactly what took place, but one can make some rather large assumptions. With the way it was told, I had no issues with it. No cliffhanger, just a mysterious ending.
I purchased the ebook, with Audible download ( available here ) and listened while working out, as well as cleaning house. I never lost interest, but found Urry's voice to be a bit of a drone from time to time. He reminded me of one of my college professors- monotonous, but just enough inflection to hold me. The guy needed to add a bit of emotion- but the story was great, nonetheless!
Check out Transmission while I move on to the next read. Cheers!
Transmission
Ambrose Ibsen
Narrated by Jake Urry
Published by author, via Amazon Digital Services
May 31, 2016
May 15, 2017
A Dog's Purpose
*Movie Review 
There'd been a big fuss about this movie, but the American Humane Association's decision cleared all that up- so I didn't feel guilty watching a sweet, family movie.
A Dog's Purpose is about a dog seeking the meaning of life. He enters the world a puppy, and falls into the hands of a boy who loves him dearly. Through joys and tribulations, the dog named Bailey, loses his life. But he returns, a pup of a different bred, in a different place and comes by a new owner. Again and again. It's not so much about who he ends up with, but what he takes from that life, making the movie such a wonderful journey.
The picture, though sweet, managed to pick up some conflicting reviews. Many enjoyed it, while others ragged on it. My family thought it was an adorable, cute, funny, tear-jerking story that included a sweet message. I even found myself tearing up on a few parts that made me want to own another pooch. Probably not going to happen, but that's a whole other story.
If your family loves dogs and likes a good story, where the dog is Boss, check out A Dog's Purpose. May still be in theaters, or preparing to go to iTunes, Amazon and dvd. Cheers! A Dog's Purpose
Written by W. Bruce Cameron, Cathryn Michon, Audrey Wells, Maya Forbes and Wally Wolodarsky
Produced by Gavin Palone
Directed by Lasse Halström
January 27, 2017
There'd been a big fuss about this movie, but the American Humane Association's decision cleared all that up- so I didn't feel guilty watching a sweet, family movie.A Dog's Purpose is about a dog seeking the meaning of life. He enters the world a puppy, and falls into the hands of a boy who loves him dearly. Through joys and tribulations, the dog named Bailey, loses his life. But he returns, a pup of a different bred, in a different place and comes by a new owner. Again and again. It's not so much about who he ends up with, but what he takes from that life, making the movie such a wonderful journey.
The picture, though sweet, managed to pick up some conflicting reviews. Many enjoyed it, while others ragged on it. My family thought it was an adorable, cute, funny, tear-jerking story that included a sweet message. I even found myself tearing up on a few parts that made me want to own another pooch. Probably not going to happen, but that's a whole other story.
If your family loves dogs and likes a good story, where the dog is Boss, check out A Dog's Purpose. May still be in theaters, or preparing to go to iTunes, Amazon and dvd. Cheers! A Dog's Purpose
Written by W. Bruce Cameron, Cathryn Michon, Audrey Wells, Maya Forbes and Wally Wolodarsky
Produced by Gavin Palone
Directed by Lasse Halström
January 27, 2017
