This Episode’s Unearthings: Let’s go mythical. John C. Wright’s Chronicles of Chaos trilogy and an all time fave movie, Jason and the Argonauts. John C. Wright’s Chronicles of Chaos: Orphans of Chaos, Fugitives of Chaos, Titans of Chaos I…
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The Magnificent Seven is one of my very favorite movies–of all genres, not just westerns. It’s wild success when it was released in 1960 was pretty much a sure thing, considering the all star cast, director, and musical score.…
Silence. A door shrieks as the wind blows. An old man is writing in a chalkboard that the train from Flasgtone is going to be two hours late. Someone comes in, the camera focus on a gun and slowly…
Title: The Mist Novella by Stephen King Movie directed by Frank Darabont; starring Thomas Jane Today the film adaptation of Stephen King’s novella The Mist hits stores. Previously published in Skeleton Crew, the novella was marketed on its own…
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Movie review: Grow Your Own
Generally speaking, British people love gardening. I guess 90% of the houses have its own garden, there is a huge amount of the TV shows about the subject, and people actually talk about it on a daily basis: at…
Title: I Am Legend Novel by Richard Matheson Movie directed by Francis Lawrence; starring Will Smith Today the most recent movie adaptation of Richard Matheson’s classic vampire story I Am Legend comes out on dvd. The novel is one…
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Movie Review: Once
Last week, Zeek posted over at The Way I See It a music video for “Falling Slowly” from the movie Once. After the performance and heartfelt acceptance speeches by the two main actors at this year’s Academy Awards, I…
Title: 30 Days of NightGraphic Novel by Steve Niles and Ben TemplesmithMovie directed by David Slade; starring Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, and Danny Huston In honor of today’s dvd release, I thought I’d write a review for 30 Days…
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Movie review: Two Days in Paris
I recently watched this on DVD having missed it on the cinema. Writen and directed by Julie Delphy (of Before Sunset and Before Sunrise fame) who also plays the lead character Marion, Two Days in Paris is a bittersweet…
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Star Wars fans rejoice!!!! Image courtesy of starwars.com If you haven’t been completely disconnected from civilization for the past thirty years, you at least have some rudimentary knowledge of the cultural phenomenon that is Star Wars. As a loyal…
This episode’s unearthings: About a Boy, the book and the movie. About a Boy by Nick Hornby Nick Hornby is a great novelist who excels at writing about our moderns days; About the struggles to find oneself in this…
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Movie Review: Juno
I am completely in love with this movie! Juno is a 16 year old who just found out that she is pregnant after having one sexual experience with her friend/boyfriend Paulie Bleeker and now must face the consequences. It…
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Cloverfield…A Warning!!!
I just got back from the theater after spending 90 minutes “watching” Cloverfield. And I feel compelled to warn everyone about this…movie. I nearly yakked trying to watch the damned thing. The camera is handheld and inexpertly filmed for…