In his introductory essay included in this release, film critic Peter Tonguette writes the following regarding the setting of the film, “Halloween! Is Flatliners a horror film? Not quite, and certainly not at first.” I disagree. In fact, in honor that Halloween is coming up, I thought I would pick a few Halloween appropriate stories… Continue reading
I like Conan the Destroyer more than Conan the Barbarian. There, I said it. I’m not saying that it’s as good as Conan the Barbarian, just that I like it more. And Conan the Barbarian is one of my favorite stories in any medium. Let me explain. I had started writing this review before I… Continue reading
They don’t make them like they used to. I sat down this evening for what I expected to be about a half hour of skipping around in the new edition of the film Conan the Barbarian that I purchased a little while ago and hadn’t even bothered to open yet. Just to check it out… Continue reading
It’s not often that something surprises me when it comes to the fantasy genre, especially as it pertains to books. I have been reading these types of novels since I was in single digits, starting with The Neverending Story, and am pretty familiar with what’s out there. Nonetheless, about a month ago I saw a… Continue reading
I thought I needed to make at least one post about the death of Akira Toriyama. But I’d like to tie it into something, so I thought I would talk about Dragon Ball GT also, which I finally started watching in honor of his memory. (I know he didn’t personally work on GT, but I’d… Continue reading
A friend of mine asked me to go see Furiosa today. When I looked at the movie schedule online, it showed at the theater that there were two versions available, one with Dolby Cinema and one without. Honestly, I don’t go to many movies anymore in the theater, unfortunately, so this was sort of new… Continue reading
*spoilers* I didn’t really want to wade into the culture wars with my inaugural post, but it’s going to be somewhat inevitable to completely avoid the fighting, so I might as well get my feet wet now. But I’m approaching the culture wars more as a battle royal than a team sport, I’ll be taking… Continue reading