Clarion West Write-a-Thon Reward Review: Overboard (1987)
In this series of CW Reward Reviews, we’ve mostly been discussing action, SFF, horror, and horror comedies—perhaps unsurprising, as these are all my favorite genres—but today we’ll be switching gears...
View ArticleHorror Bingo 2024: Resident Evil (2002)
For the most part, the Resident Evil film franchise doesn’t do much for me. I’ve seen a regrettable number of sequels by now, and I don’t particularly like any of them—but I do like the first movie,...
View Article2/7/2024: Horror Stories, Japanese Art, and (Mostly) K-Dramas
It’s already February, which is absurd. What is time, even? How is time? January has been okay. I’m hoping to go to the UK in August for WorldCon, and I’ve been having fun over-researching, as is my...
View ArticleTriple Scoop Review: Gunpowder Milkshake, Black Widow, The Long Kiss Goodnight
Gunpowder Milkshake Year: 2021 Director: Navot Papushado First Watch or Rewatch: First Watch Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, or Other: Netflix Spoilers: Nope Grade: Strawberry I’ve been looking forward to...
View ArticleTriple Scoop Reviews: The Witch: Part I – The Subversion, Death Bell, and...
The Witch: Part I – The Subversion Year: 2018 Director: Park Hoon Jung First Watch or Rewatch: First Watch Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, or Other: Netflix Spoilers: Surprisingly, no Grade: Chocolate Oh, I...
View Article“What Kind of Killer Do You Think Stops to Save a Dying Fish?”
Well, the Clarion West Write-a-Thon finished up last week, and I succeeded in writing things! Perhaps they weren’t the stories I should have been focusing on, necessarily, but it’s been a dark year,...
View ArticleClarion West Write-a-Thon: Final Week Update!
Top Secret Code Name of Current Project: Who Murdered Superman? (It Was Aquaman, Wasn’t It, I FUCKING KNEW IT.) Current Pitch: Six Wakes meets Justice League Unlimited Number of Creepy Blackouts: 2...
View ArticleClarion West Write-a-Thon: Week Five Update
Top Secret Code Name of Current Project: Who Murdered Superman? (It Was Aquaman, Wasn’t It, I FUCKING KNEW IT.) Current Pitch: Six Wakes meets Justice League Unlimited Beginning the Novel With a...
View ArticleClarion West Write-a-Thon: Week Four Update
Top Secret Code Name of Current Project: Who Murdered Superman? (It Was Aquaman, Wasn’t It, I FUCKING KNEW IT.) Current Pitch: Six Wakes meets Justice League Unlimited An Inconvenient Blackout: Check A...
View ArticleClarion West Write-a-Thon 2018: Week Three Update
Top Secret Code Name of Current Project: Who Murdered Superman? (It Was Aquaman, Wasn’t It, I FUCKING KNEW IT.) Current Pitch: Six Wakes meets Justice League Unlimited Character Stepping On A Dead...
View ArticleClarion West Write-A-Thon 2018: Week Two Update
Top Secret Code Name of Current Project: Who Murdered Superman? (It Was Aquaman, Wasn’t It, I FUCKING KNEW IT.) Current Pitch: Six Wakes meets Justice League Unlimited Mysterious Bloody Footprints:...
View ArticleClarion West Write-A-Thon 2018: Week One Update
Top Secret Code Name of Current Project: Who Murdered Superman? (It Was Aquaman, Wasn’t It, I FUCKING KNEW IT.) Current Pitch: Six Wakes meets Justice League Unlimited Number of Amnesiac POV...
View Article“Bulletproof. Blind Ninja. Whatever It Is You Are.”
So, I haven’t been here as regularly as I’d like to, and unfortunately that’s probably not gonna change anytime in the near future. I have Novel Writing Deadlines to meet, which means I’m instituting a...
View ArticleComing Soon-Ish: Okja, Star Trek, Superheroes, And Lady Wrestlers
Star Trek: Discovery I’m gonna watch this cause, like, Star Trek, but I’m only so-so on the trailer and it’s probably gonna need to hook me fast. Cause this CBS All Access crap? Bullshit. Initial...
View Article“Cars Can’t Fly, Dom! Cars Can’t Fly!”
Well, I reviewed Fast and Furious 6. Might as well review Furious 7. When it comes to one-upping the previous movie on completely ludicrous stunts . . . this is a “hold my beer” franchise, isn’t it?...
View Article“Plan B? We Need A Plan C, D, E. We Need More Alphabet.”
The Fast and The Furious movies fascinate me. Not so much the movies themselves, necessarily, but how passionate people are about them. I watched the original film back whenever it came out, what, 15...
View ArticleComing Soon-Ish: Star Wars, Batman v Superman, and The Hateful Eight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens I don’t know if it’s because I was in a bad mood when I watched this, or if it’s because I knew Harrison Ford was going to appear before I saw the trailer. Maybe it’s...
View Article“Wicked is Good.”
I’ve never read The Maze Runner and I didn’t hear particularly good things about the movie. And yet I watched it anyway and we all know why: Stiles. The thing is, The Maze Runner actually has a decent...
View Article“I Want You To Be Honest With Me. Absolutely and Completely Honest. Have You...
Tell me the truth: have you been missing my Teen Wolf season recaps? Hush, of course you have. Well, lucky for you, I have another one right here ready to read. Season 4 is the first season I’ve been...
View ArticleComing Soon-Ish: Moses, Amnesiacs, and Dracula Origin Stories
Exodus: Gods and Kings Well, this looks pretty bad all around. Like, okay, there are a couple of good visuals in here, and sure, the cast is pretty solid. Of course, the cast also appears to be rather...
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