Movie Review: Too Many Winners (1947) directed by William Beaudine Private eye Michael Shayne (Hugh Beaumont) and his secretary Phyllis Hamilton (Trudy Marshall) have been invited for a duck hunting vacation with one of her relatives. Phyllis is looking forward to this, so is irritated when Gil Madden (Ben Welden) enters, looking like a client. She… Continue reading Movie Review: Too Many Winners
Anime Review: Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show
Anime Review: Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show Miko Kurono has had a tough life. Abandoned as an infant, she grew up in an orphanage where she clashed with the adults, teachers and other orphans, except her one friend, the gentle Mayu Mayusaka. As soon as they were legally able, Miko and Mayu left the… Continue reading Anime Review: Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show
Movie Review: Starship Troopers
Movie Review: Starship Troopers (1997) directed by Paul Verhoeven John D. “Johnny” Rico (Casper Van Dien) is a jumpball star at his local high school in Buenos Aires in the 22nd Century. But he has decided he doesn’t want to go professional, and he’s having second thoughts about simply working for his wealthy father’s (Christopher Curry)… Continue reading Movie Review: Starship Troopers
Comic Book Review: Best of 2000 AD Volume 1
Comic Book Review: Best of 2000 AD Volume 1 edited by Tharg The British speculative comic book 2000 AD has been running weekly since the 1970s, so there’s a lot of material they can call on for reprint volumes. This collection isn’t for a single series or creator, but what the current management thinks was… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Best of 2000 AD Volume 1
Movie Review: Choices (1981)
Movie Review: Choices (1981) directed by Silvio Narizzano John Carluccio (Paul Carafotes) has a pretty good life. Yes, he’s got severe hearing loss due to a childhood accident, but with the help of a hearing aid, he’s able to function in hearing society just fine. He’s first violin in his high school orchestra (been playing… Continue reading Movie Review: Choices (1981)
Book Review: Madhouse
Book Review: Madhouse by Angus Hall (Originally published as Devilday) Paul Harvard Toombes is an actor who was born to play Timon of Athens in the Shakespearean play of the same name. But it’s a relatively obscure and unpopular play, so he primarily became a horror actor in Hollywood. His most notable role was as… Continue reading Book Review: Madhouse
Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #26: The Brave and the Bold
Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #26: The Brave and the Bold edited by Mike W. Barr Before The Brave and the Bold became an all-Batman team-up book, it was an adventure comic book series that featured multiple action-oriented characters. This digest reprints five of those features, plus a Batman team-up because that was… Continue reading Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #26: The Brave and the Bold
Book Review: Apocalypse 1952
Book Review: Apocalypse 1952 by Darryle Purcell Karl Stanley wasn’t a very curious person; if something didn’t affect him personally and it wasn’t pointed out to him, he didn’t pay attention. So when President Lindbergh announced that he’d signed peace treaties with the Axis powers so their overseas wars wouldn’t affect America, Karl just accepted… Continue reading Book Review: Apocalypse 1952
Manga Review: Blade of the Moon Princess Volume 2
Manga Review: Blade of the Moon Princess Volume 2 by Tatsuya Endo Quick recap: Princess Kaguya Takenouchi is banished from the Moon by her mother, Empress Fujiya Takenouchi for petty offenses. This is actually an excuse to send Kaguya to the Tainted World (Earth) to protect her and the empire from a power grab by… Continue reading Manga Review: Blade of the Moon Princess Volume 2
Movie Review: Detour (1945)
Movie Review: Detour (1945) directed by Edgar G. Ulmer When we first meet Al Roberts (Tom Neal), he’s hitchhiking east, unshaven, haunted-looking, and reacting badly to a jukebox song. That song used to mean something different, when he was a pianist in a small club, hoping for a break into the big time, and singer Sue… Continue reading Movie Review: Detour (1945)