Movie Review: Death Walks at Midnight (1972) directed by Luciano Ercoli Dateline: Milan, Italy in the early 1970s. Valentina (Nieves Navarro) is a model whose primary job is appearing in fumetti fotoromanzi which are basically comic books done with photographs instead of drawings, a popular medium of the time. As a lark, she agrees to take an LSD-like… Continue reading Movie Review: Death Walks at Midnight
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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
Movie Review: White Comanche
Movie Review: White Comanche (1967) directed by Gilbert Kay Johnny and Notah Moon (both William Shatner) are twin brothers, identical save for slightly different eye colors. Their father was white, and their mother of the Comanche nation. Early on, they were raised in both traditions, but their father died early, and when their mother died around… Continue reading Movie Review: White Comanche
Movie Review: A Girl Walks Home Alone By Night
Movie Review: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) directed by Ana Lily Amirpour Bad City may be an oil town, but black gold hasn’t brought prosperity to the majority of its inhabitants. Arash (Arash Marandi) is a hard-working young man who works as a handyman for a wealthy family, but himself lives in the… Continue reading Movie Review: A Girl Walks Home Alone By Night
Book Review: Undeveloped: A Pine County Mystery
Book Review: Undeveloped: A Pine County Mystery by Dean L. Hovey Pine County is on the eastern edge of Minnesota, about halfway between the Twin Cities and Duluth. It’s a rural area, with a fair amount of relatively new growth pine timber (you may have heard of the Hinckley Fire.) Much of the economy depends… Continue reading Book Review: Undeveloped: A Pine County Mystery
Movie Review: Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
Movie Review: Bangkok Dangerous (2008) directed by Oxide Chun Pang and Danny Pang Joe (Nicolas Cage) is very good at his job. Very professional. He stays anonymous, doesn’t ask questions, doesn’t get personally involved with people, and erases all traces. This is very important to be a successful international hitman. How did he get into the… Continue reading Movie Review: Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
Webtoon Review: Agent Elvis
Webtoon Review: Agent Elvis It is 1968, and Elvis Presley is preparing for his Comeback Special. After a few years concentrating on making movies, he’s ready to go out on the road with live performances again. Well, ready except for these strange urges he gets to ditch everything and administer vigilante justice. His manager Birdie… Continue reading Webtoon Review: Agent Elvis
Comic Book Review: Comic Book History of Comics: Birth of a Medium
Comic Book Review: Comic Book History of Comics: Birth of a Medium written by Fred van Lente, art by Ryan Dunlavey As a long-time comic book fan, I’ve been reading books and articles about the history of comic books since the early 1970s. It was inevitable that at some point there would be a comic… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Comic Book History of Comics: Birth of a Medium
Book Review: Your Crystal Ball Is Whacked
Book Review: Your Crystal Ball Is Whacked by Nancy Stevens Sometimes, the crystal ball goes dark and you cannot see a future. Whether it’s due to horrible circumstances in your life, a bout of physical illness upsetting your mind, or mental illness, your ability to see beyond the present and its troubles is broken. Nevertheless,… Continue reading Book Review: Your Crystal Ball Is Whacked
Book Review: Great Thrillers: 101 Suspenseful Tales
Book Review: Great Thrillers: 101 Suspenseful Tales compiled by Stefan Dziemianowicz The definition of “thriller” is a little loose in this fun anthology, though most of the stories do have at least some suspense. It feels more like the compiler picked a bunch of the public domain stories he liked, but didn’t have a strong… Continue reading Book Review: Great Thrillers: 101 Suspenseful Tales