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Manga Review: Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku 1

Manga Review: Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku 1 by Yuji Kaku Since time immemorial, humans have sought the secrets of immortality and eternal youth. Medical science has gradually improved people’s chances of living long, healthy lives, but the lure of a quick fix, an “elixir of life” remains strong. Thus, in an alternate 18th Century, when the… Continue reading Manga Review: Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku 1

Manga Review: The Magnificent Bastard: The Legend of Keiji 1

Manga Review: The Magnificent Bastard: The Legend of Keiji 1 Created by Keiichiro Ryu, written by Mio Aso, art by Tetsuo Hara The Sengoku (Warring States) period of Japanese history is drawing to an end. In what will in modern times be called Gunma Prefecture, there lives a man named Maeda Keiji. The adopted son… Continue reading Manga Review: The Magnificent Bastard: The Legend of Keiji 1

Magazine Review: Pulp Review #22: Vulture Coast

The cover does not match any of the stories inside but is closest to "The Grave Gives Up."

Magazine Review: Pulp Review #22: Vulture Coast edited by John P. Gunnison As I mentioned in my review of High Adventure #200, that pulp reprint magazine was known as Pulp Review for its first 23 issues, and I have some of those earlier issues, that I hope to get to before I die. Let’s look… Continue reading Magazine Review: Pulp Review #22: Vulture Coast

Movie Review: The Cowboys (1972)

Mr. Nightlinger tells the boys a story about his father that might not be entirely true.

Movie Review: The Cowboys (1972) directed by Mark Rydell 1877. the Montana Territory. Wil Andersen (John Wayne), an aging, flinty rancher, needs to start his cattle on a drive to Bell Fourche, South Dakota, the nearest railhead. Problem is, a gold strike has been made the other side of Bozeman, and the ranch hands have deserted… Continue reading Movie Review: The Cowboys (1972)

Movie Review: The Buddy Holly Story

Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper all together on stage.

Movie Review: The Buddy Holly Story (1978) directed by Steve Rash We first meet Buddy Holly (Gary Busey) and his bandmates Jesse (Don Stroud) and Ray Bob (Charles Martin Smith) at a roller rink in Lubbock, Texas. They’re just out of high school and doing okay on a local level. But Buddy has a new sound… Continue reading Movie Review: The Buddy Holly Story

Magazine Review: Spicy Mystery Stories June 1936

Cover is symbolic; the "cat person" in the story is male.

Magazine Review: Spicy Mystery Stories June 1936 by various creators As I’ve previously mentioned, the “spicy” pulps were racy for their time, with descriptions of women’s breasts and thighs, and it being obvious that the characters are having sex, but never actually describing the sex or genitals. This particular magazine, despite the title, has little… Continue reading Magazine Review: Spicy Mystery Stories June 1936

Book Review: The Crossroads of Time | Mankind on the Run

Book Review: The Crossroads of Time | Mankind on the Run by Andre Norton | Gordon R. Dickson It’s time for another Ace Double, the classic paperback format of two novels printed upside down from each other. This time it’s two classic science fiction authors on tap. The Crossroads of Time by Andre Norton Blake… Continue reading Book Review: The Crossroads of Time | Mankind on the Run

Movie Review: The Life of Emile Zola

Young Emile learns he will not freeze to death today.

Movie Review: The Life of Emile Zola (1937) directed by William Dieterle We first meet Emile Zola (Paul Muni) when he is a penniless writer sharing a freezing garret with his friend, starving artist Paul Cezanne (Vladimir Sokoloff). They favor the “realist” schools of their respective crafts, which is not only unpopular with the buying public,… Continue reading Movie Review: The Life of Emile Zola

Movie Review: Woman on the Run (1950)

Dan and Eleanor visit a nightclub looking for clues.

Movie Review: Woman on the Run (1950) directed by Norman Foster Frank Johnson (Ross Elliott) is out walking his dog Rembrandt (uncredited) one evening when he witnesses a gangland slaying. He gets a good look at the killer, but not vice versa as the gunman shoots at his shadow instead before driving off. When the police,… Continue reading Movie Review: Woman on the Run (1950)

Book Review: Head of a Traveler

Book Review: Head of a Traveler by Nicholas Blake (pen name of Cecil Day-Lewis) Nigel Strangeways, a writer and literary scholar when he isn’t being distracted by his private investigation work, is thrilled to have a chance to meet Robert Seaton, one of Britain’s greatest living poets. Plash Meadow, Seaton’s house, is in Oxfordshire near… Continue reading Book Review: Head of a Traveler