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Movie Review ~ The Raven
Title: The Raven Director: James McTeigue Genre: Period Horror / Suspense Rating: 5 bats Wonderful movie! If you’re a fan of horror, period movies or Poe this is for you. The casting was stellar – John Cusack as Poe, wow. He did amazing! Poe’s dialog reflected a writer’s soul. I loved the comment he makes when he walks […]
Movie Review ~ Underworld & Underworld Evolution
Title: Underworld and Underworld, Evolution Director: Len Wiseman Genre: Urban Fantasy, horror Rating: 5 bats Both of these are so closely related that it was rather moot to do two different reviews. Despite having a few plot holes, they are great fun to watch and I found myself easily sucked into Selene’s world. I enjoy the character of Selene […]
Movie Review ~ The Devil Inside
Title: The Devil Inside Director: William Brent Bell Genre: Horror/supernatural suspense Rating: 3 bats This was a good movie, not great but interesting. It was shot documentary style (think the demonic version of The Blair Witch Project) and it ends without any real resolution. There were a few very tense, graphic scenes of possession that were exceedingly well […]
Book Booty!
Picked up a bunch of books at Context and wanted to share the bounty! Sands of the Solar Empire by Ren Garcia I read this book and it’s a 5 bat one! If you like sci-fi, fantasy and romance you’ll really like Ren’s world. GET THE BRANDY TO BAZZ . . . That’s all Paymaster Stenstrom, the Lord of Belmont-South […]
Author Brick Marlin on Writing
Brick Marlin’s thoughts on writing: Writing is something I have to do. No choice in the matter, folks. I bet some of you writers out there will agree. Can I see a show of hands? Yep. That’s what I thought. Many of you probably feel the same way as I do. If you don’t hook up the IV to […]