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Movie Review by TylerDFC There is a tendency in the mainstream to immediately disregard a movie if there fails to be closure at the end. More than anything, more than … Continue Reading Sound of My Voice (2011) – Directed by Zal Batmanglij
By TylerDFC There is a moment at the very end of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 film, The Conversation, that brings the entire slow burn movie in tight focus. It’s a … Continue Reading The Conversation
Now here are some funny and heartwarming thoughts about a bunch of trailers I saw this week.
Now here are some heartwarming thoughts about a bunch of trailers I saw this week.
The first time I saw The Evil Dead was also the night I sealed the deal with that cute girl from band class. Thanks, Sam Raimi!
By Tyler “Klatu Verata Necktie” DFC 5 people go to a dilapidated and foreboding cabin in the woods to help a friend, Mia (Jane Levy), detox from heroin. One of … Continue Reading Evil Dead 2013 – You’re All Going to Die Tonight
During this film you will witness (sometimes literally) off the wall, brain meltingly inventive action sequences sufficient to make The Expendables look like a bunch of ballerinas.
Two Graves is the finale to what the authors are calling “The Helen Trilogy”. This somewhat standalone trilogy within the multiple volume Pendergast series began with Fever Dream continued with … Continue Reading Two Graves by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
You never catch all of a movie the first time in a theater. Even if you’re watching it critically, big chunks of it can get by even movie nerds like … Continue Reading Take 2 – SKYFALL
Televisions? Where we’re going, we won’t NEED televisions.
Short stories are tricky things for me. Books usually take around 30 pages to grab my interest. If I’m not thoroughly hooked by the 50th page or so I know … Continue Reading Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories by Ian Fleming
James Bond returns in Ian Fleming’s second novel, Live and Let Die. This time we find James traveling to New York City to track down the source of mysterious gold … Continue Reading Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming
Sharp Objects is a mystery/thriller told from the perspective of a narrator that is not unreliable so much as untethered. This is a dark and at times brutal book that … Continue Reading Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
She can swallow a lot more than a soul with that split tongue! Am I right, fellas? (rimshot)
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