Nonfiction

Whatever happened to Gerald Bostock?

6 March 2012

In April, Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull will be releasing a sequel to their classic prog-rock album, Thick as a Brick, called somewhat less imaginatively, Thick as a Brick 2. Based on this preview trailer, it may be very good, even if almost by definition, it cannot possible match the impact of the original. Thick [...]

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Eternals (2006)

10 January 2011

Review of the collected comic mini-series Eternals, by Neil Gaiman and John Romita, Jr.

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Prince of Darkness (1987)

24 November 2010

“You will not be saved by the holy ghost. You will not be saved by the god Plutonium. In fact, YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED!”

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Alma

18 October 2010

A short film.

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Vintage Hallowe’en Postcards

10 October 2010

A bit of Hallowe’en history, and a slideshow of Hallowe’en postcards.

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The Blair Witch Project

4 October 2010

A look back at 1999′s shaky-cam special.

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Skeleton Dance

3 October 2010

Hidden City Cinema presents Walt Disney’s classic 1929 short, “Skeleton Dance”. Music and arrangement by the inimitable Carl Stalling, based on Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns. I never get tired of this. Share/Bookmark

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Musical Evolution: 3 (of 2)

30 September 2010

Bringing a bit of closure to a series that probably didn’t need it, and making a fool of someone who probably does (me).

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The Atomic Age!

3 June 2010

I found a cache of very old US government booklets about atomic energy and scanned portions of them for your pleasure.

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Chekov’s Guns

26 May 2010

In which I write off LOST as a failed experiment, and one I desperately hope will never be copied.

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