Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. (2017)
May08

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. (2017)

You Humans Have Issues: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. (2017)   First off, pop-pickers, the soundtrack is not only equal to that of the first movie, it’s better. It had to be said. Secondly, any sequel-worries you may have will evaporate in the first ten minutes:  there’s yet another quiet prologue on Earth before the brilliant credits sequence blasts you into outer space happiness, with Baby Groot dancing to the ELO’s ‘Mr. Blue...

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Arrival (2016)
Nov19

Arrival (2016)

Shadows Out of Space and Time: Arrival (2016)     This article originally appeared in ‘The Lovecraft eZine’ and is in fact a Lovecraftian interpretation.  It contains mild spoilers.   Yesterday evening – a miserable and rainy night – I bought a ticket for a film that I was seeing cold.  I knew little about it other than that it starred Amy Adams and was a science-fiction film on the theme of First Contact. I’m sure that thirty minutes...

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An Imperfect Storm: Noah
Sep03

An Imperfect Storm: Noah

An Imperfect Storm: Noah (2014)   I’m trying—I truly am trying—to approach director Darren Aronofsky’s film of the story of Noah with an open mind.  Because I believe that he made it with a sincere heart.  I think that he wanted it to be the best he could make it. But I don’t get it. I really don’t get what he was after here. Let’s begin with that famous quote from Genesis chapter 6 that kick-starts the tale of Noah; and it’s very...

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The Chronicles of Conan Volume 14: Shadow of the Beast And Other Stories
Oct14

The Chronicles of Conan Volume 14: Shadow of the Beast And Other Stories

The Chronicles of Conan Volume 14: Shadow of the Beast And Other Stories   This final piece is an overview rather than a review and therefore contains spoilers galore.   The Moon-Eaters of Darfur (issue #108 of Marvel’s Conan the Barbarian) opens on a miserable, rain driven and stormy landscape as the Cimmerian heads north of the Kushite capital of Meroê, leaving behind a city in the throes of full-blown upheaval. With him is the...

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The Chronicles of Conan – Volume 11 – The Dance of the Skull And Other Stories
Jul23

The Chronicles of Conan – Volume 11 – The Dance of the Skull And Other Stories

The Chronicles of Conan Volume 11 The Dance of the Skull And Other Stories   These ongoing pieces are overviews rather than reviews and therefore contain spoilers galore.   With writer Roy Thomas’s regular collaborator –the artist John Buscema — otherwise engaged, cult-favourite Howard (American Flagg!, Black Kiss) Chaykin had stepped into those very large boots for a few months. As I mentioned in the review for...

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