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Roland in the Deep

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Nathan

I think I first heard of Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso in a blurb about C.S. Lewis comparing J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings to it. Well, they do both have a magic ring that makes people invisible, and a monster … Continue reading →

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I Guess You Can Kill the Boogeyman After All

Posted on October 16, 2022 by Nathan

I have three movie reviews this time, all of fairly new films, although that wasn’t really intentional. Two are relevant to the Halloween season and one not, and it should probably go without saying that there are SPOILERS for all … Continue reading →

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Time for Terror

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Nathan

Here’s a rundown of all the movies we watched this October (well, except for Halloween Kills), all horror-adjacent, but not necessarily all horror films per se. A lot of them turned out to be horror comedies, which wasn’t really intentional. … Continue reading →

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Stand in the Place Where You Live

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Nathan

The Stand, by Stephen King – This was a long book, even more so since I read the unabridged edition, but I don’t know that I’ll have a long review for it. I did like it, and it’s pretty timely since … Continue reading →

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Down with the Clown

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Nathan

It Chapter Two – SPOILERS! – Twenty-seven years after the events of the first film, and two years later in real life, the members of the Losers Club have moved all over the country, many in successful careers, and having … Continue reading →

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Creature Features

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Nathan

It’s time for this October’s round-up of horror movies. There are some spoilers within, although most of them are for movies from the eighties. The Dead Zone – Christopher Walken gets brain damage and gains psychic powers when he touches … Continue reading →

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I Couldn’t See the Rabbits Hiding Out of View

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Nathan

The Shawshank Redemption – We watched this one the night before going to see It, so I guess it was a Stephen King kind of weekend. The movie is pretty long for having been based on a novella, Rita Hayworth … Continue reading →

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In for a Pennywise, Out for a Clown

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Nathan

It – SPOILERS! (Do I need to put in the warning, or is that not something people bother with anymore?) I’ve never read the book (or anything by Stephen King, actually), but I did see the miniseries some time ago. … Continue reading →

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The Deeper Meaning of Redrum

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Nathan

Room 237 – I saw this rather ridiculous film today, and all I knew about it ahead of time was that it involved people trying to discern the true meaning of the Stanley Kubrick film version of The Shining. I … Continue reading →

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