by Dave | Oct 29, 2015 | Sidenotes |
Always eager to read a haunted house story, I picked up David Mitchell’s new book, “Slade House.” I haven’t begun to read it, yet, but once I do, I’ll review it on this site. I’m always a sucker for haunted house tales, I have to...
by Dave | Oct 17, 2015 | Movie Reviews |
Okay, so if you are of the delicate constitution that is spoiler-averse, consider yourself warned, as there are some slight spoilers below… I caught Guillermo del Toro’s CRIMSON PEAK today, and I’d say that I think people may enjoy it if they go into...
by Dave | Oct 16, 2015 | Sidenotes |
I’m looking forward to catching CRIMSON PEAK this weekend, although the reviews I read seem to indicate that it’s a lavish and beautiful production that isn’t ultimately terribly scary. It appears to be less a horror movie as a paranormal romance of...
by Dave | Oct 14, 2015 | Sidenotes |
I love the story The Atlantic ran about the mysterious star the Kepler Space Observatory had discovered. I won’t rehash what the story was on it (you can click the link above for that), and it’s surely a longshot — but it’s fascinating that the...
by Dave | Oct 8, 2015 | Movie Reviews |
I caught Swedish Death/Doom Metal band, Ghost over the weekend at the Riv, on a US tour around their third album, Meliora. They played to a sold-out, all ages show, and owned the room. Purson opened for them, did their own credible neo-psychedelic rock music...
by Dave | Oct 5, 2015 | Movie Reviews |
I caught “The Martian” over the weekend, in a well-packed theater, and while I found it a reasonably entertaining fusion of, say, “Castaway” and “Apollo 13,” I wasn’t blown away by it. I’m still mentally processing why...
by Dave | Oct 3, 2015 | Sidenotes |
“Goodnight Mommy” was definitely a creepy and different type of horror movie, and what an opportunity for women to do a fab Halloween costume — you get to be Mummy Dearest! To be “Mother” as a costume idea is so simple and effective in...
by Dave | Oct 3, 2015 | Movie Reviews |
I caught the wicked horror-thriller, “Goodnight Mommy” at the Music Box Theater last night, and I have to say that the movie was a fiendish little fairy tale. I use that term “fairy tale” in the fullest sense of the term, for this story is a...