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Slade House

Slade House

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...
REVIEW: Crimson Peak

REVIEW: Crimson Peak

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...
Crimson Peak and Bridge of Spies

Crimson Peak and Bridge of Spies

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...
Mysterious Star

Mysterious Star

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...
REVIEW: Ghost at Riviera Theater

REVIEW: Ghost at Riviera Theater

  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...
REVIEW: The Martian

REVIEW: The Martian

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...
Mummy Dearest for Halloween?

Mummy Dearest for Halloween?

“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...
REVIEW: Goodnight Mommy

REVIEW: Goodnight Mommy

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...