This week’s shipping
list includes the OMAC Project TPB and
Jonah Hex #1 from DC comics. I plan to pick
up Essential Marvel Two-In-One Vol. 1 and
Supreme Power: Nighthawk #3 from Marvel,
which is also offering Captain Universe: Hulk
as the first issue in a fifth week event, the new
Sentinel #1 (of 5), House of M #8 (of
8), Spider-Man: House of M #5 (of 5),
and Ultimate Spider-Man #85.
Michael Piller has Died
Michael Piller, a huge influence on modern Star Trek as well as the co-creator of Dead Zone has died today from cancer.
Piller joined the TNG team in its third season, and is responsible for some standout episodes (“Best of Both Worlds”, “Ensign Ro”, and “Unification”). He co-created both DS9 and Voyager and wrote a number of episodes for both including both pilots and the controversial Voyager episode “Death Wish.”
In an age of lackluster Star Trek, this is a loss that is heavily felt in our community.
Monthly Comic Picks – January 2006
These are my (overdue) picks for January comics. I
won’t be buying all of these, but anything that struck
me as being of interest was listed anyway.
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Halloween Review – Psycho
The last portion of our Halloween double header is
Hitchcock’s most famous film (or at least the film
with his most famous scene), Psycho.
Halloween Review – “Rear Window”
My favourite Hitchcock kicks off the feature length
double header this Halloween.
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Halloween Review – “The Haunted House (1921)”
This year’s Halloween reviews end up with a
three-parter in the style of the old drive-ins.
First, we’ve got a Buster Keaton short with The
Haunted House, followed by a Hitchcock double
header. These aren’t really genre, but they’re so
well suited to Halloween that we’re running the
reviews anyway.
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B5 scripts now available
For some reason, I didn’t get the automatic
notification I signed up for, so I thought I’d notify
everyone in case somebody else missed it: the first
volume of J. Michael Straczynski’s Babylon 5
scripts is now for sale.
Order quickly, and it’s only $29.99US plus shipping
instead of the $39.99US it will be shortly.
Werewolf versus Vampire Women
aka Werewolf versus Vampire Woman aka Shadow of the Werewolf aka The Werewolf’s Shadow
(Original title: La Noche de Walpurgis)
Dr Harwig! Look at this scar! It’s pentagonal!
Kids these days…. Why, in my day, if you were out of elementary school, you didn’t go begging for candy door-to-door. Dangnabit, if you’re old enough to shave any culturally acceptable part of your body, you shouldn’t be trick-or-treating. If you’re old enough to drive, you shouldn’t be trick-or-treating. If you’re sexually active, you definitely shouldn’t be trick-or-treating. Hrumph. Leave it for the kids. Older folk should be going to parties, or handing out candy, or scaring little kids, or watching horror movies. Yeah… And for our second day of Halloween Film Reviews, we’re looking at some really bad late-night horrors, well worth your own Mystery Science Theater 3000 night. Oooh! Scary!
Robot Monster
aka Monsters from Mars, Monsters from the Moon
Phil Tucker has achieved a reputation second only to the great Ed Wood as a creator of really bad drive-in era films.
The title character of Robot Monster, Tucker’s most infamous flick, has achieved pop-icon status.
Weekly DVD Picks – Tuesday, November 1, 2005
Another week, another round of DVDs. As usual, the
number of major releases drops relative to previous
and coming weeks when a new Star Wars movie
hits the shelves. One of the reasons they sell so
well is because nobody wants to compete with them.
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