Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Horror Novel
The Halloween season is upon us. In addition to watching horror movies, now is a good time to read a scary book or two. What are your favorites? Mike Attebery It’s impossible to beat Stephen King’s...
View ArticleBond in Books: ‘Diamonds Are Forever’
A little more than two years ago, I started a project to re-read all of Ian Fleming’s original James Bond novels. Unfortunately, I got sidetracked after just the third book and gave up my ambitious...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: See You in the Funny Papers
While it may not have beaten out James Bond, ‘The Peanuts Movie’ also had a pretty big opening last weekend and is expected to put up a strong fight this weekend as well. No doubt, this will trigger a...
View ArticleR.I.P. William Peter Blatty
It appears that 2017 has no intention of going easy on us in the celebrity death department. One of the year’s earliest victims is author and filmmaker William Peter Blatty, creator of ‘The Exorcist‘,...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Favorite Stephen King Book
With two major movie adaptations of his work hitting cinema screens this year, Stephen King is a hot property once again. Not that he ever stopped being a hot property, of course. He’s one of the...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: The Book Was Better
Hollywood often turns to adapting popular books as the basis for new movies. Occasionally this works out, but frequently the resulting films are pale shadows of their source material. For this week’s...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Ninjas Ninjas Ninjas!
In the words of eminent philosopher Robert Matthew Van Winkle: “The power of the ninja is strong\ Fightin’ all crooks until they’re all out cold\ Go Ninja Go Ninja Go!\ Go Ninja Go Ninja Go!” Indeed,...
View ArticleR.I.P. Harlan Ellison (1934-2018)
The phrase “rest in peace” seems somewhat inappropriate when it comes to the death of legendary author Harlan Ellison. Not only didn’t Ellison, who died in his sleep last Thursday, June 28th, at the...
View ArticleBook Review: Room to Dream
David Lynch has been such an idiosyncratic filmmaker throughout his four-decade career that it should come as no surprise his autobiography would also be a bit unconventional. Room to Dream provides...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Favorite Children’s Books
Disney’s new Christopher Robin movie hopes to remind us all about the joys of children’s literature. What were your favorite books when you were a kid? If you have children of your own, what have you...
View ArticleBook Review: The Man Who Fell to Earth – Novel to Film
Nicolas Roeg’s 1976 The Man Who Fell to Earth is a seminal work of cult science fiction cinema. Decidedly more art film than special effects or action showcase, the movie invites and practically...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Children’s Books to Movies
As Dr. Seuss’ dastardly Grinch gets adapted for the third time (once in television and twice in feature films), our Roundtable this week will look at other beloved children’s books that have...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Xmas Wish List 2018
As we move into the final month of the year, it’s time to finalize those letters to Santa and get them in the mail. What movies, gadgets, or home theater goodies do you hope to find under your tree...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Doppelgangers and Evil Twins
With his new horror film Us, Jordan Peele taps into the very primal fear of being threatened or replaced by someone who may look just like you on the outside, but is decidedly different on the inside....
View ArticleRoundtable Topic: Collect ‘Em All
Those of us who collect movies tend to have obsessive personalities that compel us to collect other things as well. Beyond Blu-rays or DVDs, what other items do you collect, or have you collected in...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Best Book-to-Movie Adaptations
Most times, when people think about movies adapted from novels, the inevitable conclusion is that the book was better. Every so often, however, a film will come along that successfully captures, or...
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