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movie review – Knock at the Cabin
KNOCK AT THE CABIN The Film: Knock at the Cabin Rated: R (see Content Warnings in the back pages for reasoning) Additional Reading: The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay Please Note: Though this review is vague, it still discusses or notes moments in the film, including the ending which has… Continue reading
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movie review – M3GAN
M3GAN The Film: M3GAN Rated: PG-13 (see Content Warnings in the back pages for reasoning) Additional Reading: Comparing to the Unrated Cut (follows the theatrical review) Please Note: Though this review is vague, it still discusses or notes moments in the film. Mild spoilers follow, but nothing more than what you could have gleamed from… Continue reading
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movie review – Significant Other
Title: Significant Other Rated: R for language and some strong violence/gore Cast: Maika Monroe, Jake Lacy Director: Dan Berk, Robert Olsen Release Year: 2022 Spoiler Level Below: Medium The Review: A young couple, Harry and Ruth, take a backpacking trip through the Pacific Northwest the same time something lands in the forest. The beginning pretty… Continue reading
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movie review – Cocaine Bear
Title: Cocaine Bear Rated: R for some bloody violence and gore, foul language, drug use Cast: Keri Russell, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Isiah Whitlock Jr., Christian Convery, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Alden Ehrenreich, Ray Liotta, Brooklyn Prince, Margo Martindale, Kristofer Hivju Director: Elizabeth Banks Release Year: 2023 Spoiler Level Below: Medium The Review: I went into Cocaine… Continue reading
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movie review – Escape the Field
Title: Escape the Field Rated: R for mild violence and some strong language Cast: Jordan Claire Robbins, Theo Rossi, Shane West, Elena Juatco, Julian Feder, Tahirah Sharif Director: Emerson Moore Release Year: 2022 Spoiler Level Below: Low The Review: Six strangers wake up in a field without any memory of how they got there. They… Continue reading
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quick shot book reviews – Featuring Alana K. Drex, Derek Heath, Josh Malerman, and A. W. Mason
Sleeping Celeste by Alana K. Drex (Self-Published) – Available Now The loss of a child is heartbreaking enough without being to blame. In Sleeping Celeste, a mother grieves her young daughter’s death while in denial that she is, indeed, dead (as opposed to sleeping). When she learns of a woman in the woods capable of… Continue reading
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book review – Connection Lost and Other Dark Tales by Gillian Church
Title: Connection Lost and Other Dark Tales Author: Gillian Church Publisher: Gillian Church Release: August 1, 2022 Synopsis: This small collection features three stories, including the titular “Connection Lost”, in which a mother grieves over her lost child in hiding from an abusive husband. The Review: “Connection Lost” is beautifully written, achingly sad, and absolutely… Continue reading
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book review – The Once Yellow House by Gemma Amor
Title: The Once Yellow House Author: Gemma Amor Publisher: Cemetery Gates Media Release: March 9, 2023 Synopsis: On November 19th of 2020, the “Yellow Massacre” took place on the property known as the “Once Yellow House”. More than three hundred members of the secretive society “The Retinue” were murdered in horrific ways, leaving behind a… Continue reading
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music reviews – feat. Illenium, WSTR, Disciple, Crown the Empire, Picturesque, Invent Animate, Ryan Oakes, The Used, Sleep Token
DISCIPLE – Skeleton Psalms Maybe Kevin has just changed up his vocals up over the years, because this isn’t the way I remember him sounding a decade ago the last time I listened to this band. I’m not saying it’s a bad change but it’s more punk than hard rock on this record. Regardless of… Continue reading
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book preview – Raven’s Creek by David-Jack Fletcher
Raven’s Creek, centres on a married gay couple, Michael and Geoff, pursuing their runaway surrogate, Rose. They stop for the night in a dilapidated motel where the owners are preparing for an annual “show”. The show is financed by the wealthy elite, who support genetic research beneath the motel. Accompanying one of those financiers this… Continue reading
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