We strode into the weekend with Killer Sofa on the docket. I thought this might be a fun black comedy. It was more like a B-movie than an actually funny one, but we also have the curse of the “written and directed by,” in this case, Bernie Rao. He's done a fare number of short films. I don't knock that. I have loved some great short films. But this ( Read more... )

Tonight we watched Monsters. It's directed by Gareth Edwards (Godzilla) and stars Scoot McNairy (Gone Girl) and Whitney Able. I wasn't sure what to expect for this giant monsters flick. I guess I wanted more monster and less people. That's hard for this movie since there aren't many people. But it's tough to get invested because the two main ( Read more... )

Tonight we watched A Quiet Place: Part II. As the first movie, it was directed by John Krasinski and stars Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow), Noah Jupe, Millicent Simmonds, and Cillian Murphy (Sunshine) joining this time. We pick up almost exactly where we left off from the last film. Thankfully we're not moving far, so we don't have a great deal of ( Read more... )

Tonight we watched Ghost Stories (2018). It's directed by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman. The “written and directed by” sometimes gives us terrible movies, as if they should have picked one or the other. However, this movie is incredibly cohesive and compelling, especially for a horror movie. When I saw that Dyson had a degree in philosophy and an M.A ( Read more... )

First up was Lights Out. It's directed by David F. Sandberg (Shazam), it stars Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies), Gabriel Batemen (Child's Play), Alexander DiPersia, and Maria Bello. Gregg and I needed to watch this one so we could stay on track on the Horror Virgin podcast. Also, for some reason the movie I thought was streaming, wasn't. So, here we ( Read more... )

This year I moved the black comedies to Friday. With Gregg's schedule, we needed longer movies on the weekend and shorter ones during the week. Also, since we start October with a Friday that means more comedies. We started with The VelociPastor. The marketing might just be the best part of the movie, but let' get into that in a second. First off, ( Read more... )

I spent the last few weeks reading Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan. A cyberpunk future where you can send your digital consciousness across to other solar systems. With the addition of stacks, one might never die. Just move into a new body, or sleeve, as they're called. It's a sci-fi noir with a dead body, but the owner wants to know who killed ( Read more... )

Since we just got a puppy, I decided it was high time I finally read The Dog Owner's Manual by Dr. David Brunner and Sam Stall. It's another in the Quirk Books line of operating instructions. I have to say, I love these books. The artwork is fantastic, and they're actually informative. Like so many of the other books, this takes a lighter side to ( Read more... )

The next book from the library was A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf. Honestly, I wanted a short book, and this was one of the shortest. The only other Woolf book I've read is Mrs. Dalloway, and I didn't care for it. While I understand the significance of Woolf's writing, I haven't loved her style. Even this very short book took me two weeks to ( Read more... )

I finally went to me new library, and the first book I took out was Lolita by Vladimir Nabakov. I've been wanting to read this for some time, but it was never available in my paperback swap. This was my best option. I have to admit I was surprised that a book about pedophilia would be in such high demand. Having read it, I can't say I loved it. It' ( Read more... )