Speed Grapher is a very strange anime from GONZO. Originally released in 2005, the 24 episode series earned mixed reviews from fans and critics. Oddly enough, the English dubs are considered better than the original Japanese audio because of the…
I’m a big fan of L. Frank Baum’s Oz series. I’ve read all of the books multiple times and know the main stories and characters inside and out. There could be a dozen more great Oz films based on the…
Mama is hard to describe because the film itself doesn’t know what it wants to be. Is it a horror story about a ghostly presence taking over a young couple’s lives or a fantasy about defining family? Is it a…
Apologies for the lack of content this week. I had some big articles I’ve been working on inspired by various anime and manga series. In light of the recent tragedy in Connecticut, their subject matter did not seem appropriate. The…
When The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ended, I turned to my brother in the theater and said, “Well, Peter Jackson sure took liberties with that one.” I knew going in he had to. After the runaway success of the far…
Ang Lee knows how to make a beautiful looking film. Say what you will about the substance of his storytelling abilities, what he chooses to focus on always looks good onscreen. Life of Pi is an ideal match for Ang…
Lana Wachowski, Tom Twyker, and Andy Wachowski have accomplished something very special in Cloud Atlas. They discovered a clear and natural way to tell a metaphysical narrative of love, kindness, and actions echoing throughout all of time. Each scene in…
Hausu is the strangest dream you’ve ever had brought to life on film. It is a haunted house movie where the characters are aware they are in a movie. They comment on their own actions, their role in the story,…
Joe Hill is responsible for two of my favorite books of the last ten years: Heart-Shaped Box and 20th Century Ghosts. Unfortunately, neither one of those has been optioned for a feature film adaptation yet. What we get is his…
Is there a species on Earth that coddles their young more than humans? Birds teach their babies to fly by pushing them out of the nest. Fish take a swim fast or lose out approach, relying on the natural instincts…
There is a myth in India about a beautiful female snake with the secret to immortality. Nagin possesses a stone called the Nagmani that keeps her young forever. The only way to even encounter the true power of Nagin is…
Every time I watch a Stuart Gordon film, I forget that I’ve watched other Stuart Gordon films. There are certain recurring elements in most of his feature. He usually works in a dark comedy/horror hybrid with lots of bloody gags.…
Ray Bradbury, one of the all time great authors of speculative fiction, passed away today at 91 years old. Where most genre authors are known for one great work, Bradbury goes down in the record books with several iconic titles.…
Though I don’t talk about it as often as horror, I really love fantasy. Dark fantasy, silly fantasy, musical fantasy, fantasy novels, fantasy games, fantasy art–the list goes on. It’s the idea of creating an entirely different world, or even…