Because of its fame, I had an idea of what I was getting myself into when I settled down to watch Billy Elliot (2000) last night. Well… sort of. I had — wrongly, I’ll admit — this image in my head of a PG The Full Monty. Yeah… don’t do that. You’ll only be setting […]
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Movie Review: Ghostland (2018)
Ghostland (2018) starts hard and fast. By the time it gets to the opening credits, a whole horror movie has gone by in fast forward. It left Jay asking, “Where the hell can this go now?” Where the hell, indeed. The movie starts with Beth (Emilia Jones) and her sister, Vera (Taylor Hickson), travelling with […]
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Movie Review: Friend Request (2016)
CATEGORY: feminism, film, film and tv, film review, horror, modern horror, movie, movie review, movie trailer, social mediaFriend Request (2016) has to be one of the spookiest movies I’ve seen in a good while. I’ll be completely honest with you, I watched a good part of it while using my blanket as a shield. I even *cough* dove beneath the blanket once or twice. Shit freaked me the hell out. (Which, of […]
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Movie Review: Evilspeak (1981)
CATEGORY: b movies, cinephile, couch potato, cult movies, Eighties, film, film and tv, film review, horror, movie, movie review, video nastyEvilspeak is a forgotten horror movie from 1981. It stars Clint Howard as Cadet Stanley Coopersmith, who summons Satan through a computer after finding a . If you think Clint Howard is an unlikely lead, you’re right — but Coopersmith is an unlikely Satanist, so the role is perfect for him. While clearly influenced by […]
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The Great Courses Plus — A Great Way to Learn?
CATEGORY: apocalypse, courses, lifelong learner, MOOC, religion, review, school, School Time Wondra, studying, The Great Courses Plus
I recently took part in a month’s free trial of “Unlimited Video Learning with the World’s Greatest Professors” via The Great Courses Plus. Sadly, I only had time to complete three courses. I wish I could have done three times that! The first course I took during my trial month of The Great Courses Plus was […]
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Movie Review: Forbidden Planet (1956)
CATEGORY: b movies, cinephile, classic movies, couch potato, film, film and tv, film review, movie, movie review, pulp, robots, sci fi, spaceshipsIt’s hard to watch Forbidden Planet (1956) as both a feminist and a nerd so I’m going to put my issues with the film’s treatment of women (well, woman) to the side for now and focus on the sci-fi aspect of this one. You ready? ERMAHGERD, SQUEE! I don’t know exactly what I was expecting […]
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Cover Reveal: Locked In
Time for a cover reveal! Here’s the cover for ‘Locked In’, an anthology coming soon from Thirteen O’Clock Press. My short, “Her Daughter’s Demon”, will be part of this creepy collection. I’ll keep you updated on the release date, when I’ve got it!
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Thirteen O’Clock Press Call for Submissions: CHAINS
CATEGORY: a writer’s life, amwriting, horror, open submissions, submission call, Thirteen OClock Press, writer, writerslife
A new call from Thirteen O’Clock Press! Submission guidelines: Please submit your manuscript as a *.rtf, *.doc or *.docx file. The email subject line must read: “SUBMISSION – Chains – ‘your story title’”. No headers, footers or page numbers. Reprints are OK as long as all rights have been reverted back to you. Up to 5000 […]
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Guest Spot: Meagan’s Jammin’ Summer Party Playlist
Today, I’m going to hand the blog over to Meagan so she can tell us about her Jammin’ Summer Party Playlist. Let’s see what she has to say… To me, summer is really a time of parties, fun, friends, drinking, cruising around, freedom, recklessness, truly living, and of course, summer love. But this summer I […]
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Guest Spot: Nicole’s Chilled Indie Summer Playlist
Today’s guest spot belongs to Nicole who has a Chill Indie Summer Playlist for us. Let’s see what Nicole has to say about it. This is a mixture of chill indie songs, some fit the tone of summer with tone and some with lyrical content. I tried to keep it mostly newer stuff in the […]
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