Bagman (2024,) while ostensibly being an urban legend flick, appears to be a thinly-veiled (so, so thinly) allegory for childhood sexual assault. Patrick McKee (played by Catching Fire‘s Sam Claflin) is a dreamer whose dreams quickly turn to nightmares when he’s forced to return to his hometown after his big gamble doesn’t pay off. Things are […]
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Book Review: The Show Won’t Go On by Jeff Abraham and Burt Kearns
I came across The Show Won’t Go On: The Most Shocking, Bizarre, and Historic Deaths of Performers Onstage by Jeff Abraham and Burt Kearns while scrolling through audiobooks on Spotify and, since I was in a reading slump, decided to see what it had to offer. It hooked me early on, offering macabre facts with […]
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Lore (2023) Movie Review
Lore (2023) had a 3.1 star rating on Amazon Prime, so I wasn’t expecting much going into it. Maybe it was because I was expecting it to be meh, but Lore turned out to be a surprisingly good horror movie. As a short story author, you know I love anthologies – and this one scores […]
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Rocky Horror Show (Cardiff) Review(ish)
CATEGORY: Uncategorized
When we booked tickets for this year’s run of The Rocky Horror Show, it was under the assumption that we’d be watching Stephen Webb as Frank-N-Furter. We’d seen him twice before and agreed that he was the best we’d ever seen (after Curry himself, obviously.) Well… Jay said Webb was the best he’d seen […]
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What Will a Second Trump Presidency Look Like? (aka: A Hundred Horrible Days)
CATEGORY: UncategorizedStill reeling from the election results, I sat down yesterday and made a list of predictions for what I believe America will look like if Trump is allowed to take office on January 20th. I based these predictions on things Trump has said & done as well as things that happened during and after Hitler’s […]
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Movie Review: Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
CATEGORY: classic movies, film, film & tv, film and tv, film reviews, movie reviews, movies, reviews
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) has been on my list for a long time so, when we hit a lull in our normal viewing, Jay suggested we watch it. And by “suggested,” of course, I mean that he put it on, giggled, rubbed his hands together, and said, “Oh, I can’t wait to watch you cry […]
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Movie Review: Baghead (2023)
CATEGORY: film & tv, film reviews, horror movie, modern movies, monster movies, movie review, movies
Baghead (2023) is a gorgeously atmospheric tale of female revenge masquerading as a run-of-the-mill horror movie. Iris (Freya Allan,) a young woman raised in care and without a penny to her name, is contacted by her deadbeat father, Owen’s (Peter Mullan,) lawyer to tell her that he’s passed away, leaving his aging but still impressive […]
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Code Orange: TK Maxx, Newport
Had our first Code Orange at Maesglas TK Maxx. (We actually started checking two weeks ago… we’re sad, lol.) Mostly last year’s stock but it has begun… No, we didn’t get anything this time. I do love the skeleton lounging pillow but £40 is too dear for me.
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Sweet Home (2020) Series Review
CATEGORY: film and tv, film review, foreign language, Korean film & TB, Netflix, reviews, tv & film, tv review, tv series
The Evil Dead meets Resident Evil in SweetHome, an action-packed horror series from South Korea. As much I despise Netflix as a company – and I do – they actually do a great job of making foreign language shows more accessible. Bastards. This review will absolutely have spoilers so head back now if you don’t […]
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Book Review: Tentacles and Teeth (Consorting with Monsters #1) by Rowan Merrick
When I picked up Tentacles and Teeth (Consorting with Monsters #1) by Rowan Merrick, I thought, ‘It’s not my thing, but it’ll waste some time.’ Turns out… I must have more kinks than I knew ‘cause… Whoa. Tentacles and Teeth introduces a world where Fae and otherworldly creatures live side-by-side with humans. Humans, it would […]
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