Tag: 21st Century

Double Feature: I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016) and We Are Still Here (2015)

July 25, 2022

The first movie on today’s double feature is one I heard a great deal about after its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival years back, and although reviews were somewhat mixed, most of the negative reviews I read complained only that the movie was too slow, spare, and minimalist. Well, to me, that’s like an … More Double Feature: I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016) and We Are Still Here (2015)

Double Feature: The Wailing (2016) and A Dark Song (2017)

July 18, 2022

Time for another double dose of horror, and damn, I got two good ones today, though they’re definitely not for all tastes (but then again, what is?). The first is 2016’s The Wailing, a massive hit in its native South Korea and an exceptionally reviewed flick on American shores as well. I’d been hearing recommendations for … More Double Feature: The Wailing (2016) and A Dark Song (2017)

Middle Eastern Double Feature: Baskin (2015) and Under the Shadow (2016)

July 15, 2022

I decided to do something of a Middle Eastern theme for today’s double feature, consisting of two films I had heard a great deal of positive press about and had been wanting to see for ages. The first is a surreal torture-fest from Turkey, the second a more traditional metaphorical ghost story with an Iranian-born … More Middle Eastern Double Feature: Baskin (2015) and Under the Shadow (2016)

Books: The Legend of the Cove Witch by Robert Campbell

July 11, 2022

Arkansas author Robert Campbell was nice enough to contact me several weeks back and ask if I’d like to receive a signed copy of his first novel for review, and of course I readily agreed, so thank you, Robert, for going to great personal expense to send me the print book by one-day shipping. The … More Books: The Legend of the Cove Witch by Robert Campbell