Conan series

This article was originally published on 12ftdwende.com on 19 August 2011. I was just talking the other day with my friend Allison about books people expect you to have read (and how they are taken aback if you haven’t). There are millions of books out there and only so much time in the day. People … Continue reading

Friday the 13th series

I love intelligent horror movies and wish there were more of them. But you know what? I love the dumb ones too. Maybe more. I have no intellectual defense of it, I just like it. I don’t like them “ironically.” I don’t even know what that means really. I am simply entertained. And for big … Continue reading

Swamp Thing (1982)

Swamp Thing (1982) – I am a fan of the Swamp Thing comics. I’m not just talking about Alan Moore’s acclaimed run on Saga of the Swamp Thing back in the 1980s. I’m not just talking about the awesome work Scott Snyder is doing on the title for DC’s New 52 relaunch. I’m talking about … Continue reading

Halloween series

So Halloween is upon us and this year it occurred to me that I had only seen half of the Halloween films. I decided to rectify that this year. Halloween (1978) You know I kind of go back and forth on Halloween. I last saw it in 2009 and thought that while good it was … Continue reading

Creepshow (1982)

Creepshow (1982) — I try not to go into movies with any preconceived notions about whether or not I’m going to like it or not, but I’m only human. A movie written by Stephen King and directed by George A. Romero that pays loving homage to the EC horror comics of the 1950s (like Tales … Continue reading

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) — Just watched this movie… what? No, I’m not crying… there’s something in my eye, okay? Anyway, this review is of the original 1982 Theatrical Edition. Important to distinguish because I really hate some of the changes made to the 2002 Special Edition. Perhaps what makes E.T. one of the single … Continue reading

The Thing (1982)

The Thing (1982) — So the second film in my Halloween Movie Marathon [last week] was one of my all-time favorites: John Carpenter’s The Thing.  I love movies about paranoia and from the 1950s to late 1980s there were a lot of good ones (gee, I wonder why).  There are just so many things this … Continue reading