The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

The Shawshank Redemption (1994) – Stephen King has a program where film students can adapt one of his short stories (NOT his novels or novellas) for only a dollar, provided they send him a copy of the film. King declares that the best of these was The Woman in the Room. It’s not a horror … Continue reading

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

The Dark Knight Rises (2012) – I try to stick to the movie in these articles but I feel I should address something surrounding this movie. I go out to a bar every Thursday night and after getting home I decided to watch The Dark Knight, because I knew that the next day (or technically later … Continue reading

The Dark Knight (2008)

The Dark Knight (2008) – For a long time people dismissed comic books. I mean it’s obviously not as bad as it once was when a prick named Frederick Wertham published a bullshit book called Seduction of the Innocent which led to the burning of comic books and self-imposed industry censorship for decades. In fact most … Continue reading

Batman Begins (2005)

Batman Begins (2005) – It was a dark time in our history after the debacle that was Batman & Robin. Eight long years passed with no Batman movie at all. There had been consideration of letting Joel Schumacher continue the franchise. There was the screenplay for Batman Triumphant, which would have featured the Scarecrow (Schumacher was … Continue reading

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

Red (2010)

Red (2010) — Entertaining.  There are laughs, shit blows up, and likeable actors act likeable.  I’d say this movie delivers pretty much everything it promises in the trailer.  Having never read the comic I can’t say whether or not it lives up to its source material.  Don’t really care too much really.  It may not … Continue reading