American Gods shouldn't work. The novel is a bizarre but brilliant piece - it's flawed, it's strange, it does something that only Neil Gaiman can do. He takes the epic, the mythical, and manages to preserve that sense of scale while also making it human, relatable. Gaiman's most well known work is the comic series... Continue Reading →
What the Friday: The Girl With All The Gifts – Maybe the Smartest Zombie Movie and Book Ever
I first ran into The Girl With all the Gifts when a friend told me I had to watch it. He's in the UK, and I'm in Canada, so it wasn't an option at the time - I had to wait. Now, Andrew has amazing taste in movies and when he makes that strong a... Continue Reading →
What the Friday: What Happened to Monday
In the past year, Netflix seems to be really ramping up their production of original films and TV shows. While there are some releases that Netflix promotes highly, and tend to get a lot of attention on their own, there are others that get pushed out, and we hardly hear a thing about them. Having... Continue Reading →
What the Friday: I Spit On Your Grave is an Important Piece of Cinema
This review is for the 1978 movie, not the 2010 remake. I may do that one later, but sometimes the new version doesn't hold a candle to the original. I Spit On Your Grave is like no other movie made before or since. It is also known as Day of the Woman, and it's either... Continue Reading →
What the Friday: WTF is the worst movie of the year, maybe the decade
I, for some obscure reason, decided to watch the movie WTF! the other day. I guess it was sitting in my Plex cue and I had no self respect in that moment, I don't know. It's, well, it's a movie that never met a trope it didn't immediately fall in love with. From what I... Continue Reading →