So I’m catching up… again. I tend to focus on one show at a time though, so I’m not really apologizing, It also means I get a whole bunch of episodes to watch at once as I catch up. Apparently I have waited long enough for Alcatraz. I settled in, and flew through the…
Putting My Kindle To Work!
I have to tell you, I love books, I love the tangible weight of them in my hands, I life the heft of them, I like to look atop my bedside dresser and see the pile of books yet to read. I will never swear off the tactile experience of turning pages and digging my…
Family Day at the Toronto Zoo
A six year old girl in a pink snow suit, falls to her knees wailing and crying, pulling the adult who’s holding her hand into a lopsided stance. “This is the worst Family Day EVER!” Sue and I look at each other, wonderstruck… what could the past few Family Days entailed that going to the…
Serial Killer Double Feature – Peeping Tom (1960) & Psycho (1960)
Last night I watched two serial killer films that both seem to have voyeuristic fetishes. Both come from 1960, but are two completely differing films, dealing with murderers. I’ll be honest, until I read the title in that wonderful little book, 101 Horror Movies, I had never even heard of Peeping Tom. I’ll be honest…
I’m Heading Back To The Year 1985… Miami Vice
I spent my formative teen years growing up in my own island paradise, though like all teenagers, I didn’t always appreciate what I had. I think it also explains my love for Magnum, P.I. and Miami Vice. As far as I’m concerned both shows were perfect embodiments of living in paradise, well, more or less,…
New To Me Trek
When Deep Space Nine rolled around the first time, I tried to get into it. It was Star Trek, and I love my Trek. But apparently I was too devoted a fan of the exploration side of the Trek universe, and had already welcomed two crews of the Enterprise into my heart. So after about…
Eyes Without A Face (1959)
The last film of the 50s in my 101 Horror Movies. This little film comes from France, and perhaps I just can’t get myself into the mind set of the French of that period, I’m not sure, but this wasn’t one of the most engaging horror films I’ve seen on the list. It’s by no…
The Tingler (1959)
William Castle has long been known for his gimmicky horror movies, but only one of them apparently made it into the 101 Horror Movies and that is The Tingler. I won’t lie, I laughed out of sheer joy a number of places in this film. It very much wanted to encourage the idea of screaming…
Horror of Dracula (1958)
The 101 Horror Movies book strikes again. A while ago, I had picked up one of those awesome little Warner DVD sets of 4 movies for like $7.99! It featured four Hammer films, one of which was Horror of Dracula, which I re-watched the other night. Based, loosely, on Bram Stoker’s novel, this Hammer film,…
Downton Abbey – Now What?
So there it is. I’m all caught upon Downton Abbey, I finished the feature-length Christmas special last night, which seemed to effectively tie up a lot of plot lines from the first two series in one 90 minute go. It also, however, set up a lot of things I expect to follow-up on in…
The Mind Reels 