Perkins: Longlegs (2024)
Oz Perkins’ Longlegs has been touted as one of the most terrifying horror films of the last year. I have to admit I was just a little bit underwhelmed though. Perkins draws [...]
September 2024
A Journey Through The X-Files: Season 2, Episode 9: “Firewalker” (November 18, 1994)
The last two episodes of The X-Files, “3” and “One Breath” were both quite anomalous, dealing as they did with Scully’s abduction and near death. “Firewalker” [...]
Van Morrison: Pay the Devil (2006)
Despite the fact that only three of the songs here are composed by him – or perhaps because of it – Pay the Devil is the most distinctive of all Van Morrison’s 2000s [...]
Wu-Tang Clan, The W (2000)
I found the Wu-Tang Clan’s sophomore effort, Wu-Tang Forever, a bit of a disappointment. There are moments of real greatness and at least one song where each member of the [...]
Miller & Ogilvie: Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome is every bit as different from Mad Max 2 as The Road Warrior was from the original film. The residual 70s naturalism of Mad Max is entirely absent [...]
Moorhouse: The Fabulous Four (2024)
One of the recurring film tropes for Baby Boomers has been the old gang getting back together. As early as The Group, The Return of the Secaucus 7 and The Big Chill, the [...]
Van Morrison: Blowin’ Your Mind! (1967)
Although Blowin’ Your Mind! is technically Van Morrison’s first solo album it feels more like a work in transition. In his short work with Them, Van had pushed to the [...]