The Criminal Revue: Part I

I’ve always been a fan of true crime. Whether it’s because of my ma’s influence or my own natural predilections for the macabre, I’ve long been drawn to tales of serial killers and criminal fiends; their psychologies unraveled in gristly mental vivisections that mirror the sadistic dismemberments perpetrated during their own crimes. However, last year … Continue reading The Criminal Revue: Part I →

Genre Defining

I'm the kind of guy that thinks way too much about the details of any given thing. Whether it's the interpersonal relationships of fictional doctors or determining how children are able to grow at expeditious rates under the influence of toy slime, my brain is constantly whirring and fizzing because I can't just leave anything … Continue reading Genre Defining →

Ranked

Hello, One of the things I noticed while I was researching Moonraker's standings with Bond fans is that there a million best of lists for James Bond movies and they're all garbage. All of them. There is no consistency where what movies lay where on the rankings. Oh sure, you'll see From Russia With Love, Casino Royale and The … Continue reading Ranked →

Raked Over the Coals: In Defense of Moonraker

Hello, I want to talk about Moonraker. Not the book. The movie. The criminally underrated movie. On most lists ranking Bond movies, lists by the way that are all shockingly wrong, Moonraker is usually toward the bottom, sometimes below such objectively awful entries like Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again. I just watched Moonraker for the … Continue reading Raked Over the Coals: In Defense of Moonraker →

Soundtrack

Hello, Music and I have an iffy relationship at best. I've never been the kind of person who sits and just...listens to music. The idea of doing that doesn't even really make sense to me, although I'm aware that my attention span requires a very specific set of circumstances to keep me in my seat. … Continue reading Soundtrack →

Movie Review: Vengeance: A Love Story

Hello Again, I just finished watching this movie and I have thoughts. It is not a great movie. It is, at its best, an average movie. There are small moments here and there that make it interesting and there are some very large plot arcs that also make it interesting, at least to me. ****Just … Continue reading Movie Review: Vengeance: A Love Story →

Care About Other People

Hello Again, Today, there was a news report about a woman who has the measles and who apparently decided to travel through every major population center in Eastern Massachusetts. Now, ten years ago, I don't think she would have hit the news, much less having articles tracking her progress through Massachusetts like new anchors tracking … Continue reading Care About Other People →

Play Review: Chalk by Walt McGough

Fresh Ink Theater Company presents CHALK. Written by Walt McGough and directed by Sarah Gazdowicz, it is currently running at the Boston Playwright Theater through January 24. I haven't been to very many plays. Five. I've been to five plays. So I'm not the most informed when it comes to this particular medium. However, I do know when I've … Continue reading Play Review: Chalk by Walt McGough →

James Bond: Chapter One; The First Chapter

“Today we are fighting Communism. Okay. If I'd been alive fifty years ago, the brand of Conservatism we have today would have been damn near called Communism and we should have been told to go and fight that. History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.” ― … Continue reading James Bond: Chapter One; The First Chapter →

The American Hero

Superman is an interesting character. I know; that's not a popular idea. Superman, for me and a lot of people, is The Superhero. He has every power that he could possibly have: flight, super strength, freeze breath, laser eyes, great hair. He holds all life sacred. He does not use his powers to alter humanity's … Continue reading The American Hero →