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The Joy of Independent Movies

Written on October 17, 2009 – 5:17 pm by Deborah

I have been a theater, music, and film lover as long as I can remember. 

However, lately, I’ve become mostly a very unapologetic film buff, and I’ve watched all or part of movies that many people wouldn’t touch with a barge pole:  up to and including, say, films like “Weasels Rip My Flesh” and “Ankle Biters.”  It’s important to know, though that movies don’t at all have to be big mega-budget Hollywood numbers to be deeply and seriously enjoyable. Read the rest of this entry »

The Fabulous World Of Terry Pratchett

Written on July 17, 2009 – 3:01 pm by admin

For those who perhaps are not familiar with him, I just wanted to do my bit to make sure that the whole world learns about the venerable English author, Terry Pratchett. He’s one of the most prolific, talented, and astute observers of human behavior who is writing today. If you have anything approximating a sense of humor, you will find something to enjoy in his extensive catalog.

Initially made famous for his Discworld novels, which are set on a mythical yet suspiciously familiar disc-shaped world, Pratchett’s work has now in several instances been made into film. Some of you may have seen “Hogfather” which aired fairly recently on American cable television.  Unfortunately reading books has to a degree fallen out of fashion, and of course many people are so busy working three or four jobs to make ends meet, that collapsing in front of a television set is the best many of us can do after an eighteen hour day. Like just about every other instance you can think of, Pratchett’s books have a richness of detail that cannot possibly be translated to a movie… but they’ve certainly given it the old college try and not come up wanting. (The aforementioned Hogfather was incredibly nicely done…. how can you miss, when you cast David Jason? But I digress.) Read the rest of this entry »

Top 100 Horror Movies

Written on July 17, 2009 – 1:43 pm by admin

I thought I’d pass on my personal top 100 horror movies. Although I am sure you will find many that you already know and would expect to see I guarantee that you will find some that you have missed out on!

100. IT (1990, Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace)

99. The Beyond (1981, Directed by Lucio Fulci)

98. Cloverfield

97. Don’t Look Now (1973, Directed by Nocolas Roeg)

96. Night of the Creeps (1986, Written and Directed by Fred Dekker)

95. Dead Ringers (1988, Directed by David Cronenberg)

94. Return of the Living Dead (1985, Written & Directed by Dan O’Bannon)

93. Scream (1996, Directed by Wes Craven)

92. Final Destination (2000, Directed by James Wong)

91. Re-Animator (1985, Directed by Stuart Gordon) Read the rest of this entry »