Trailer for The Raid
Joe Taslim and Iko Uwais go through 15 floors of bad guys in Gareth Evans follow-up to Merantau. We didn’t have the trailer for The Raid in time for the Midnight Madness trailer post. But it’s worth the wait.
Carol
Carol Borden was editor of and a writer for the Toronto International Film Festival’s official Midnight Madness and Vanguard program blogs. She is currently an editor at and evil overlord for The Cultural Gutter, a website dedicated to thoughtful writing about disreputable art. She has written for Mezzanotte, Teleport City, Die Danger Die Die Kill, Popshifter and she has a bunch of short stories published by Fox Spirit Books including: Godzilla detective fiction, femme fatale mermaids, an adventurous translator/poet, and an x-ray tech having a bad day. Read and listen to her other shenanigans at Monstrous Industry. For her particular take on gutter culture, check out, “In the Sewer with the Alligators.”
Turning Reality into Magic
Gurney Journey is still consistently cranking out the best pieces on art, illustration, and inspiration, in a practical context, anywhere online. Be sure to check out “A used bookshop on a rainy night…”
Scratching the Surface of Indonesian Cult Cinema
At the Midnight Madness blog, Carol scratches the surface of Indonesian cult cinema.
Numbers Cannot Lie
Over at Dubious Quality, Bill Harris runs some numbers on his videogaming habits and comes to the conclusion that expensive mega-hits like Call of Duty are doomed to extinction: “Would I rather buy one $59 game or 20 mobile games? With almost no exceptions (NHL and Skyrim are […]
Bulking Up
Adam Roberts (perhaps still scarred by his encounter with The Wheel of Time) takes a look at the relatively brisk 400 pages of Rivers of London and reflects on the appeal of a certain type of bulked-up reading experience, with a detour to talk about Sir Walter Scott: […]
Orson Scott Card’s Hamlet
Oh my stars and garters, Orson Scott Card has rewritten Hamlet and called it, Hamlet’s Father. via @houseinrlyeh and @pornokitsch)
The Cultural Gutter 