The Unexpected Horror of Clair Titley’s ‘The Contestant’
Clair Titley’s The Contestant delves into the harrowing ordeal of Nasubi, perhaps the world’s first reality star and the unexpected horrors he survived.
Imaginary Creature Competition: Face Off and Golden Age VFX
Ever since I was a kid, I remember waiting impatiently for the monsters in the movie to appear. I was always moving around, doing head stands or jiggling my knees, but whenever there were strange creatures, shaggy beasts, alien beings, or puppets on the screen they had my […]
10 Things I liked in 2021
It’s annual list time where I share things I liked in the last year. I usually try to write about things I haven’t written about before, but the world is not what it was and perhaps next year I will be back to that or perhaps on to […]
Summer Fun Time Reading and Other Things 2021!
The solstice and the the Fourth of July have passed and summer is definitely upon us, my friends. It’s hot, with cicadas (Brood X and Broods Otherwise), fireflies, fireworks, thunderstorms and humidity released upon my part of the world at least. And I have some suggestions for things […]
We’re Here and We’re Fabulous!
June is Pride month, and although the Pride celebrations in my city will be virtual again this summer, some of my friends in places that are out of lockdown have been sending me wonderful pictures of queer+ folks gathered together once again. It warms my chilled pandemic heart, […]
Build Me a Creature, Fast as You Can
‘Tis always the season for puppets, if you ask me, but Gremlins is officially holiday seasonal. I watched it again for the first time in many years and there were a lot of things I had forgotten, including the scene where Gizmo stunt drives a Barbie Dream Car […]
The Cultural Gutter 