RIP Edward Woodward
RIP Edward Woodward. Respectable critics will righly remember you for Breaker Morant, but here in the Gutter we’ll remember you for The Wicker Man, The Equalizer and EastEnders. Obituaries here and here.
“Yow,” Being the Operative Word Here
Adi Tantimedh doesn’t like AMC’s remake of The Prisoner. Not at all: “Let’s get this out of the way: The Prisoner remake is shit. Pointless, generic shit.” “Shit,” being the operative word here. (via PWBeat, who have more discussion in their comments).
“Make Steam Not War”
England’s own clockwork soldier has the temerity to protest conscription, reported in The London Bell, May 12, 1887.
Weighing the Hearts of the Dead
In this age of fast zombies and vampires sparkling in the sun, maybe it’s time to remember the overlooked, the eternally cursed, the bandaged, leathery and passionate undead: mummies. Mummies are all about undying love. Not only does the resurrected Imhotep try to bring his dead love back to […]
Lord Byron joins us in the Gutter
Lord Byron talks trash about his literary rivals: “Southey and Turdsworth such renegado rascals.” (Thanks, Jen!)
Solomon Kane: Puritan Swordsman
Robert E. Howard’s Solomon Kane buckles his swash, fights the Devil’s Reaper and becomes a puritan swordsman in, well, Solomon Kane–a much better action movie with Christian themes in which the hero is crucified than The Passion of the Christ.
The Cultural Gutter 