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  • Shudder’s Creek Short Story for Halloween [PODCAST]

    Shudder’s Creek Short Story for Halloween [PODCAST]
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    Hey there, Halloween fans. I’m bringing to you today my first short story podcast. I wrote this on a whim out of a desire to create the kind atmosphere that I really enjoy around Halloween. I tend to gravitate towards ghost stories, spooky stories, and haunted house stories when it comes to Halloween ambience. I… Read more

  • And for the defense…

    And for the defense…

    As the 3D debate rages on, more directors are taking up the medium even as the public seems to be rejecting it. James Cameron promised great things with Avatar but delivered an unremarkable animated tale whose 3D was as flat as its characters. The numerous 3D films that flooded cineplexes in its aftermath did little… Read more

  • Ridley at 33

    Ridley Scott is my favorite contemporary director. One of the few whose movies I will see by sheer virtue of his directorial involvement. His eye for photography is fantastic and his narrative pacing ebbs and flows like gentle surf. His education as a set designer has led him to create fantastic movies from the seed… Read more

  • Star Trek: The First Frontier

    Gut reaction: I came to Star Trek very guarded. After all, the much-celebrated J.J. Abrams’ first attempt at film theatricality was the tedious and prosaic Mission: Impossible III, and his first role as producer was the emetic Cloverfield. Read more