• Damn…what a batshit crazy movie! Just the way I like it! This first-person documentary highlights how just a few bad events can literally turn a person into a crazy psychopath. The movie is also known as Descent into Darkness, and it’s every bit as real as it gets. I think there will be a lot…

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    Sorgoi Prakov movie poster

  • The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson is a literary historical fiction romance that immediately captured my attention once I discovered it by accident. While I rarely read romance, the premise of the story in which a woman claims to be a severely burnt victim of a car crash that she has lived for hundreds of years…

    The Gargoyle book cover

  • The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a Russian literary novel first published in 1880. The version I’ve read, newly translated in 2024, is from Michael R. Katz. I first heard of this novel after having read The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong, in which the main character attempts to read the hefty novel.…

    The Brothers Karamazov book cover

  • The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong is a literary fictional novel set in a town called East Gladness in Connecticut. The novel depicts a boy on the verge of ending his own life by jumping off a bridge when he’s saved unexpectedly by an old lady. The story tackles issues such as poverty, drug…

    The Emperor of Gladness book cover

  • Black Phone was a pretty good horror suspense/thriller type of movie, but boy oh boy, Black Phone 2 here completely shit the bed. If there was ever an excuse for a cash grab, this would be it. After having watched the sequel, I’m wondering why this was even needed. What could this movie bring to…

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    Black Phone 2 movie poster

  • The Astronaut I think is another one of those movies that exists but one that makes movie viewers, especially viewers who have watched a lot of movies in their lifetime, question just why the movie existed in the first place and how it got to be. I usually think these types of things during the…

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    The Astronaut movie poster

  • The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt is a coming-of-age fiction novel that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2014. It’s a wonderful novel but one that requires patience, being that it is over 700 pages long. It explores the grief and sadness of a young boy as he is forced to grow up having lost his mother…

    The Goldifnch book cover

  • YAASOMWMOMNN – Yet Another Alien Series or Movie We May or May Not Need. This is what I always think first when I see anything regarding this franchise. One obvious question that I’ll likely ask as well is, why? Like seriously, why is this movie/series being made and what is it bringing to the table…

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    Alien Earth poster

  • Can I get a B… can I get a O… can I get a R….. You get it. Yeah, I know, lame as hell, but you know what? That’s exactly what this movie feels like. Holy dear mother of all things that are dear to me. This was such a pathetic closure to a mainstream…

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    The Conjuring Last Rites movie poster

  • Annnnndddd….it’s back! One of the more beloved found footage cult franchises is back for a special Halloween special. I believe the last movie, V/H/S Beyond, was released right about a year ago, around October of 2023. From what I remember, it was serviceable for fans and, regardless, these movies are just plain ol’ wacky, over…

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    V/H/S Halloween movie poster