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Film

Lifeboat Review (Film, 1944)

Lifeboat is a film at constant odds with itself. It's a highly theatrical concept that could never effectively be staged live. The action is played to the back row even though the boat is hardly 10 feet across. The actual plot is secondary to the political and thematic

Music

No Words: Metallica's "One" on Guzheng

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Event

Get Ready for October

Good people, in five days, the best month of the year begins. October is when people suddenly decide the celebration of horror and the supernatural is acceptable. The good will fades as dawn breaks on 1 November, so get your fill in while you can. Here are a few things

Books/Print

Banned Books Week: Here We Go Again

Chalk up two more bans for the 2014-15 list. And, as explained on Monday, they're for the usual reasons. One parent complained to the Riverside Unified School District in California about her child checking out The Fault In Our Stars by John Green. Of all the things she

Film

Horror Thursday: The Sacrament

I have to give credit to filmmakers like Eli Roth. They agree to the use of their name to help independent films get better distribution. The Sacrament is an "Eli Roth Presents" horror film about a cult that leaves the US to form their own Eden in an

Reviews

Must Watch: Gotham

There's just something about that Batman universe that makes for good TV. Gotham is the latest adaptation of the Dark Knight to appear on the small screen and it's good. We're dealing with an origin story that doesn't immediately jump to "

Music

Watch: I Wish I Were Amanda Lepore by Sharon Needles

Sharon Needles made her obsession with plastic surgery no secret on season 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race. She even walked the runway on the main stage dressed like a plastic surgery patient, complete with syringe. Since then, Sharon has name-dropped plastic surgery enthusiasts like Amanda Lepore in interviews.

Games

Play It: Dracula Origins (Part 2)

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Film

No Words: Ursula Narrates The Haunted Mansion

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Games

Play It: Dracula: Origins (Part 1)

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Film

Oldboy and Trick'r Treat Soundtracks Coming To Vinyl

Not everyone has an interest in vinyl. My own interest is, at best, passing at this point. You can get music at the click of a button. Why bother with older media technology unless you really want to hear the full frequency range (when modern music so often sticks to

Games

Live Play: Knock-Knock Part 4 (Play It)

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Live Play: Knock-Knock Part 3 (Play It)

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Horror Thursday: Home Part 4 (Final) (Play It)

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Books/Print

Why Celebrate Banned Books Week 2014

Yesterday, Banned Books Week 2014 officially began. This is a celebration of challenged and banned literature. The freedom to read without censorship is important and Banned Books Week shines a light on historical and contemporary challenges to literature. The American Library Association puts out excellent information about banned and challenged

Film

Watch: Ghoul Friend

We're not quite in October yet, aka the best month of the year. Why is it the best month? Autumn starts to kick in for real, turning the leaves into a beautiful medley of reds, oranges, and purples. Pumpkin spice flavor is available on or in everything. And

Games

New Super Smash Bros: Good News, Bad News

Nintendo is taking a lot risks with the newest entry in the Super Smash Bros. series. By now you know that the game will be released on the 3DS and the Wii U. The 3DS version comes out next month and is already available in Japan. The good thing about

Games

Weird Wednesday: Race the Sun (Play It)

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Film

Horror Thursday: The Others

Yesterday's Internet outage led to me revisiting one of my favorite horror films. The Others is best remembered for its twist, but I much prefer all the haunted house and religious horror shenanigans that come before. Horror Thursday: The Others

Games

Live Play: Knock-Knock Part 2 (Play It)

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Event

No Words: Dancing Pikachus

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Music

Watch: Mary Lambert's Secrets

I've written before about the talent of Mary Lambert, the singer/songwriter best known for writing and singing the chorus of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' hit single "Same Love." Now, Mary Lambert has a new single and it's one of the happiest, most

Games

Live Play: Knock-Knock Part 1 (Play It)

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Film

The Pikmin Movie is Coming

Pikmin is one of Nintendo's strangest gaming properties and that says a lot. They helped bring back the video game industry with the story of a plumber fighting turtle monsters to save a princess in a kingdom populated with mushroom people. Their next most successful property is a

Games

Binding Tuesday: Isaac Was Still Good Today (Play It)

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