Imagine an elderly man, sitting in a parlor before a fire, rocking in a chair, and telling you stray stories about his adventures as the comrade to a famous detective. The detective is now retired in obscurity–a beekeeper, we are told–but the truth of his many mysteries have yet to be told. So now the… Continue reading Sherlock Holmes: His Last Bow
Author: Keith
My Video Picks: Touch of Evil
Two successful detectives battle over police ethics. Touch of Evil is a 1958 film noir directed and starring Orson Welles. It also stars Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh. Set in a Mexican border town, it follows the rivalry between the American detective, Captain Quinlan (Welles), and a Mexican detective, Mike Vargas (Heston). After witnessing… Continue reading My Video Picks: Touch of Evil
Netflix Now: Beneath
There is a sameness in the way horror movies begin. A group of friends load up their car and head into the country for a binge of sex and booze. Or a family moves into a new town, a new house, to help recover from some tragedy, usually the lost of a child. Or a… Continue reading Netflix Now: Beneath
My Picks: Jesus Christ Superstar
Though an atheist, I love the story of Jesus. One man sacrificing himself for the salvation of all–there’s poetry in that. As a writer, I want to write that story, and many writers, especially in Western Literature, revisited this story in there own works. Some very directly, like Nikos Kazantzakis in The Last Temptation of… Continue reading My Picks: Jesus Christ Superstar
Netflix Now: Starry Eyes
I have written about my love of horror movies but of my frustrations to find movies that really scare me. What scares us have been filmed so many times in so many ways that it is almost impossible for moviemakers to be scary. Almost impossible, but not entirely. Starry Eyes, financed in part from a… Continue reading Netflix Now: Starry Eyes
Netflix Now: Age of Tomorrow
Yes, I saw Age of Tomorrow. I’m not proud of it, but I saw it. I don’t want to admit to you that I saw it, but since I saw this movie as part of my Netflix Now series, I must confess it. In truth, if I hadn’t planned on reviewing this movie, I would’ve… Continue reading Netflix Now: Age of Tomorrow
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Everyday on a commuter train, Rachel travels between her home in Ashbury to London. As the train passes through Witney, she can see her old home through the window. Her exhusband still lives in the house, with his current wife, Anna, and their infant daughter. A few houses down, she also spies on the lives… Continue reading The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
High-Rise by J.G. Ballard
Though I’ve never read J.G. Ballard before, I discovered as I researched his biography that he’s been in my life for a long time. At least since the 80s, when I saw Steven Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun. This movie was an adaptation from Ballard’s book by the same name, which was an autobiographical novel… Continue reading High-Rise by J.G. Ballard
Netflix Now: The Ward
The movie poster for The Ward caught my eye. It showed a beautiful blond, dressed in a flimsy white gown, and struggling against unseen forces. Sex and violence all in one image! When I saw that John Carpenter, of Halloween and The Thing fame, directed this movie, I was sold. Carpenter is clearly one of… Continue reading Netflix Now: The Ward
Netflix Now: The Mirror
When three roommates decide to compete to win a prize for proving a supernatural event, they purchased a cursed mirror on eBay and hang it in their living room. Armed with movie and video cameras, they set up round-the-clock video surveillance. It is a case of being careful of what you wish for, because the supernatural… Continue reading Netflix Now: The Mirror