When I heard that filmmakers were remaking 1977’s Suspiria, I suffered two conflicting reactions. Hell no! I thought. Don’t touch this cult favorite! Don’t ruin it with your Hollywood sensibilities. But at the same time, […]
When I left the theater after seeing On the Basis of Sex, my first thought was, “That sets the bar high.” After Escape Room, it was the second movie I saw in 2019, but it […]
During the double-digit inflation of the 1970s, every supermarket began offering generic food items. They were cheaper than brandnames and helped family budgets make it from one payday to the next. They were packaged in […]
Everyone, at least every book lover, has their favorite bookstore. Though mine is Auntie’s Books in Spokane, many others living in the Northwest tell me theirs is Powell’s City of Books in Portland, Oregon. All […]
One weakness I have as a movie review is that I often find I have two opinions of a movie. There is the opinion I have as I’m watching the movie, and there’s the opinion […]
Though The Ocean at the End of the Lane is the first novel by Neil Gaiman that I’ve read, I wasn’t as unfamiliar with his work as I had believed when I read it. With […]
When I first heard about a movie based on the premise that future cities will be giant, mobile war machines, my first reaction was indifference. The concept sounded like a challenge to my willing suspension […]
As the title suggests, The Possession of Hannah Grace is about demonic possession, but its plot is better described as a ghost story. Yet it includes vampiric elements. The hybrid nature of the monster suggests […]
When I travel, I take the train. A few days before Halloween, I found myself at an Amtrak Depot that offered a book exchange. Leave a book; take a book. They had a jar for […]
When I sat down to watch The Haunting of Hill House, a Netflix original series, I felt confident I would love it. Shirley Jackson’s novel is my favorite haunted house story. It was faithfully adapted […]
