Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau (2014) – whenever I watch documentaries about the troubled origins of some famously cursed production, I am amazed anew that studio movies are EVER produced — there are just so many egos and “sensibilities” pulling in mutually exclusive directions that having a watchable…
Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post.
A couple that are now for sale in my Etsy store (yes, that’s Darkseid): …and the rest directly from my sketchbook:
Movies Seen Recently: They, Conan the Barbarian, Horror Rises From the Tomb
Wes Craven Presents: They (2002) – Gee, Craven lending his name (and no other input) to a horror movie about bad dreams? Boy, what are the odds? In this case, the bad dreams are actually “night terrors” (they’re a distinct thing, look it up), which psychology student Julia had in her childhood, along with some…
Movies Seen Recently: Homo Sapiens, T-N-T, Believers
Homo Sapiens (2016) – It sounds like it shouldn’t work, but it does. This documentary is entirely composed of long (20-30 seconds) static shots of abandoned human structures — theaters, hotels, railway lines, apartment buildings, schools — accompanied by nothing but ambient sound. There’s occasionally some movement from wind-blown papers, falling leaves, birds, dripping water,…
Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post.
Three for sale in my Etsy shop… ..and the rest directly from my sketchbook.
Movies Seen Recently: Unknown, Cat O’Nine Tails, Bloodsport 2
Unknown (2006) – I love me a good amnesia opening, you know? In this case, five guys wake up in a locked-down warehouse without remembering who they are. Some are tied up; some are injured; some are armed. Who’s captive to whom, who’s a good guy and who’s a bad guy, and when whoever locked…
Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post.
A couple sketches for sale in my Etsy store: …and the rest directly from my sketchbook:
Movies Seen Recently: The Bone Snatcher, Fugitive Mind, The Warrior
The Bone Snatcher (2003) – I wanted to like this movie, and to a great degree I succeeded. You gotta cut some slack to low-budget sci-fi-horror flicks being made off the beaten path (in this case, a Canadian/South African co-production shot in Namibia). Granted, it’s almost all Anglo characters, including the fish-out-of-water Dr. Zack (Scott…
Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post.
One from the sketchbook this time… ..and then I decided to do some more sketches for sale (I don’t have another convention scheduled until June, so if I wait to do some more until I’m at a con…). All of these are for sale in my Etsy store, except the last one — that was…