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The Curator of Schlock #247: Day of the Dead
The Curator of Schlock #247 by Jeff Shuster Day of the Dead: Bloodline Three times is not the charm. Okay, Halloweenies. Your Curator of Shock is here with wrap up October with the George Romero classic, Day of the Dead. Get ready for zombies that say hello to their Aunt Alicia and prepare to eat… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #76: Because Everything is Terrible
Buzzed Books #76 by Will Rincon Because Everything is Terrible by Paul Guest Paul Guest’s fourth poetry collection, Because Everything is Terrible, wastes no time pulling the reader into his world. “First this happened: you woke in a dim glade, / pine trees leaning in, all around.” The twenty-two-page opening poem, “After Damascus” is broken into thirteen… Continue reading
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Pensive Prowler #24: Justice League of Steppenwolf
Pensive Prowler #24 by Dmetri Kakmi Justice League of Steppenwolf The following does not constitute a film review of Justice League. More a running commentary as my befuddle mind tried to make sense of the movie through an alcoholic haze. As the movie begins (I can’t put my finger on what’s wrong with the title),… Continue reading
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Episode 337: A Roundtable Discussion of Stephen King’s Danse Macabre!
Episode 337 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I am joined by Dale Lucas, Tom Lucas, and Elise McKenna for a deep dive into Stephen King’s 1981 treatise on the horror genre, Danse Macabre. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES Check out Don… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #246: Rings
The Curator of Schlock #246 by Jeff Shuster Rings Ring-a-Ding-Ding! I’ve been putting this off. 2017’s Rings from director F. Javier Gutiérrez is the movie responsible for Paramount cancelling the next installment of the Friday the 13th series of films. Apparently, Rings was supposed to be their new cash cow annual horror film series with… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #75: Convenience Store Woman
Buzzed Books #75 by Drew Barth Sayaka Murata’s Convenience Store Woman There’s familiarity in a convenience store. Safety, even. We walk into a convenience store and have certain expectations about what’s likely going to happen. Familiar drinks, chips, candy, hot dogs rolling away. It’s within this familiarity we find Keiko Furukura: thirty-eight year-old part-time convenience… Continue reading
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Episode 336: Sean M. Conrey!
Episode 336 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk to the poet Sean M. Conrey about poetry, religion, trees, and our long ago time at Purdue University. TEXT DISCUSSED Episode 336 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #245: Wish Upon
The Curator of Schlock #245 by Jeff Shuster Wish Upon Whatever happened to Ryan Phillippe? What’s up, home skillet? Just your resident non-boomer here, curating the most shocking movies he can get his hands on. I thought I would review a young adult movie this week. We’re all about the young adult movies here at… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #74: The Only Harmless Great Thing
Buzzed Books #74 by Drew Barth Brooke Bolander’s The Only Harmless Great Thing There aren’t that many books I’ve read that include exploding elephants. There are even fewer books that include exploding elephants that have an emotional impact that hits with the force of an exploding elephant. And yet here we are. The elephant in… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #76: National Theatre Live: Hamlet
75. Robin Lough’s National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2015) My recent thesis, that successful stage productions should just be filmed rather than adapted for a purely cinematic version, isn’t being born out as well as I had hoped, even if The National Theatre Live’s 2015 version of Hamlet sparkles with greatness. “If thou hast nature in… Continue reading
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