This year is over, and like everyone says at the end of pretty much every year, good riddance. No, that’s not right. It wasn’t a bad year at all! Every year has good and bad things that happen. That’s just par for the course. So what all happened this year and what were the great new things and what were the not-so-great things? Let’s review! Continue reading The Best (and Worst) of 2013!
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Noirvember – on Scarlet Street (1945)
I failed the Noirvember Challenge, friends. All that really means is that I’ll finish up the remaining films on my list in December and probably be writing about them through the new year. I have three more films that I watched in the eleventh month that will count toward this completely arbitrary challenge: The Naked City, Call Northside 777, and Scarlet Street, which I’ll discuss presently. And coming soon, an appreciation of the short-lived comic book cartoon series, “Batman: The Brave and The Bold,” which has been one of my favorite discoveries (if you can call it that) of the year. Back to the topic at hand… Continue reading Noirvember – on Scarlet Street (1945)
Noirvember Two-Step – Cage of Evil (1960) and Raw Deal (1948)
It’s looking as though most of my posts for the Noirvember Challenge will go up well after the end of the month, but I’m just about wrapped up with viewing for the month. Look for posts on The Long Goodbye (1973), They Made Me A Fugitive (1947), Call Northside 777 (1948), and 99 River Street (1953) over the next few days. For now, here are two reviews for Cage of Evil (1960) and Raw Deal (1948)… Continue reading Noirvember Two-Step – Cage of Evil (1960) and Raw Deal (1948)
Noirvember Triple Shot – Love Triangles and Netflix’s Crime Against Genre Tags
It’s very late in the month for me to be finally cracking into that Noirvember Challenge I’d talked about previously, so today’s post will be delving into the first three films viewed for this mini-challenge: Double Indemnity (1944), Fashion Model (1945), and Crime Against Joe (1956). Note: I’m using Netflix streaming to watch these noir films, and thus using their genre tagging system for what qualifies as “film noir.” More on that in a bit… Continue reading Noirvember Triple Shot – Love Triangles and Netflix’s Crime Against Genre Tags
Noirvember and the upcoming holidays
2013 is almost over. Thank maude, because while this year had a bang-up beginning, it’s looking to end with a whimper. Onward and upward. November is when many folks in the United States celebrate Thanksgiving, on a late Thursday in the month, although Christmas hovers over everything from about 1 October through the actual holiday itself. So it goes. Continue reading Noirvember and the upcoming holidays
an update
Hello. While I’ve been blogging the October Horror Movie Challenge, I’ve been leaving all personal writing to the wayside. So let me do a quick rundown of everything that’s been happening lately… Continue reading an update
OHMC 2013 – Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
This is it. The last update on Bemused and Nonplussed for the October Horror Movie Challenge this year. I still have a couple more entries over at Dreams In The Bitch House to complete, and then the theater goes dark for another year. Not to worry, there’ll still be regularly scheduled mayhem here, and perhaps a few posts over there, too, not to mention writing for Cult Reviews. As far as long-form write-ups go for the Challenge, the final entry goes to Disney’s Something Wicked This Way Comes, a perfectly autumnal film if there ever was one.
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OHMC 2013 – Day of the Dead (1985)
It’s always bittersweet when the October Horror Movie Challenge is over. It marks the end of a horror fan’s greatest and best-loved month, but it also comes at great relief for some (including me). The minimum requirements for the Challenge are sometimes even too much for some genre fans (including me), who get burned out on watching all this terror. I recall one Challenge in particular that left me in a funk until December. I’m not saying this happens to everyone, and I’m not saying this as a deterrent to participating in or attempting the Challenge, I merely say this out of personal experience. At the same time, there’s a great and ever-growing community of participants with which to interact, discuss and debate horror films, which is a grand and wonderful thing to have. The best moments come from discovering new-to-you movies, and also when you rediscover an old favorite, particularly when you see it in a new light. This happened on a rewatch of George Romero’s third entry to the Dead series, Day of the Dead. Continue reading OHMC 2013 – Day of the Dead (1985)
OHMC 2013 – Martin (1978)
Ooh, the October Challenge is winding down, but there are a few more posts and updates both here and over at Dreams in the Bitch House in the coming days. 31 October, the big day, is going to be a busy one, with a final handful of films on the viewing slate. In addition to that, from 7-8pm EST, I’ll be spinning a bunch of Halloween tunes over at blip.fm. I plan on playing a bunch of stuff from the wayback, so come on over for some groovy, ghoulish tunes. In the meantime, however, here’s a look at one of my favorite horror films, George Romero’s Martin. Continue reading OHMC 2013 – Martin (1978)
OHMC 2013 – The Shining (1980) and Room 237 (2012)
Today’s post is a two-fer, because it only seemed appropriate to combine reviews for these films, beings that one is based upon the other. In other news, water is wet! So let’s head up to the Overlook for some words on The Shining and Room 237… Continue reading OHMC 2013 – The Shining (1980) and Room 237 (2012)
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