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Man of Yesterday
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This blog is written by the author Robert D. Spake, mostly used for movie, book and board game reviews. It also contains links to his books and interviews he has participated in.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 634 )
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Movie Review – Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
Director: David Miller Stars: Kirk Douglas, Walter Matthau, Gena Rowlands, Michael Kane Jack Burns (Douglas) is one of the last cowboys. Read more
Posted on 22 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
D&D5 – Lost Mines of Phandelver Session Report
I’m not sure what I’m going to use this for really, I suppose a session report is as apt a title as any. I’m not going to write a whole summary of what... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Book Review – Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere by Mike Carey & Glenn Fabry
This is an adaptation of Neverwhere, a novel by Neil Gaiman. It’s about a man, Richard Mayhew, who helps a strange woman and ends up in the London beneath... Read more
Posted on 20 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Book Review – Eustace by S.J. Harris
Eustace is a sickly boy confined to his bed. He eats soup, has to endure visits from his great-aunts and longs for the day when his hero, his brother Frank,... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – The Big Knife (1955)
Director: Robert Aldrich Stars: Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Wendell Corey, Jean Hagen, Rod Steiger, Wesley Addy, Paul Langton, Shelley Winters Charles Castle... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – R100 (2013)
Director: Hitoshi Matsumoto Stars: Nao Omiri, Mao Daichi, Lindsay Kay Hayward, Katagiri Hairi, Shinobu Terajima Takafumi Katayama is a man suffering because... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
Director: Jonathan Liebesman Stars: Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner, Alan Ritchson, Noel Fisher, Pete Ploszek, Johnny Knoxville, Jeremy Howard, Danny... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – All is Lost (2013)
Director: J. C. Chandor Stars: Robert Redford All is Lost is a minimalistic film that concentrates on one survivor who is lost at sea. Read more
Posted on 17 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Book Review – The Storyteller of Marrakesh by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya
Each year Hassan gathers people to the city square and retells a story of a time when two mysterious strangers came to the city. Read more
Posted on 16 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights (1994)
Directors: Jim Falkenstein, Joanna Romersa Stars: Casey Kasem, Don Messick, Greg Burson, Allan Melvin, Jennifer Hale, Rob Paulson Shaggy and Scooby-Doo find... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Lake Tahoe (2008)
Director: Fernando Eimbcke Stars: Diego Catano, Hector Herrera, Daniela Valentine A teenager tries to find a spare part to fix his car and encounters a number o... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Close My Eyes (1991)
Director: Stephen Poliakoff Stars: Saskia Reeves, Clive Owen, Alan Rickman, Karl Johnson, Lesley Sharp After some years of tension, Richard (Owen) and his siste... Read more
Posted on 14 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Oldboy (2013)
Director: Spike Lee Stars: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Imperioli In this remake of the highly-regarded 2003 Korean... Read more
Posted on 13 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – The Maze Runner (2014)
Director: Wes Ball Stars: Dylan O’Brien, Aml Ameen, Ki Hong Lee, Blake Cooper, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Will Poulter, Kaya Scodelario Thomas (O’Brien) wakes up i... Read more
Posted on 13 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Book Review – Iron Man: Doomquest by David Michelinie, Bob Layton and John Romit...
Doomquest collects two stories from Michelinie’s run on Iron Man that see the invincible Avenger go head-to-head with the nefarious Dr. Doom. Read more
Posted on 13 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Book Review – Blankets by Craig Thompson
Blankets is an autobiographical tale focused Craig Thompson’s childhood and early adulthood. It encompasses a lot and we’re presented with his relationship... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
Director: Jim O’Connelly Stars: James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Carlson, Laurence Naismith Tuck (Franciscus) encounters an old flame, TJ (Golan) who... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Book Review – Daredevil Yellow by Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale
Matt Murdock is still coming to terms with the death of Karen Page. In this book, he writes a letter to her, reminiscing about the time when the first met, whic... Read more
Posted on 10 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Black Sheep (2006)
Director: Jonathan King Stars: Nathan Meister, Peter Feeney, Danielle Mason, Tammy Davis, Oliver Driver I mutton be sheepish when writing this review. I hope ew... Read more
Posted on 09 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES -
Movie Review – Flirting With Disaster (1996)
Director: David O. Russell Stars: Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Tea Leoni, George Segal, Mary Tyler Moore, Alan Alda, Lily Tomkins, Josh Brolin, Richard... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES