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• Seasonal Poe

  

  The more I read of and about Edgar Allan Poe, the more convinced I become that he wasn’t as associated with horror in his own mind as he has become. Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Haunted Space

  

  A haunted house film set in space. That’s what I thought and then read the same words in a published description of what the writer and director were going... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ever Hopeful

  

  Plants are some of the most hopeful entities on the Earth.  As much as I’ve had trouble with houseplants, outside they seem to do fine.  Great, in fact. ... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Must Be Autumn

  

  As it often goes, a friend pointed out to me a book on Sleepy Hollow that published just this week. I preordered a copy that arrived on Tuesday and buzzed... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Some Body

  

  Many period movies are reevaluated and found better than originally critiqued. (It feels strange to write that about a 2009 movie, but that was a decade and a... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Borrowed Land

  

  The thing about local attractions is that residents seldom have time to visit them.  Weekends are busy with the tasks you can’t accomplish otherwise with a 9-2-... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Word Undefined

  

  It’s one of those amorphous, uncommon words that can be devilishly difficult to define. It’s also a churchy word. “Acedia” was considered both a sin and a... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Another Host

  

  Several months ago I wrote about The Host, a movie I enjoyed but had watched by mistake. By that I mean that someone had recommended The Host (2006) and I... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• From God’s Mouth

  

  If book banners would actually read the book they claim to protect, the Bible, they would run across the account of Jehoiakim and Jeremiah.  It’s in Jeremiah 36... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Liminal Time

  

  Considering the number of people who declare autumn their favorite season, the equinox receives pretty slim press.  This year it falls on the 22nd and, as... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Burial Zone

  

  I don’t always believe the statistics. Numerically, the number of horror films—depending on how the term is defined—declined into men (and sometimes women) in... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Dancing with King

  

  There are books you wait too late to read, but which you read at just the right time for you. That’s how I feel about Stephen King’s Danse Macabre. Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Science of Convenience

  

  One thing I’ve noticed about employers is that they’re all for science, except when science contradicts capitalism.  Then they become all mystical. Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Other Worlds

  

  There are any number of movies out there, and you find some that have evaded much comment by checking out the freebies on Amazon Prime. That’s how I found... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Slow and Spry

  

  Businesses seem to want to move at light speed.  At least some do.  When I see that happening I think, “their strategy must be to make a fortune quickly so... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not What It Says

  

  The title sounds promising. Gothic Harvest. But the movie in no way lives up to it, even with its vampires vs. voodoo theme. So, during Mardi Gras a group of... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Dictionary Dreams

  

  “Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace.”  Thus begins the venerated Nunc dimittis, familiar from so many years of chanting evensong at Nashotah... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Stupid Burnt Lizard

  

  The kaiju monster film has evolved significantly, as my post on Godzilla Minus One may indicate. Monster boomers grew up with Saturday afternoon kaiju,... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Things About Pennsylvania

  

  When I used to pick up my daughter from college in upstate New York, we’d sometimes come up with ways to keep the conversation going for the three-to-four... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Teaching Horror

  

  Critics who complain that Aislinn Clarke’s The Devil’s Doorway has nothing new really have no appreciation for parables. An Irish found-footage film, The Devil’... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY