Smells Like Human Spirit | Dan Carlin | Noam Chomsky | Dave Zirin | Lee Camp | Sibel Edmonds | Rob Ford coverage
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The leading voices of the free thinking generation share incredible insights and stories on Smells...
Awix (3310 KP) rated Haggopian and Other Stories in Books
Jun 14, 2019
A really mixed bag, all told: there are a handful of very good stories, like the one the book is named for, and a few others contain promising imagery or moments (an oil rig drills down into something it shouldn't; Lovecraft scholars should be able to guess what), but many others become repetitive and slightly tedious. If nothing else the stories here illustrate that, bereft of the philosophy underpinning Lovecraft's own work, the Mythos trappings just become a selection of campy props and costumes that aren't particularly scary.
Andy K (10823 KP) rated Dead Alive (1993) in Movies
Jul 11, 2018
When a poisonous rat monkey gets brought to the mainland, its lethal bite causes mayhem in a young man's life. He know has to deal with the growing weirdness at his house while he pursues the girl of his dreams.
Saying this movie is over the top is one of the largest understatements of all time. If you combine Evil Dead, Dawn of the Dead and The Toxic Avenger you still wouldn't come close to the campy goodness of this film.
The gore is definitely extreme, but very cheeky and comical. The demon baby is also especially hilarious.
If you ask me nicely, you can come to my house and watch this with me!
Making Bad Situations Worse
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The hilariously campy party game for adults. Making Bad Situations Worse is the adult party game...
David McK (3562 KP) rated Man of Steel (2013) in Movies
Sep 26, 2021
Oh, wait, wrong version of that character!
This is Zack Snyders reboot of the Superman story; basically an origin story for The Man of Steel and setting out is stall pretty early with the absolutely bonkers scene where Russell Crowe's Jor-El rides a dragon as the planet Krypton (a very different take on said planet than in the Christopher Reeve films) begins to die.
It also ends with the massive destruction in Metropolis - to be fair, a consequence of which is shown in the following DC film Batman Vs Superman - and with a shocking scene where this version of Superman commits an action it is almost impossible to imagine his Silver Age counterpoint to do.
Michael Shannon's Zod comes across as less campy than Terence Stamps, while - in this version, at least - the reason Lois Lane is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist *is* actually shown.
Steve Fearon (84 KP) rated Ruin Me (2017) in Movies
Sep 9, 2018 (Updated Sep 9, 2018)
The cast is a mix of early 2000s tropes, the goth couple, the chubby film nerd, the silent loner etc on a slasher themed survival weekend where events take a turn for the bloody.
They twist and turn a few times, toying with the viewer using an unreliable narrator, our protagonist Alex, whom you aren't ever really sure is in the real world.
Not much will surprise you, but it is a fun trope laden film with no real pretence of being anything other than it is...a low budget meta slasher.
Not a bad 90 mins though, and it's watchable enough so long as you don't mind the sometimes clunky humour and meta elements getting front and centre.
Andy Bell recommended The B-52's by The B-52's in Music (curated)
Killer Storm: A Terror Attack at Everest Base Camp. A White-Out Blizzard Rolls in. The Scene is Set for the Ultimate Everest Adventure
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KILLER STORM: THE THIRD AND FINAL BOOK IN THE EVEREST FILES TRILOGY. Teenage climber Ryan Hart is...
The Day the Nazis Came: The Astonishing True Story of a Childhood Journey from Nazi-Occupied Guernsey to the Dark Heart of a German Prison Camp
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By the time he was six, Stephen had been bombarded by the Luftwaffe and deported from occupied...
