The Man Who Built the Sierra Club: A Life of David Brower
Book
David Brower (1912-2000) was a central figure in the modern environmental movement. His leadership,...
The Alpine Journal 2015: Volume 119
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This, the 152nd publication of the Alpine Journal, takes you on a selection of significant first...
Air: Nature and Culture
Book
Air has always been essential to life, from the atmospheric composition that gave life to the...
LeftSideCut (3778 KP) rated American Horror Story - Season 9 in TV
May 10, 2020
1984 is one big homage to 80s slasher films, in particular Friday the 13th. If you've read my any of my reviews before, you will know that I bloody love a slasher, even the shitty ones, so this premise was always going to be a winner for me.
A big change this time around is the absence of big AHS names. No Sarah Paulson, no Evan Peters, no Kathy Bates. Their presence is certainly missed in some sort of capacity, but the cast we have do a solid job at carrying the season. Emma Roberts and Billie Lourd take centre stage here, and are both great. We also see some familiar faces in Leslie Grossman, Cody Fern, John Carroll Lynch, Finn Wittrock, Leslie Jordan, Lily Rabe, and Dylan McDermott, so it still has that signature AHS feel. A couple of newcomers are introduced as well - Matthew Morrison and Gus Kenworthy are both hilarious. Zach Villa plays real life serial killer Richard Ramirez (who briefly appeared all the way back in Hotel) and the guy is genuinely menacing. If another season of Twin Peaks ever gets made - he's a dead ringer for Killer Bob.
One of the highlights is "villain" Mr. Jingles (John Carroll Lynch). He's such a finely crafted character, that he honestly deserves to stand next to the Jason and Freddy's of the slasher world.
The story is pretty fun. Mixing 80s campy horror with more familiar AHS elements (such as ghosts not being able to leave the place they died etc) and is pretty engaging for the most part. It gets a little convoluted near the end, and lacks the depth that seasons such as Asylum and Roanoke gave, but it's forgiveable considering the quality of everything else.
As a final thought - the synthwave version of the theme tune is fucking awesome.
The Ultra Mindset: An Endurance Champion's 8 Core Principles for Success in Business, Sports, and Life
Travis Macy and John Hanc
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Travis Macy summited glacial peaks in the French Alps, rappelled into vast limestone caves in China,...
SAS Survival Guide for iPad
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Valleywood: The Autobiography of Lateysha Grace
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Since exploding on to our screens as part of the MTV show The Valleys, diva Lateysha Grace has...
Shrewdunnit: The Nature Files
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Conor Mark Jameson has spent most of his life exploring the natural environment and communicating...
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HeartWatch. Heart & Activity Monitor for Watch
Health & Fitness and Medical
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"HeartWatch is so good, you’d think Apple built the app itself." John Patrick Pullen, Time...
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