Category: Reviews

Book Review: A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

April 22, 2015
5 mins to read

“The beauty of A Head Full of Ghosts is that there are a number of possible interpretations of the events and that the conclusions drawn by one reader may be very different to those drawn by another.” Those of a certain age will remember a brilliant, unnerving live television event that was broadcast by the …

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Book Review: Skullcrack City by Jeremy Robert Johnson

April 21, 2015
8 mins to read

“ We finally see Johnson tackle the bizarre in full novel form, and the results are spectacular!” S.P. Doyle cracked the code, and now he’s going to bring the bank down to its knees. Popping the latest designer drug, Hexadrine (street name Hex), he falls down the rabbit hole, consumed by paranoia and a constant …

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Film Review: Spring (2014)

April 15, 2015
4 mins to read

“Viewers seeking more than the typical gore-fest will find themselves pleasantly surprised.” After burying his mother, Evan tries to drown his sorrows in drink, resulting in a nasty barroom brawl. Suddenly jobless, and with the police pounding on his door, he grabs his passport and gets the first flight out to Italy to finally take …

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Film Review: A Good Marriage (2014)

April 13, 2015
4 mins to read

“Unlikely to linger much in the mind.” It’s fair to say that a great many adaptations of the work of Stephen King have been stinkers, but, those films adapted from his novella length pieces have given us a fair share of the best movies from his work such as Stand by Me (1986), The Mist …