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Life and the Fallen Kingdom
So the first trailer for Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom dropped today. Strange to think that we’re at this weird place where a new round of sequels (as in sequels to sequels and reboots) is on the horizon. It will be … Continue reading
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Out of the Country, Into the Country
These clips from Edgar Wright’s Hot Fuzz seem appropriate given the trajectory of the next couple of days. Before the country: In the country:
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Returning to Area X for the First Time
One of the most interesting sci-fi-fi reads for me over the last few years was Jeff Vandermeer’s Annihilation. It’s the first in the “Southern Reach” trilogy, a trio of books released one every six months for a year. The story … Continue reading
Far from the Maze
This past weekend at camp I had a good conversation with a co-worker about the state of movies, particularly those of the dystopian/teenage kind. I had such high hopes for The Hunger Games, even though I left most of those … Continue reading
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Ragnarok and Roll, Too
Only one other trailer was as surprising and exciting to see out of SDCC besides Justice League: Thor-Ragnarok. What was exciting was how the trailer moved our understanding of the movie’s plot forward without giving too much away. Turns … Continue reading
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Closer to the Tower
We’re just at a week until the release of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower. The movie clocks in at just over an hour-and-a-half, which is a little concerning to me until I remember that The Gunslinger, the first book in … Continue reading
Are You Ready, Player One?
A couple of Decembers ago I found myself in the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport without a novel to read. I left the terminal bookstore with a copy of Cline’s Ready Player One (and this after at least a year of hearing … Continue reading
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Fireworks, Gandalf
Every year on the Fourth of July this comes to mind.
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Our Arthurian Summer
We’re in the middle of an attempted summertime Arthurian renaissance. I say attempted because it hasn’t been going all that well. King Arthur and his knights are always swirling around somewhere in the creative, storytelling mix, which makes it interesting … Continue reading
Entering the Dark (Cinematic) Universe
Today I caught an a.m. showing of The Mummy. It was either that or Pirates, and I just wasn’t up for 2 1/2 hours of pirate storytelling (perhaps later this week). Brendan Fraser’s The Mummy Returns was one of my … Continue reading
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