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SHERLOCK’S LITTLE MISTAKES 1 : A STUDY IN PINK 0. Terms of Engagement. Mystery fiction is a profoundly consolatory genre. Whether it is set in a Loamshire country house, a snow-bound train or the streets of Victorian London, the mystery novel is all about fashioning order from the chaos and misery of our daily lives. GARETH EDWARDS INTERVIEW Gareth Edwards is not what you probably picture when you think of a special effects artist turned science fiction director: he’s personable and energetic, as charming to look at as he is to listen to, and utterly enthusiastic about his new movie, Monsters.If you haven’t heard about it, it’s a near-future in which a NASA probe brought back life from one of Jupiter’s moons, and theWINTER’S BONE
Winter’s Bone is about a rural Missouri teenager whose drug-manufacturing father left her between a rock and a hard place when he put their property up to post his bond and then failed to make his court date.Ree, the teenage daughter holding together the family for her “sick” (read: withdrawn and broken) mother and two young siblings has to try and find him—or his body—going to allMATTHEW C. FUNK
+Matthew Funk is a social media consultant, professional marketing copywriter and writing mentor. He is the editor of the Genre section of the critically acclaimed zine, FictionDaily and Full Stop. Winner of the Spinetingler award for Best Short Story on the Web 2010, M. C. Funk has been published at numerous sites online, indexed at his Web site, and in print with Needle Magazine, Howl, 6S EMPIRE IN BLACK AND GOLD BY ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY REVIEW Empire in Black and Gold is the debut of British author Adrian Tchaikovsky and the first installment in a trilogy titled Shadows of the Apt.In his debut Tchaikovsky gives us a heroic narrative where a small group of travellers offer resistance against overwhelming odds – a narrative pattern typical of epic fantasy. SONGS OF HATE: MEIKO KAJI AND FEMALE PRISONER SCORPION The first of four films that Meiko made as Sasori (scorpion) was Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (Joshu 701-go Sasori), 1972.On the surface, it’s actually a little difficult to understand Meiko’s concerns about Nikkatsu’s move to roman porno.Scorpion opens with a cavalcade of naked Japanese female yardbirds put through a bizarre monkey-bar exercise routine by the pervy warden and his crew THE ART OF GOING TOO FAR I think that I found my voice—or at least my confidence—when I was a graduate screenwriting student at UCLA. Although I had been writing for a number of years, it was at UCLA that I pushed myself and understood and accepted failure as a positive possibility. BOOMTRON – PODCAST COMING IN 2020 On. August 7 By Jimmy Callaway In Movies & TV. Well, kids, it’s almost here. The wide release on August 17th of Robert Pattinson’s latest vehicle, the David Cronenberg film Cosmopolis, is only days away, and if you listen closely, you can hear the eager . HAL DUNCAN – BOOMTRON Hal Duncan is a sodomitic Scots smoker who staggered drunkenly into the SF Café in 2005 with his debut, VELLUM, and now has various novels, novellas, short PAUL SMITH – BOOMTRON A lifelong lover of fantastic literature and sequential art, Paul Smith is a post graduate philosophy student and the man behind the up and coming literary criticism blog, Empty Your Heart of its Mortal Dream.If he could be any comic book superhero, he would be BlackagarBoltagon.
SHERLOCK’S LITTLE MISTAKES 1 : A STUDY IN PINK 0. Terms of Engagement. Mystery fiction is a profoundly consolatory genre. Whether it is set in a Loamshire country house, a snow-bound train or the streets of Victorian London, the mystery novel is all about fashioning order from the chaos and misery of our daily lives. GARETH EDWARDS INTERVIEW Gareth Edwards is not what you probably picture when you think of a special effects artist turned science fiction director: he’s personable and energetic, as charming to look at as he is to listen to, and utterly enthusiastic about his new movie, Monsters.If you haven’t heard about it, it’s a near-future in which a NASA probe brought back life from one of Jupiter’s moons, and theWINTER’S BONE
Winter’s Bone is about a rural Missouri teenager whose drug-manufacturing father left her between a rock and a hard place when he put their property up to post his bond and then failed to make his court date.Ree, the teenage daughter holding together the family for her “sick” (read: withdrawn and broken) mother and two young siblings has to try and find him—or his body—going to allMATTHEW C. FUNK
+Matthew Funk is a social media consultant, professional marketing copywriter and writing mentor. He is the editor of the Genre section of the critically acclaimed zine, FictionDaily and Full Stop. Winner of the Spinetingler award for Best Short Story on the Web 2010, M. C. Funk has been published at numerous sites online, indexed at his Web site, and in print with Needle Magazine, Howl, 6S EMPIRE IN BLACK AND GOLD BY ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY REVIEW Empire in Black and Gold is the debut of British author Adrian Tchaikovsky and the first installment in a trilogy titled Shadows of the Apt.In his debut Tchaikovsky gives us a heroic narrative where a small group of travellers offer resistance against overwhelming odds – a narrative pattern typical of epic fantasy. SONGS OF HATE: MEIKO KAJI AND FEMALE PRISONER SCORPION The first of four films that Meiko made as Sasori (scorpion) was Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (Joshu 701-go Sasori), 1972.On the surface, it’s actually a little difficult to understand Meiko’s concerns about Nikkatsu’s move to roman porno.Scorpion opens with a cavalcade of naked Japanese female yardbirds put through a bizarre monkey-bar exercise routine by the pervy warden and his crew THE ART OF GOING TOO FAR I think that I found my voice—or at least my confidence—when I was a graduate screenwriting student at UCLA. Although I had been writing for a number of years, it was at UCLA that I pushed myself and understood and accepted failure as a positive possibility. BOOMTRON – PAGE 2 – PODCAST COMING IN 2020 I’ve been keeping an eye open for Lilyhammer since word of its over in Norway. The complete first season of Steven Van Zandt’s sleeps-with-the-fishes-out-of-water comedy series was released onto Netflix this evening, in its eight-episode entirety. PLAYIN W/ ICE AND FIRE This is the A Game of Thrones reread! Follow us a we go thru the first book in GRRM’s iconic A Song of Ice and Fire series that launchedthe HBO show!
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Winter’s Bone is about a rural Missouri teenager whose drug-manufacturing father left her between a rock and a hard place when he put their property up to post his bond and then failed to make his court date.Ree, the teenage daughter holding together the family for her “sick” (read: withdrawn and broken) mother and two young siblings has to try and find him—or his body—going to all DREDGING SUZHOU RIVER: ARTIFICE AND ART Dredging Suzhou River: Artifice and Art. At the very beginning of Lou Ye’s Suzhou River ( Sūzhōu Hé) the unnamed and unseen narrator and protagonist whom works as a freelance cameraman tells the viewer that he is fine filming anything just so long as the client doesn’t complain. His camera, he says, shows things the way that they are. RPGS I DIDN’T GET TO PLAY: THE 8-BIT YEARS I had the bad timing to become a console RPG fan at the dawn of the 1990s. This was originally due to a promotional gimmick run by Nintendo Power magazine in which they gave away a free copy of the game Dragon Warrior to new subscribers. My friends were bored to tears by it, but for me- a kid with extremely poor hand-eye coordination and an affinity for planning, strategy, and numbers- it was ASHES OF TIME REDUX: WONG KAR-WAI AS A POET OF MEMORY In 2046, Wong Kar-wai’s eighth film, Tony Leung Chiu-wai plays a journalist and writer (the same character he plays in In the Mood for Love), that begins to write science-fiction as an additional income when journalist work dries up.The story that he writes, also called 2046, set in the distant future about people who travel to 2046 (whether it is a time or a place is never explained) in PAUL SMITH – BOOMTRON A lifelong lover of fantastic literature and sequential art, Paul Smith is a post graduate philosophy student and the man behind the up and coming literary criticism blog, Empty Your Heart of its Mortal Dream.If he could be any comic book superhero, he would be BlackagarBoltagon.
UP JUMPED THE NEW WORLD ORDER Note that there was none of this talk when hip-hop was about Adidas and fighting for your right to party. It was only when hip-hop moved into the realm of talking about the reality of street life and violence and fear and paranoia and personal angst, and when production became more layered and diverse and complicated. 5 REASONS BLADE RUNNER SHOULD BE LEFT THE HELL ALONE Ridley Scott is reportedly “moving forward aggresively in development” of a new Blade Runner project, and there should be announcement as to the specifics of the project in the opening months of the New Year, including who the screenwriter will be.. As the rumors begin to pick up steam, and the media outlets like Indiewire begin to really run with the story, I thought it might be a goodMATTHEW C. FUNK
+Matthew Funk is a social media consultant, professional marketing copywriter and writing mentor. He is the editor of the Genre section of the critically acclaimed zine, FictionDaily and Full Stop. Winner of the Spinetingler award for Best Short Story on the Web 2010, M. C. Funk has been published at numerous sites online, indexed at his Web site, and in print with Needle Magazine, Howl, 6S BOOMTRON – PODCAST COMING IN 2020 On. August 7 By Jimmy Callaway In Movies & TV. Well, kids, it’s almost here. The wide release on August 17th of Robert Pattinson’s latest vehicle, the David Cronenberg film Cosmopolis, is only days away, and if you listen closely, you can hear the eager .CONTRIBUTORS
Over the years Boomtron has had many contributors, from readers who wanted to share their thoughts to award winning and best selling authors. Below are some of them. Hal Duncan is the author of VELGAMING – BOOMTRON
There aren’t many things from my youth that I truly miss, but one of the members of that elite group is the space combat flight simulatorgame.
ELENA NOLA AND JAY TOMIO Elena Nola is the imperial editrix for the Boomtron empire. She likes genre books, weird movies, and obscure references. She lives in New Orleans, where almost every day is good enough for good times. 6 MOST TWISTED PRANKS IN CRIME FILM A perfect crime always has a bit of a prank to it. When you’re breaking the law, you’re duping society, after all. You play a joke on old Lady Justice. The punchline just happens to be HAL DUNCAN – BOOMTRON Hal Duncan is a sodomitic Scots smoker who staggered drunkenly into the SF Café in 2005 with his debut, VELLUM, and now has various novels, novellas, short TRUE GRIT | MOVIE REVIEW True Grit is the latest movie from the Coen brothers, and their best since No Country for Old Men.It convinces me that they should stick to movies that are not comedic in structure but simply in tone; this is a revenge story layered with dark humor, but the characters and the situations are always, usually literally, deadly serious.JONATHAN MCCALMONT
Jonathan McCalmont is a critic whose work has been published at Strange Horizons, The SF Site, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Vector and The Escapist. He maintains aJIMMY CALLAWAY
I’ve long believed Warren Ellis is a crime-fiction writer at heart. The first series of Wolfskin was a clear example of sword-and-sorcery comics, but had that distinct Yojimbo/Fistful of Dollars feel, a dyed-in-the-wool crook playing both sides.CHEW… STRIPP’D
As the comic begins, Chu is a cop working to infiltrate a speakeasy that serves illegal chicken. Which brings us to the comic’s second genre device. Chew is set in the aftermath of a deadly outbreak of avian flu. In order to protect their population from the BOOMTRON – PODCAST COMING IN 2020 On. August 7 By Jimmy Callaway In Movies & TV. Well, kids, it’s almost here. The wide release on August 17th of Robert Pattinson’s latest vehicle, the David Cronenberg film Cosmopolis, is only days away, and if you listen closely, you can hear the eager .CONTRIBUTORS
Over the years Boomtron has had many contributors, from readers who wanted to share their thoughts to award winning and best selling authors. Below are some of them. Hal Duncan is the author of VELGAMING – BOOMTRON
There aren’t many things from my youth that I truly miss, but one of the members of that elite group is the space combat flight simulatorgame.
ELENA NOLA AND JAY TOMIO Elena Nola is the imperial editrix for the Boomtron empire. She likes genre books, weird movies, and obscure references. She lives in New Orleans, where almost every day is good enough for good times. 6 MOST TWISTED PRANKS IN CRIME FILM A perfect crime always has a bit of a prank to it. When you’re breaking the law, you’re duping society, after all. You play a joke on old Lady Justice. The punchline just happens to be HAL DUNCAN – BOOMTRON Hal Duncan is a sodomitic Scots smoker who staggered drunkenly into the SF Café in 2005 with his debut, VELLUM, and now has various novels, novellas, short TRUE GRIT | MOVIE REVIEW True Grit is the latest movie from the Coen brothers, and their best since No Country for Old Men.It convinces me that they should stick to movies that are not comedic in structure but simply in tone; this is a revenge story layered with dark humor, but the characters and the situations are always, usually literally, deadly serious.JONATHAN MCCALMONT
Jonathan McCalmont is a critic whose work has been published at Strange Horizons, The SF Site, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Vector and The Escapist. He maintains aJIMMY CALLAWAY
I’ve long believed Warren Ellis is a crime-fiction writer at heart. The first series of Wolfskin was a clear example of sword-and-sorcery comics, but had that distinct Yojimbo/Fistful of Dollars feel, a dyed-in-the-wool crook playing both sides.CHEW… STRIPP’D
As the comic begins, Chu is a cop working to infiltrate a speakeasy that serves illegal chicken. Which brings us to the comic’s second genre device. Chew is set in the aftermath of a deadly outbreak of avian flu. In order to protect their population from theGAMING – BOOMTRON
Bioware recently put out a new trailer for Mass Effect 3, entitled “Take Earth Back.” I quite liked it, and it’s a nice example of how a trailer like this can be effective that’s worth THE EVOLUTION OF THE SERIAL KILLER We all know the genre-changing titles: Maniac.Halloween.Silence of the Lambs.These names are familiar because the films were popular – not subtitled fringe hits like M.We all know the genre that each of them changed – the Horror genre – because America had found a narrative mold it could mass-produce successful serial killer stories with. (SPECIAL) GUEST BLOGS The beginning of the end as the spawn of Dream enters the game in these Matt Cheney essays on The Kindly Ones. Continue reading 5 TV CRIME SHOW CROSSOVERS THAT MUST HAPPEN There are top-rated crime shows every season these days, with something illegal to appeal to anybody somewhere on the airwaves. Whether it’s the tone, the characters or the narrative, the diverse range of crime storytelling hits chords with all kinds of viewingmarkets.
JONATHAN MCCALMONT
Jonathan McCalmont is a critic whose work has been published at Strange Horizons, The SF Site, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Vector and The Escapist. He maintains a TRUE GRIT | MOVIE REVIEW True Grit is the latest movie from the Coen brothers, and their best since No Country for Old Men.It convinces me that they should stick to movies that are not comedic in structure but simply in tone; this is a revenge story layered with dark humor, but the characters and the situations are always, usually literally, deadly serious. GARETH EDWARDS’ MONSTERS REVIEW Monsters is, as the title suggests, a monster movie. Sort of. It’s also an impressive achievement for a first-time director, much less one who had a tiny budget and created all the effects himself on an Intel-powered computer. RYAN GOSLING STEERS DRIVE PAST GOOD TO AWESOME Drive just might be my favorite movie of 2011.Certainly it is my favorite movie of the year so far. I loved it. Hands down. It is one of those rare movies that I wouldn’t change a thing about, and I say that after going in with high hopes based on Valhalla Rising(director Refn’s previous effort).. Ryan Gosling plays a movie stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver.THE DILEMMA
The humor was a mix of physical comedy, situational irony, and Vince Vaughn’s usual chatterbox monologues, and I thought the various parts balanced each other pretty well. ODDS THAT OLIVER STONE’S SAVAGES WILL BE ANY GOOD? Director Oliver Stone is bringing Don Winslow’s SAVAGES to the big screen. But will it be any good? “Bet.” Don Winslow’s 2010 novel Savages is one of those books you chide yourself for not reading sooner, even if you were able to get your hands on an ARC in ’09. The drug-dealing anti-hero(es) and the adventures of the Mexican drug cartel are all reinvested with some relevance and BOOMTRON – PODCAST COMING IN 2020 On. August 7 By Jimmy Callaway In Movies & TV. Well, kids, it’s almost here. The wide release on August 17th of Robert Pattinson’s latest vehicle, the David Cronenberg film Cosmopolis, is only days away, and if you listen closely, you can hear the eager .CONTRIBUTORS
Over the years Boomtron has had many contributors, from readers who wanted to share their thoughts to award winning and best selling authors. Below are some of them. Hal Duncan is the author of VELGAMING – BOOMTRON
There aren’t many things from my youth that I truly miss, but one of the members of that elite group is the space combat flight simulatorgame.
ELENA NOLA AND JAY TOMIO Elena Nola is the imperial editrix for the Boomtron empire. She likes genre books, weird movies, and obscure references. She lives in New Orleans, where almost every day is good enough for good times. 6 MOST TWISTED PRANKS IN CRIME FILM A perfect crime always has a bit of a prank to it. When you’re breaking the law, you’re duping society, after all. You play a joke on old Lady Justice. The punchline just happens to be HAL DUNCAN – BOOMTRON Hal Duncan is a sodomitic Scots smoker who staggered drunkenly into the SF Café in 2005 with his debut, VELLUM, and now has various novels, novellas, short TRUE GRIT | MOVIE REVIEW True Grit is the latest movie from the Coen brothers, and their best since No Country for Old Men.It convinces me that they should stick to movies that are not comedic in structure but simply in tone; this is a revenge story layered with dark humor, but the characters and the situations are always, usually literally, deadly serious.JONATHAN MCCALMONT
Jonathan McCalmont is a critic whose work has been published at Strange Horizons, The SF Site, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Vector and The Escapist. He maintains aJIMMY CALLAWAY
I’ve long believed Warren Ellis is a crime-fiction writer at heart. The first series of Wolfskin was a clear example of sword-and-sorcery comics, but had that distinct Yojimbo/Fistful of Dollars feel, a dyed-in-the-wool crook playing both sides.CHEW… STRIPP’D
As the comic begins, Chu is a cop working to infiltrate a speakeasy that serves illegal chicken. Which brings us to the comic’s second genre device. Chew is set in the aftermath of a deadly outbreak of avian flu. In order to protect their population from the BOOMTRON – PODCAST COMING IN 2020 On. August 7 By Jimmy Callaway In Movies & TV. Well, kids, it’s almost here. The wide release on August 17th of Robert Pattinson’s latest vehicle, the David Cronenberg film Cosmopolis, is only days away, and if you listen closely, you can hear the eager .CONTRIBUTORS
Over the years Boomtron has had many contributors, from readers who wanted to share their thoughts to award winning and best selling authors. Below are some of them. Hal Duncan is the author of VELGAMING – BOOMTRON
There aren’t many things from my youth that I truly miss, but one of the members of that elite group is the space combat flight simulatorgame.
ELENA NOLA AND JAY TOMIO Elena Nola is the imperial editrix for the Boomtron empire. She likes genre books, weird movies, and obscure references. She lives in New Orleans, where almost every day is good enough for good times. 6 MOST TWISTED PRANKS IN CRIME FILM A perfect crime always has a bit of a prank to it. When you’re breaking the law, you’re duping society, after all. You play a joke on old Lady Justice. The punchline just happens to be HAL DUNCAN – BOOMTRON Hal Duncan is a sodomitic Scots smoker who staggered drunkenly into the SF Café in 2005 with his debut, VELLUM, and now has various novels, novellas, short TRUE GRIT | MOVIE REVIEW True Grit is the latest movie from the Coen brothers, and their best since No Country for Old Men.It convinces me that they should stick to movies that are not comedic in structure but simply in tone; this is a revenge story layered with dark humor, but the characters and the situations are always, usually literally, deadly serious.JONATHAN MCCALMONT
Jonathan McCalmont is a critic whose work has been published at Strange Horizons, The SF Site, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Vector and The Escapist. He maintains aJIMMY CALLAWAY
I’ve long believed Warren Ellis is a crime-fiction writer at heart. The first series of Wolfskin was a clear example of sword-and-sorcery comics, but had that distinct Yojimbo/Fistful of Dollars feel, a dyed-in-the-wool crook playing both sides.CHEW… STRIPP’D
As the comic begins, Chu is a cop working to infiltrate a speakeasy that serves illegal chicken. Which brings us to the comic’s second genre device. Chew is set in the aftermath of a deadly outbreak of avian flu. In order to protect their population from theGAMING – BOOMTRON
Bioware recently put out a new trailer for Mass Effect 3, entitled “Take Earth Back.” I quite liked it, and it’s a nice example of how a trailer like this can be effective that’s worth THE EVOLUTION OF THE SERIAL KILLER We all know the genre-changing titles: Maniac.Halloween.Silence of the Lambs.These names are familiar because the films were popular – not subtitled fringe hits like M.We all know the genre that each of them changed – the Horror genre – because America had found a narrative mold it could mass-produce successful serial killer stories with. (SPECIAL) GUEST BLOGS The beginning of the end as the spawn of Dream enters the game in these Matt Cheney essays on The Kindly Ones. Continue reading 5 TV CRIME SHOW CROSSOVERS THAT MUST HAPPEN There are top-rated crime shows every season these days, with something illegal to appeal to anybody somewhere on the airwaves. Whether it’s the tone, the characters or the narrative, the diverse range of crime storytelling hits chords with all kinds of viewingmarkets.
JONATHAN MCCALMONT
Jonathan McCalmont is a critic whose work has been published at Strange Horizons, The SF Site, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Vector and The Escapist. He maintains a TRUE GRIT | MOVIE REVIEW True Grit is the latest movie from the Coen brothers, and their best since No Country for Old Men.It convinces me that they should stick to movies that are not comedic in structure but simply in tone; this is a revenge story layered with dark humor, but the characters and the situations are always, usually literally, deadly serious. GARETH EDWARDS’ MONSTERS REVIEW Monsters is, as the title suggests, a monster movie. Sort of. It’s also an impressive achievement for a first-time director, much less one who had a tiny budget and created all the effects himself on an Intel-powered computer. RYAN GOSLING STEERS DRIVE PAST GOOD TO AWESOME Drive just might be my favorite movie of 2011.Certainly it is my favorite movie of the year so far. I loved it. Hands down. It is one of those rare movies that I wouldn’t change a thing about, and I say that after going in with high hopes based on Valhalla Rising(director Refn’s previous effort).. Ryan Gosling plays a movie stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver.THE DILEMMA
The humor was a mix of physical comedy, situational irony, and Vince Vaughn’s usual chatterbox monologues, and I thought the various parts balanced each other pretty well. ODDS THAT OLIVER STONE’S SAVAGES WILL BE ANY GOOD? Director Oliver Stone is bringing Don Winslow’s SAVAGES to the big screen. But will it be any good? “Bet.” Don Winslow’s 2010 novel Savages is one of those books you chide yourself for not reading sooner, even if you were able to get your hands on an ARC in ’09. The drug-dealing anti-hero(es) and the adventures of the Mexican drug cartel are all reinvested with some relevance and BOOMTRON – PODCAST COMING IN 2020 On. August 7 By Jimmy Callaway In Movies & TV. Well, kids, it’s almost here. The wide release on August 17th of Robert Pattinson’s latest vehicle, the David Cronenberg film Cosmopolis, is only days away, and if you listen closely, you can hear the eager .GAMING – BOOMTRON
There aren’t many things from my youth that I truly miss, but one of the members of that elite group is the space combat flight simulatorgame.
CONTRIBUTORS
Over the years Boomtron has had many contributors, from readers who wanted to share their thoughts to award winning and best selling authors. Below are some of them. Hal Duncan is the author of VEL ELENA NOLA AND JAY TOMIO Elena Nola is the imperial editrix for the Boomtron empire. She likes genre books, weird movies, and obscure references. She lives in New Orleans, where almost every day is good enough for good times. HAL DUNCAN – BOOMTRON Hal Duncan is a sodomitic Scots smoker who staggered drunkenly into the SF Café in 2005 with his debut, VELLUM, and now has various novels, novellas, short 6 MOST TWISTED PRANKS IN CRIME FILM A perfect crime always has a bit of a prank to it. When you’re breaking the law, you’re duping society, after all. You play a joke on old Lady Justice. The punchline just happens to beJONATHAN MCCALMONT
Jonathan McCalmont is a critic whose work has been published at Strange Horizons, The SF Site, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Vector and The Escapist. He maintains aJIMMY CALLAWAY
I’ve long believed Warren Ellis is a crime-fiction writer at heart. The first series of Wolfskin was a clear example of sword-and-sorcery comics, but had that distinct Yojimbo/Fistful of Dollars feel, a dyed-in-the-wool crook playing both sides. 30 ROCK – INTERVIEW: SAVANNA SAMSON ON HER APPEARANCE Vivid Girl Savanna Samson gave us the scoop on her appearance on 30 Rock.The episode was “Into the Crevasse,” which aired last night on NBC. Can you describe what it was like to walk on the set for the first time on 30 Rock?I am sure the guys on the set were falling allover you.
CHEW… STRIPP’D
As the comic begins, Chu is a cop working to infiltrate a speakeasy that serves illegal chicken. Which brings us to the comic’s second genre device. Chew is set in the aftermath of a deadly outbreak of avian flu. In order to protect their population from the BOOMTRON – PODCAST COMING IN 2020 On. August 7 By Jimmy Callaway In Movies & TV. Well, kids, it’s almost here. The wide release on August 17th of Robert Pattinson’s latest vehicle, the David Cronenberg film Cosmopolis, is only days away, and if you listen closely, you can hear the eager .GAMING – BOOMTRON
There aren’t many things from my youth that I truly miss, but one of the members of that elite group is the space combat flight simulatorgame.
CONTRIBUTORS
Over the years Boomtron has had many contributors, from readers who wanted to share their thoughts to award winning and best selling authors. Below are some of them. Hal Duncan is the author of VEL ELENA NOLA AND JAY TOMIO Elena Nola is the imperial editrix for the Boomtron empire. She likes genre books, weird movies, and obscure references. She lives in New Orleans, where almost every day is good enough for good times. HAL DUNCAN – BOOMTRON Hal Duncan is a sodomitic Scots smoker who staggered drunkenly into the SF Café in 2005 with his debut, VELLUM, and now has various novels, novellas, short 6 MOST TWISTED PRANKS IN CRIME FILM A perfect crime always has a bit of a prank to it. When you’re breaking the law, you’re duping society, after all. You play a joke on old Lady Justice. The punchline just happens to beJONATHAN MCCALMONT
Jonathan McCalmont is a critic whose work has been published at Strange Horizons, The SF Site, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Vector and The Escapist. He maintains aJIMMY CALLAWAY
I’ve long believed Warren Ellis is a crime-fiction writer at heart. The first series of Wolfskin was a clear example of sword-and-sorcery comics, but had that distinct Yojimbo/Fistful of Dollars feel, a dyed-in-the-wool crook playing both sides. 30 ROCK – INTERVIEW: SAVANNA SAMSON ON HER APPEARANCE Vivid Girl Savanna Samson gave us the scoop on her appearance on 30 Rock.The episode was “Into the Crevasse,” which aired last night on NBC. Can you describe what it was like to walk on the set for the first time on 30 Rock?I am sure the guys on the set were falling allover you.
CHEW… STRIPP’D
As the comic begins, Chu is a cop working to infiltrate a speakeasy that serves illegal chicken. Which brings us to the comic’s second genre device. Chew is set in the aftermath of a deadly outbreak of avian flu. In order to protect their population from theGAMING – BOOMTRON
Bioware recently put out a new trailer for Mass Effect 3, entitled “Take Earth Back.” I quite liked it, and it’s a nice example of how a trailer like this can be effective that’s worth THE EVOLUTION OF THE SERIAL KILLER We all know the genre-changing titles: Maniac.Halloween.Silence of the Lambs.These names are familiar because the films were popular – not subtitled fringe hits like M.We all know the genre that each of them changed – the Horror genre – because America had found a narrative mold it could mass-produce successful serial killer stories with. HAL DUNCAN – BOOMTRON Hal Duncan is a sodomitic Scots smoker who staggered drunkenly into the SF Café in 2005 with his debut, VELLUM, and now has various novels, novellas, short 5 TV CRIME SHOW CROSSOVERS THAT MUST HAPPEN There are top-rated crime shows every season these days, with something illegal to appeal to anybody somewhere on the airwaves. Whether it’s the tone, the characters or the narrative, the diverse range of crime storytelling hits chords with all kinds of viewingmarkets.
JIMMY CALLAWAY
I’ve long believed Warren Ellis is a crime-fiction writer at heart. The first series of Wolfskin was a clear example of sword-and-sorcery comics, but had that distinct Yojimbo/Fistful of Dollars feel, a dyed-in-the-wool crook playing both sides.JONATHAN MCCALMONT
Jonathan McCalmont is a critic whose work has been published at Strange Horizons, The SF Site, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Vector and The Escapist. He maintains a TRUE GRIT | MOVIE REVIEW True Grit is the latest movie from the Coen brothers, and their best since No Country for Old Men.It convinces me that they should stick to movies that are not comedic in structure but simply in tone; this is a revenge story layered with dark humor, but the characters and the situations are always, usually literally, deadly serious. RYAN GOSLING STEERS DRIVE PAST GOOD TO AWESOME Drive just might be my favorite movie of 2011.Certainly it is my favorite movie of the year so far. I loved it. Hands down. It is one of those rare movies that I wouldn’t change a thing about, and I say that after going in with high hopes based on Valhalla Rising(director Refn’s previous effort).. Ryan Gosling plays a movie stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver.THE DILEMMA
The humor was a mix of physical comedy, situational irony, and Vince Vaughn’s usual chatterbox monologues, and I thought the various parts balanced each other pretty well. ODDS THAT OLIVER STONE’S SAVAGES WILL BE ANY GOOD? Director Oliver Stone is bringing Don Winslow’s SAVAGES to the big screen. But will it be any good? “Bet.” Don Winslow’s 2010 novel Savages is one of those books you chide yourself for not reading sooner, even if you were able to get your hands on an ARC in ’09. The drug-dealing anti-hero(es) and the adventures of the Mexican drug cartel are all reinvested with some relevance and BOOMTRON – PODCAST COMING IN 2020 On. August 7 By Jimmy Callaway In Movies & TV. Well, kids, it’s almost here. The wide release on August 17th of Robert Pattinson’s latest vehicle, the David Cronenberg film Cosmopolis, is only days away, and if you listen closely, you can hear the eager .GAMING – BOOMTRON
There aren’t many things from my youth that I truly miss, but one of the members of that elite group is the space combat flight simulatorgame.
CONTRIBUTORS
Over the years Boomtron has had many contributors, from readers who wanted to share their thoughts to award winning and best selling authors. Below are some of them. Hal Duncan is the author of VEL ELENA NOLA AND JAY TOMIO Elena Nola is the imperial editrix for the Boomtron empire. She likes genre books, weird movies, and obscure references. She lives in New Orleans, where almost every day is good enough for good times. HAL DUNCAN – BOOMTRON Hal Duncan is a sodomitic Scots smoker who staggered drunkenly into the SF Café in 2005 with his debut, VELLUM, and now has various novels, novellas, short 6 MOST TWISTED PRANKS IN CRIME FILM A perfect crime always has a bit of a prank to it. When you’re breaking the law, you’re duping society, after all. You play a joke on old Lady Justice. The punchline just happens to beJONATHAN MCCALMONT
Jonathan McCalmont is a critic whose work has been published at Strange Horizons, The SF Site, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Vector and The Escapist. He maintains aJIMMY CALLAWAY
I’ve long believed Warren Ellis is a crime-fiction writer at heart. The first series of Wolfskin was a clear example of sword-and-sorcery comics, but had that distinct Yojimbo/Fistful of Dollars feel, a dyed-in-the-wool crook playing both sides. 30 ROCK – INTERVIEW: SAVANNA SAMSON ON HER APPEARANCE Vivid Girl Savanna Samson gave us the scoop on her appearance on 30 Rock.The episode was “Into the Crevasse,” which aired last night on NBC. Can you describe what it was like to walk on the set for the first time on 30 Rock?I am sure the guys on the set were falling allover you.
CHEW… STRIPP’D
As the comic begins, Chu is a cop working to infiltrate a speakeasy that serves illegal chicken. Which brings us to the comic’s second genre device. Chew is set in the aftermath of a deadly outbreak of avian flu. In order to protect their population from the BOOMTRON – PODCAST COMING IN 2020 On. August 7 By Jimmy Callaway In Movies & TV. Well, kids, it’s almost here. The wide release on August 17th of Robert Pattinson’s latest vehicle, the David Cronenberg film Cosmopolis, is only days away, and if you listen closely, you can hear the eager .GAMING – BOOMTRON
There aren’t many things from my youth that I truly miss, but one of the members of that elite group is the space combat flight simulatorgame.
CONTRIBUTORS
Over the years Boomtron has had many contributors, from readers who wanted to share their thoughts to award winning and best selling authors. Below are some of them. Hal Duncan is the author of VEL ELENA NOLA AND JAY TOMIO Elena Nola is the imperial editrix for the Boomtron empire. She likes genre books, weird movies, and obscure references. She lives in New Orleans, where almost every day is good enough for good times. HAL DUNCAN – BOOMTRON Hal Duncan is a sodomitic Scots smoker who staggered drunkenly into the SF Café in 2005 with his debut, VELLUM, and now has various novels, novellas, short 6 MOST TWISTED PRANKS IN CRIME FILM A perfect crime always has a bit of a prank to it. When you’re breaking the law, you’re duping society, after all. You play a joke on old Lady Justice. The punchline just happens to beJONATHAN MCCALMONT
Jonathan McCalmont is a critic whose work has been published at Strange Horizons, The SF Site, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Vector and The Escapist. He maintains aJIMMY CALLAWAY
I’ve long believed Warren Ellis is a crime-fiction writer at heart. The first series of Wolfskin was a clear example of sword-and-sorcery comics, but had that distinct Yojimbo/Fistful of Dollars feel, a dyed-in-the-wool crook playing both sides. 30 ROCK – INTERVIEW: SAVANNA SAMSON ON HER APPEARANCE Vivid Girl Savanna Samson gave us the scoop on her appearance on 30 Rock.The episode was “Into the Crevasse,” which aired last night on NBC. Can you describe what it was like to walk on the set for the first time on 30 Rock?I am sure the guys on the set were falling allover you.
CHEW… STRIPP’D
As the comic begins, Chu is a cop working to infiltrate a speakeasy that serves illegal chicken. Which brings us to the comic’s second genre device. Chew is set in the aftermath of a deadly outbreak of avian flu. In order to protect their population from theGAMING – BOOMTRON
Bioware recently put out a new trailer for Mass Effect 3, entitled “Take Earth Back.” I quite liked it, and it’s a nice example of how a trailer like this can be effective that’s worth THE EVOLUTION OF THE SERIAL KILLER We all know the genre-changing titles: Maniac.Halloween.Silence of the Lambs.These names are familiar because the films were popular – not subtitled fringe hits like M.We all know the genre that each of them changed – the Horror genre – because America had found a narrative mold it could mass-produce successful serial killer stories with. HAL DUNCAN – BOOMTRON Hal Duncan is a sodomitic Scots smoker who staggered drunkenly into the SF Café in 2005 with his debut, VELLUM, and now has various novels, novellas, short 5 TV CRIME SHOW CROSSOVERS THAT MUST HAPPEN There are top-rated crime shows every season these days, with something illegal to appeal to anybody somewhere on the airwaves. Whether it’s the tone, the characters or the narrative, the diverse range of crime storytelling hits chords with all kinds of viewingmarkets.
JIMMY CALLAWAY
I’ve long believed Warren Ellis is a crime-fiction writer at heart. The first series of Wolfskin was a clear example of sword-and-sorcery comics, but had that distinct Yojimbo/Fistful of Dollars feel, a dyed-in-the-wool crook playing both sides.JONATHAN MCCALMONT
Jonathan McCalmont is a critic whose work has been published at Strange Horizons, The SF Site, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Vector and The Escapist. He maintains a TRUE GRIT | MOVIE REVIEW True Grit is the latest movie from the Coen brothers, and their best since No Country for Old Men.It convinces me that they should stick to movies that are not comedic in structure but simply in tone; this is a revenge story layered with dark humor, but the characters and the situations are always, usually literally, deadly serious. RYAN GOSLING STEERS DRIVE PAST GOOD TO AWESOME Drive just might be my favorite movie of 2011.Certainly it is my favorite movie of the year so far. I loved it. Hands down. It is one of those rare movies that I wouldn’t change a thing about, and I say that after going in with high hopes based on Valhalla Rising(director Refn’s previous effort).. Ryan Gosling plays a movie stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver.THE DILEMMA
The humor was a mix of physical comedy, situational irony, and Vince Vaughn’s usual chatterbox monologues, and I thought the various parts balanced each other pretty well. ODDS THAT OLIVER STONE’S SAVAGES WILL BE ANY GOOD? Director Oliver Stone is bringing Don Winslow’s SAVAGES to the big screen. But will it be any good? “Bet.” Don Winslow’s 2010 novel Savages is one of those books you chide yourself for not reading sooner, even if you were able to get your hands on an ARC in ’09. The drug-dealing anti-hero(es) and the adventures of the Mexican drug cartel are all reinvested with some relevance and BOOMTRON – PODCAST COMING IN 2020 On. August 7 By Jimmy Callaway In Movies & TV. Well, kids, it’s almost here. The wide release on August 17th of Robert Pattinson’s latest vehicle, the David Cronenberg film Cosmopolis, is only days away, and if you listen closely, you can hear the eager .GAMING – BOOMTRON
There aren’t many things from my youth that I truly miss, but one of the members of that elite group is the space combat flight simulatorgame.
CONTRIBUTORS
Over the years Boomtron has had many contributors, from readers who wanted to share their thoughts to award winning and best selling authors. Below are some of them. Hal Duncan is the author of VEL ELENA NOLA AND JAY TOMIO Elena Nola is the imperial editrix for the Boomtron empire. She likes genre books, weird movies, and obscure references. She lives in New Orleans, where almost every day is good enough for good times. HAL DUNCAN – BOOMTRON Hal Duncan is a sodomitic Scots smoker who staggered drunkenly into the SF Café in 2005 with his debut, VELLUM, and now has various novels, novellas, short 6 MOST TWISTED PRANKS IN CRIME FILM A perfect crime always has a bit of a prank to it. When you’re breaking the law, you’re duping society, after all. You play a joke on old Lady Justice. The punchline just happens to beJONATHAN MCCALMONT
Jonathan McCalmont is a critic whose work has been published at Strange Horizons, The SF Site, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Vector and The Escapist. He maintains aJIMMY CALLAWAY
I’ve long believed Warren Ellis is a crime-fiction writer at heart. The first series of Wolfskin was a clear example of sword-and-sorcery comics, but had that distinct Yojimbo/Fistful of Dollars feel, a dyed-in-the-wool crook playing both sides. 30 ROCK – INTERVIEW: SAVANNA SAMSON ON HER APPEARANCE Vivid Girl Savanna Samson gave us the scoop on her appearance on 30 Rock.The episode was “Into the Crevasse,” which aired last night on NBC. Can you describe what it was like to walk on the set for the first time on 30 Rock?I am sure the guys on the set were falling allover you.
CHEW… STRIPP’D
As the comic begins, Chu is a cop working to infiltrate a speakeasy that serves illegal chicken. Which brings us to the comic’s second genre device. Chew is set in the aftermath of a deadly outbreak of avian flu. In order to protect their population from the BOOMTRON – PODCAST COMING IN 2020 On. August 7 By Jimmy Callaway In Movies & TV. Well, kids, it’s almost here. The wide release on August 17th of Robert Pattinson’s latest vehicle, the David Cronenberg film Cosmopolis, is only days away, and if you listen closely, you can hear the eager .GAMING – BOOMTRON
There aren’t many things from my youth that I truly miss, but one of the members of that elite group is the space combat flight simulatorgame.
CONTRIBUTORS
Over the years Boomtron has had many contributors, from readers who wanted to share their thoughts to award winning and best selling authors. Below are some of them. Hal Duncan is the author of VEL ELENA NOLA AND JAY TOMIO Elena Nola is the imperial editrix for the Boomtron empire. She likes genre books, weird movies, and obscure references. She lives in New Orleans, where almost every day is good enough for good times. HAL DUNCAN – BOOMTRON Hal Duncan is a sodomitic Scots smoker who staggered drunkenly into the SF Café in 2005 with his debut, VELLUM, and now has various novels, novellas, short 6 MOST TWISTED PRANKS IN CRIME FILM A perfect crime always has a bit of a prank to it. When you’re breaking the law, you’re duping society, after all. You play a joke on old Lady Justice. The punchline just happens to beJONATHAN MCCALMONT
Jonathan McCalmont is a critic whose work has been published at Strange Horizons, The SF Site, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Vector and The Escapist. He maintains aJIMMY CALLAWAY
I’ve long believed Warren Ellis is a crime-fiction writer at heart. The first series of Wolfskin was a clear example of sword-and-sorcery comics, but had that distinct Yojimbo/Fistful of Dollars feel, a dyed-in-the-wool crook playing both sides. 30 ROCK – INTERVIEW: SAVANNA SAMSON ON HER APPEARANCE Vivid Girl Savanna Samson gave us the scoop on her appearance on 30 Rock.The episode was “Into the Crevasse,” which aired last night on NBC. Can you describe what it was like to walk on the set for the first time on 30 Rock?I am sure the guys on the set were falling allover you.
CHEW… STRIPP’D
As the comic begins, Chu is a cop working to infiltrate a speakeasy that serves illegal chicken. Which brings us to the comic’s second genre device. Chew is set in the aftermath of a deadly outbreak of avian flu. In order to protect their population from theGAMING – BOOMTRON
Bioware recently put out a new trailer for Mass Effect 3, entitled “Take Earth Back.” I quite liked it, and it’s a nice example of how a trailer like this can be effective that’s worth THE EVOLUTION OF THE SERIAL KILLER We all know the genre-changing titles: Maniac.Halloween.Silence of the Lambs.These names are familiar because the films were popular – not subtitled fringe hits like M.We all know the genre that each of them changed – the Horror genre – because America had found a narrative mold it could mass-produce successful serial killer stories with. HAL DUNCAN – BOOMTRON Hal Duncan is a sodomitic Scots smoker who staggered drunkenly into the SF Café in 2005 with his debut, VELLUM, and now has various novels, novellas, short 5 TV CRIME SHOW CROSSOVERS THAT MUST HAPPEN There are top-rated crime shows every season these days, with something illegal to appeal to anybody somewhere on the airwaves. Whether it’s the tone, the characters or the narrative, the diverse range of crime storytelling hits chords with all kinds of viewingmarkets.
JIMMY CALLAWAY
I’ve long believed Warren Ellis is a crime-fiction writer at heart. The first series of Wolfskin was a clear example of sword-and-sorcery comics, but had that distinct Yojimbo/Fistful of Dollars feel, a dyed-in-the-wool crook playing both sides.JONATHAN MCCALMONT
Jonathan McCalmont is a critic whose work has been published at Strange Horizons, The SF Site, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Vector and The Escapist. He maintains a TRUE GRIT | MOVIE REVIEW True Grit is the latest movie from the Coen brothers, and their best since No Country for Old Men.It convinces me that they should stick to movies that are not comedic in structure but simply in tone; this is a revenge story layered with dark humor, but the characters and the situations are always, usually literally, deadly serious. RYAN GOSLING STEERS DRIVE PAST GOOD TO AWESOME Drive just might be my favorite movie of 2011.Certainly it is my favorite movie of the year so far. I loved it. Hands down. It is one of those rare movies that I wouldn’t change a thing about, and I say that after going in with high hopes based on Valhalla Rising(director Refn’s previous effort).. Ryan Gosling plays a movie stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver.THE DILEMMA
The humor was a mix of physical comedy, situational irony, and Vince Vaughn’s usual chatterbox monologues, and I thought the various parts balanced each other pretty well. ODDS THAT OLIVER STONE’S SAVAGES WILL BE ANY GOOD? Director Oliver Stone is bringing Don Winslow’s SAVAGES to the big screen. But will it be any good? “Bet.” Don Winslow’s 2010 novel Savages is one of those books you chide yourself for not reading sooner, even if you were able to get your hands on an ARC in ’09. The drug-dealing anti-hero(es) and the adventures of the Mexican drug cartel are all reinvested with some relevance and BOOMTRON – PODCAST COMING IN 2020 On. August 7 By Jimmy Callaway In Movies & TV. Well, kids, it’s almost here. The wide release on August 17th of Robert Pattinson’s latest vehicle, the David Cronenberg film Cosmopolis, is only days away, and if you listen closely, you can hear the eager . THE REVIVAL OF CLASSIC 2-D ACTION GAMES The biggest gameplay difference made possible by modern technology is the sheer intensity of the game due to the large numbers of enemies and projectiles, both friendly and unfriendly, that can be on thescreen.
6 MOST TWISTED PRANKS IN CRIME FILM A perfect crime always has a bit of a prank to it. When you’re breaking the law, you’re duping society, after all. You play a joke on old Lady Justice. The punchline just happens to be HAL DUNCAN – BOOMTRON Hal Duncan is a sodomitic Scots smoker who staggered drunkenly into the SF Café in 2005 with his debut, VELLUM, and now has various novels, novellas, short SHERLOCK’S LITTLE MISTAKES 1 : A STUDY IN PINK 0. Terms of Engagement. Mystery fiction is a profoundly consolatory genre. Whether it is set in a Loamshire country house, a snow-bound train or the streets of Victorian London, the mystery novel is all about fashioning order from the chaos and misery of our daily lives. 30 ROCK – INTERVIEW: SAVANNA SAMSON ON HER APPEARANCE Vivid Girl Savanna Samson gave us the scoop on her appearance on 30 Rock.The episode was “Into the Crevasse,” which aired last night on NBC. Can you describe what it was like to walk on the set for the first time on 30 Rock?I am sure the guys on the set were falling allover you.
RPGS I DIDN’T GET TO PLAY: THE 8-BIT YEARS I had the bad timing to become a console RPG fan at the dawn of the 1990s. This was originally due to a promotional gimmick run by Nintendo Power magazine in which they gave away a free copy of the game Dragon Warrior to new subscribers. My friends were bored to tears by it, but for me- a kid with extremely poor hand-eye coordination and an affinity for planning, strategy, and numbers- it was EMPIRE IN BLACK AND GOLD BY ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY REVIEW Empire in Black and Gold is the debut of British author Adrian Tchaikovsky and the first installment in a trilogy titled Shadows of the Apt.In his debut Tchaikovsky gives us a heroic narrative where a small group of travellers offer resistance against overwhelming odds – a narrative pattern typical of epic fantasy. BACK TO AMBERLE & BROOKS’ THE ELFSTONES I had zero expectations for Shannara Chronicles.I don’t think I’ve watched MTV since Dre’s 2001 was released and when rappers who did St Ides commercials were still alive. Like when Idalis was hot. I couldn’t even tell you what channel range MTV is on cable and if I didn’t have nieces who swooned over Teen Wolf hot bodies via my texts every other month or so, I honestly wouldn’t SONGS OF HATE: MEIKO KAJI AND FEMALE PRISONER SCORPIONMEIKO KAJI 2019MEIKO KAJI ALBUMSMEIKO KAJI DISCOGRAPHYMEIKO KAJI FLOWER OF CARNAGEMEIKO KAJI MOVIESMEIKO KAJI MUSIC The first of four films that Meiko made as Sasori (scorpion) was Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (Joshu 701-go Sasori), 1972.On the surface, it’s actually a little difficult to understand Meiko’s concerns about Nikkatsu’s move to roman porno.Scorpion opens with a cavalcade of naked Japanese female yardbirds put through a bizarre monkey-bar exercise routine by the pervy warden and his crew BOOMTRON – PODCAST COMING IN 2020 On. August 7 By Jimmy Callaway In Movies & TV. Well, kids, it’s almost here. The wide release on August 17th of Robert Pattinson’s latest vehicle, the David Cronenberg film Cosmopolis, is only days away, and if you listen closely, you can hear the eager . THE REVIVAL OF CLASSIC 2-D ACTION GAMES The biggest gameplay difference made possible by modern technology is the sheer intensity of the game due to the large numbers of enemies and projectiles, both friendly and unfriendly, that can be on thescreen.
6 MOST TWISTED PRANKS IN CRIME FILM A perfect crime always has a bit of a prank to it. When you’re breaking the law, you’re duping society, after all. You play a joke on old Lady Justice. The punchline just happens to be HAL DUNCAN – BOOMTRON Hal Duncan is a sodomitic Scots smoker who staggered drunkenly into the SF Café in 2005 with his debut, VELLUM, and now has various novels, novellas, short SHERLOCK’S LITTLE MISTAKES 1 : A STUDY IN PINK 0. Terms of Engagement. Mystery fiction is a profoundly consolatory genre. Whether it is set in a Loamshire country house, a snow-bound train or the streets of Victorian London, the mystery novel is all about fashioning order from the chaos and misery of our daily lives. 30 ROCK – INTERVIEW: SAVANNA SAMSON ON HER APPEARANCE Vivid Girl Savanna Samson gave us the scoop on her appearance on 30 Rock.The episode was “Into the Crevasse,” which aired last night on NBC. Can you describe what it was like to walk on the set for the first time on 30 Rock?I am sure the guys on the set were falling allover you.
RPGS I DIDN’T GET TO PLAY: THE 8-BIT YEARS I had the bad timing to become a console RPG fan at the dawn of the 1990s. This was originally due to a promotional gimmick run by Nintendo Power magazine in which they gave away a free copy of the game Dragon Warrior to new subscribers. My friends were bored to tears by it, but for me- a kid with extremely poor hand-eye coordination and an affinity for planning, strategy, and numbers- it was EMPIRE IN BLACK AND GOLD BY ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY REVIEW Empire in Black and Gold is the debut of British author Adrian Tchaikovsky and the first installment in a trilogy titled Shadows of the Apt.In his debut Tchaikovsky gives us a heroic narrative where a small group of travellers offer resistance against overwhelming odds – a narrative pattern typical of epic fantasy. BACK TO AMBERLE & BROOKS’ THE ELFSTONES I had zero expectations for Shannara Chronicles.I don’t think I’ve watched MTV since Dre’s 2001 was released and when rappers who did St Ides commercials were still alive. Like when Idalis was hot. I couldn’t even tell you what channel range MTV is on cable and if I didn’t have nieces who swooned over Teen Wolf hot bodies via my texts every other month or so, I honestly wouldn’t SONGS OF HATE: MEIKO KAJI AND FEMALE PRISONER SCORPIONMEIKO KAJI 2019MEIKO KAJI ALBUMSMEIKO KAJI DISCOGRAPHYMEIKO KAJI FLOWER OF CARNAGEMEIKO KAJI MOVIESMEIKO KAJI MUSIC The first of four films that Meiko made as Sasori (scorpion) was Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (Joshu 701-go Sasori), 1972.On the surface, it’s actually a little difficult to understand Meiko’s concerns about Nikkatsu’s move to roman porno.Scorpion opens with a cavalcade of naked Japanese female yardbirds put through a bizarre monkey-bar exercise routine by the pervy warden and his crew THE REVIVAL OF CLASSIC 2-D ACTION GAMES The biggest gameplay difference made possible by modern technology is the sheer intensity of the game due to the large numbers of enemies and projectiles, both friendly and unfriendly, that can be on thescreen.
PLAYIN W/ ICE AND FIRE This is the A Game of Thrones reread! Follow us a we go thru the first book in GRRM’s iconic A Song of Ice and Fire series that launchedthe HBO show!
HAL DUNCAN – BOOMTRON Hal Duncan is a sodomitic Scots smoker who staggered drunkenly into the SF Café in 2005 with his debut, VELLUM, and now has various novels, novellas, short THE ART OF GOING TOO FAR I think that I found my voice—or at least my confidence—when I was a graduate screenwriting student at UCLA. Although I had been writing for a number of years, it was at UCLA that I pushed myself and understood and accepted failure as a positive possibility. IKIGAMI: THE ULTIMATE LIMIT… STRIPP’D Fujimoto’s doubts about the ikigami process grow as a result of his realisation that there is a gap between how the process is supposed to work and how the process does in fact function.WINTER’S BONE
Winter’s Bone is about a rural Missouri teenager whose drug-manufacturing father left her between a rock and a hard place when he put their property up to post his bond and then failed to make his court date.Ree, the teenage daughter holding together the family for her “sick” (read: withdrawn and broken) mother and two young siblings has to try and find him—or his body—going to all CULT FILM CULT CRIMES Bizarre as it sounds, The Lords of Salem‘s plot draws on a period of urban myth when rock music and homicidal devil worship were seen as close companions.In the ’70s and ’80s, news stories of hidden occult messages in heavy metal records were, if not rife, pretty regular, hitting bands like Judas Priest, Led Zeppelin and BlackSabbath.
DEADPOOL – BADASS OF THE WEEK – BOOMTRON Deadpool – Badass of the Week. Deadpool is a criminally deranged, psychopathic ninja mercenary with a mutant healing factor, a withering sarcastic wit, an encyclopedic array of pop culture references, and unfettered access to katanas, hand grenades and automatic weapons, which he uses to kill everyone ever. He’s like Snake Eyes, WolverineTHAWING MR. FREEZE
The implications of resurrecting Arnold Schwarzenegger. For the record, I voted for Gallagher. In the Second Great American Mindfuck of the early 21st Century, also known as the 2003 California Gubernatorial Recall Election, I was one of 5,466 watermelon-hating voters who chose to throw away their vote on comedian Gallagher rather than the action star Schwarzenegger, security guardIS IT A CRIME?
But is it a crime drama? I’ll answer that question with another question: If there was a CSI: New Orleans, would it be any weirder?. Sure it’s a crime drama. You’ve got a lead detective using his innate abilities and special talents to bring an elusive perpetrator to justice, save lives, so on, so forth. BOOMTRON – PODCAST COMING IN 2020 On. August 7 By Jimmy Callaway In Movies & TV. Well, kids, it’s almost here. The wide release on August 17th of Robert Pattinson’s latest vehicle, the David Cronenberg film Cosmopolis, is only days away, and if you listen closely, you can hear the eager . THE REVIVAL OF CLASSIC 2-D ACTION GAMES The biggest gameplay difference made possible by modern technology is the sheer intensity of the game due to the large numbers of enemies and projectiles, both friendly and unfriendly, that can be on thescreen.
6 MOST TWISTED PRANKS IN CRIME FILM A perfect crime always has a bit of a prank to it. When you’re breaking the law, you’re duping society, after all. You play a joke on old Lady Justice. The punchline just happens to be HAL DUNCAN – BOOMTRON Hal Duncan is a sodomitic Scots smoker who staggered drunkenly into the SF Café in 2005 with his debut, VELLUM, and now has various novels, novellas, short SHERLOCK’S LITTLE MISTAKES 1 : A STUDY IN PINK 0. Terms of Engagement. Mystery fiction is a profoundly consolatory genre. Whether it is set in a Loamshire country house, a snow-bound train or the streets of Victorian London, the mystery novel is all about fashioning order from the chaos and misery of our daily lives. 30 ROCK – INTERVIEW: SAVANNA SAMSON ON HER APPEARANCE Vivid Girl Savanna Samson gave us the scoop on her appearance on 30 Rock.The episode was “Into the Crevasse,” which aired last night on NBC. Can you describe what it was like to walk on the set for the first time on 30 Rock?I am sure the guys on the set were falling allover you.
RPGS I DIDN’T GET TO PLAY: THE 8-BIT YEARS I had the bad timing to become a console RPG fan at the dawn of the 1990s. This was originally due to a promotional gimmick run by Nintendo Power magazine in which they gave away a free copy of the game Dragon Warrior to new subscribers. My friends were bored to tears by it, but for me- a kid with extremely poor hand-eye coordination and an affinity for planning, strategy, and numbers- it was EMPIRE IN BLACK AND GOLD BY ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY REVIEW Empire in Black and Gold is the debut of British author Adrian Tchaikovsky and the first installment in a trilogy titled Shadows of the Apt.In his debut Tchaikovsky gives us a heroic narrative where a small group of travellers offer resistance against overwhelming odds – a narrative pattern typical of epic fantasy. BACK TO AMBERLE & BROOKS’ THE ELFSTONES I had zero expectations for Shannara Chronicles.I don’t think I’ve watched MTV since Dre’s 2001 was released and when rappers who did St Ides commercials were still alive. Like when Idalis was hot. I couldn’t even tell you what channel range MTV is on cable and if I didn’t have nieces who swooned over Teen Wolf hot bodies via my texts every other month or so, I honestly wouldn’t SONGS OF HATE: MEIKO KAJI AND FEMALE PRISONER SCORPIONMEIKO KAJI 2019MEIKO KAJI ALBUMSMEIKO KAJI DISCOGRAPHYMEIKO KAJI FLOWER OF CARNAGEMEIKO KAJI MOVIESMEIKO KAJI MUSIC The first of four films that Meiko made as Sasori (scorpion) was Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (Joshu 701-go Sasori), 1972.On the surface, it’s actually a little difficult to understand Meiko’s concerns about Nikkatsu’s move to roman porno.Scorpion opens with a cavalcade of naked Japanese female yardbirds put through a bizarre monkey-bar exercise routine by the pervy warden and his crew BOOMTRON – PODCAST COMING IN 2020 On. August 7 By Jimmy Callaway In Movies & TV. Well, kids, it’s almost here. The wide release on August 17th of Robert Pattinson’s latest vehicle, the David Cronenberg film Cosmopolis, is only days away, and if you listen closely, you can hear the eager . THE REVIVAL OF CLASSIC 2-D ACTION GAMES The biggest gameplay difference made possible by modern technology is the sheer intensity of the game due to the large numbers of enemies and projectiles, both friendly and unfriendly, that can be on thescreen.
6 MOST TWISTED PRANKS IN CRIME FILM A perfect crime always has a bit of a prank to it. When you’re breaking the law, you’re duping society, after all. You play a joke on old Lady Justice. The punchline just happens to be HAL DUNCAN – BOOMTRON Hal Duncan is a sodomitic Scots smoker who staggered drunkenly into the SF Café in 2005 with his debut, VELLUM, and now has various novels, novellas, short SHERLOCK’S LITTLE MISTAKES 1 : A STUDY IN PINK 0. Terms of Engagement. Mystery fiction is a profoundly consolatory genre. Whether it is set in a Loamshire country house, a snow-bound train or the streets of Victorian London, the mystery novel is all about fashioning order from the chaos and misery of our daily lives. 30 ROCK – INTERVIEW: SAVANNA SAMSON ON HER APPEARANCE Vivid Girl Savanna Samson gave us the scoop on her appearance on 30 Rock.The episode was “Into the Crevasse,” which aired last night on NBC. Can you describe what it was like to walk on the set for the first time on 30 Rock?I am sure the guys on the set were falling allover you.
RPGS I DIDN’T GET TO PLAY: THE 8-BIT YEARS I had the bad timing to become a console RPG fan at the dawn of the 1990s. This was originally due to a promotional gimmick run by Nintendo Power magazine in which they gave away a free copy of the game Dragon Warrior to new subscribers. My friends were bored to tears by it, but for me- a kid with extremely poor hand-eye coordination and an affinity for planning, strategy, and numbers- it was EMPIRE IN BLACK AND GOLD BY ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY REVIEW Empire in Black and Gold is the debut of British author Adrian Tchaikovsky and the first installment in a trilogy titled Shadows of the Apt.In his debut Tchaikovsky gives us a heroic narrative where a small group of travellers offer resistance against overwhelming odds – a narrative pattern typical of epic fantasy. BACK TO AMBERLE & BROOKS’ THE ELFSTONES I had zero expectations for Shannara Chronicles.I don’t think I’ve watched MTV since Dre’s 2001 was released and when rappers who did St Ides commercials were still alive. Like when Idalis was hot. I couldn’t even tell you what channel range MTV is on cable and if I didn’t have nieces who swooned over Teen Wolf hot bodies via my texts every other month or so, I honestly wouldn’t SONGS OF HATE: MEIKO KAJI AND FEMALE PRISONER SCORPIONMEIKO KAJI 2019MEIKO KAJI ALBUMSMEIKO KAJI DISCOGRAPHYMEIKO KAJI FLOWER OF CARNAGEMEIKO KAJI MOVIESMEIKO KAJI MUSIC The first of four films that Meiko made as Sasori (scorpion) was Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (Joshu 701-go Sasori), 1972.On the surface, it’s actually a little difficult to understand Meiko’s concerns about Nikkatsu’s move to roman porno.Scorpion opens with a cavalcade of naked Japanese female yardbirds put through a bizarre monkey-bar exercise routine by the pervy warden and his crew THE REVIVAL OF CLASSIC 2-D ACTION GAMES The biggest gameplay difference made possible by modern technology is the sheer intensity of the game due to the large numbers of enemies and projectiles, both friendly and unfriendly, that can be on thescreen.
PLAYIN W/ ICE AND FIRE This is the A Game of Thrones reread! Follow us a we go thru the first book in GRRM’s iconic A Song of Ice and Fire series that launchedthe HBO show!
HAL DUNCAN – BOOMTRON Hal Duncan is a sodomitic Scots smoker who staggered drunkenly into the SF Café in 2005 with his debut, VELLUM, and now has various novels, novellas, short THE ART OF GOING TOO FAR I think that I found my voice—or at least my confidence—when I was a graduate screenwriting student at UCLA. Although I had been writing for a number of years, it was at UCLA that I pushed myself and understood and accepted failure as a positive possibility. IKIGAMI: THE ULTIMATE LIMIT… STRIPP’D Fujimoto’s doubts about the ikigami process grow as a result of his realisation that there is a gap between how the process is supposed to work and how the process does in fact function.WINTER’S BONE
Winter’s Bone is about a rural Missouri teenager whose drug-manufacturing father left her between a rock and a hard place when he put their property up to post his bond and then failed to make his court date.Ree, the teenage daughter holding together the family for her “sick” (read: withdrawn and broken) mother and two young siblings has to try and find him—or his body—going to all CULT FILM CULT CRIMES Bizarre as it sounds, The Lords of Salem‘s plot draws on a period of urban myth when rock music and homicidal devil worship were seen as close companions.In the ’70s and ’80s, news stories of hidden occult messages in heavy metal records were, if not rife, pretty regular, hitting bands like Judas Priest, Led Zeppelin and BlackSabbath.
DEADPOOL – BADASS OF THE WEEK – BOOMTRON Deadpool – Badass of the Week. Deadpool is a criminally deranged, psychopathic ninja mercenary with a mutant healing factor, a withering sarcastic wit, an encyclopedic array of pop culture references, and unfettered access to katanas, hand grenades and automatic weapons, which he uses to kill everyone ever. He’s like Snake Eyes, WolverineTHAWING MR. FREEZE
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BACK TO THE FUTURE…WITH A WARHAMMER – AARON DEMBSKI-BOWDEN GUESTBLOG
On July 30
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SANDMAN MEDITATIONS – THE WAKEOn July 27
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WHAT IS STYLE? – NOTES FROM NEW SODOMOn August 1
GARETH EDWARDS INTERVIEW | MONSTERSOn August 8
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This guy directed Star Wars Rogue One!Continue reading
THE GOONIES – TROY’S BUCKET (AND WHY I AIN’T RIDING UP IT)On August 5
CUT FOR YOUR PLEASURE – LEON: THE PROFESSIONALOn July 31
12 TIME-TWISTED CRIME FILMSOn July 24
BACK TO THE FUTURE…WITH A WARHAMMER – AARON DEMBSKI-BOWDEN GUESTBLOG
On July 30
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SANDMAN MEDITATIONS – THE WAKEOn July 27
By Matthew Cheney In (special) Guest Blogs , Sandman Meditations Matthew Cheney is reaching the end in these collected essays on Neil Gaiman’s epic Sandman run with The Wake.Continue reading
GARETH EDWARDS INTERVIEW | MONSTERSOn August 8
By Elena
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, Movies & TV
This guy directed Star Wars Rogue One!Continue reading
DEADPOOL – BADASS OF THE WEEKOn August 7 By Ben
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Ben Thompson chronicles the crazy badass history and highlights of theMerc
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THE GOONIES – TROY’S BUCKET (AND WHY I AIN’T RIDING UP IT)On August 5
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Jimmy Callaway In
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If you’re anything like me, you’re broke. Not quite selling-your-plasma-for-lunch-money broke. But definitely dodging-bill-collectors-and-praying-to-a-God-you-don’t-believe-in-that-your-car-won’t-break-down-againbroke.
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DC: THE NEW FRONTIER… STRIPP’DOn August 4
By
Jonathan McCalmont
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0. Looking Back in order to Move Forward One of the more interesting developments in superhero comics has been the growing popularity of comics that take familiar characters and transplant them into unfamiliar historical contexts. …Continue reading
WHAT IS STYLE? – NOTES FROM NEW SODOMOn August 1 By
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Big question. Hal Duncan has (long) answers.Continue reading
CUT FOR YOUR PLEASURE – LEON: THE PROFESSIONALOn July 31 By
Liam Jose In Movies & TV Exploring censorship, alternate versions of crime classics and the reasons behind creative changes. This edition: LEON: THE PROFESSIONALContinue reading
12 TIME-TWISTED CRIME FILMSOn July 24 By
Matthew C. Funk In
Movies & TV
It’s time to spring forward, as the saying goes. What daylight savings actually saves is beyond me. Just another way of making me wake up earlier than sunrise. Twisting time has worked a whole lot …Continue reading
PARIS IN A BEIJING SUBURB: THE FAILURE OF CAPITALISM IN THE WORLD OFJIA ZHANGKE
On July 23 By Paul
Smith In Movies & TV Jia Zhangke is not only the best filmmaker to emerge from China’s sixth generation of filmmakers, but also widely regarded as one of the most important and vital directors working today by both his peers …Continue reading
TAKIN’ ‘ER EASY FOR ALL US SINNERS: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JEFFREYLEBOWSKI
On July 19 By
Jimmy Callaway In
Movies & TV
The Big Lebowski enjoys what is probably the largest cult following of all the cult-attracting films of Joel and Ethan Coen, and has pretty much since its release over a decade ago. And “cult” has …Continue reading
CHEW… STRIPP’D
On July 19
By
Jonathan McCalmont
In Books &
Comics
Food is the archetypal First World problem. While some parts of the world starve and other parts are turned inside out by our demand for low-cost and low-fuss supplies of exotic and increasingly refinedfoodstuffs, …
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TOP 10 SCIENCE FICTION MOVIES OF THE DECADE 2000-2009On July 16
By Elena Nola In Movies & TV All the end-of-year/decade lists going up right now inspired me to hit one up of my own. And all the hype about James Cameron’s Avatar, which is being trumpeted as some sort of monumental science fiction…
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PLAYIN’ WITH ICE AND FIRE: A GAME OF THOUGHTS | JON SNOW CHAPTER 19On July 13
By Elena Nola In Books & Comics , Game of Thrones,
Movies & TV , Playin w/ Iceand Fire
She’s new, I’m the re-reader. She’s the newbie, I’m the spoilery vet. Together She’s g-mashin’ George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones and getting here POV on. Today she moves on to Chapter19, a …
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PLAYIN’ WITH ICE AND FIRE: A GAME OF THOUGHTS | CATELYN STARKCHAPTER 18
On July 13
By Elena Nola In Books & Comics , Game of Thrones,
Movies & TV , Playin w/ Iceand Fire
She’s new, I’m the re-reader. She’s the newbie, I’m the spoilery vet. Together She’s g-mashin’ George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones and getting here POV on. Today she moves on to Chapter18, a …
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SONGS OF HATE, PART TWO: THE VISUAL INSTEAD OF THE VERBALOn July 12
By Cameron Ashley InMovies & TV
We left off last column with a run-down on the first of actress/singer Meiko Kaji’s Female Prisoner Scorpion series and a hint that things were about to get pretty weird. Well, the phantasmagoria goes full bore in the …Continue reading
FORGET IT, EDDIE, IT’S TOONTOWN – THE CRIME FICTION ROOTS OF ROGERRABBIT
On July 11
By Jimmy Callaway InMovies & TV
My friend’s dad took us to see Willow one sunny summer’s day in 1988. It was a good movie and all, but honestly I was extremely distracted throughout the whole thing. All I could think …Continue reading
G.I. JOE RAWHIDES – 30 YEARS LATER, THE G.I. JOE ANIMATED MOVIEOn July 7
By Jay In Books & Comics, Movies & TV
Back in 1987 fans of G.I. Joe got an animated film that has gone on to become a pretty divisive movie during a time which was probably the height of or toward the end of …Continue reading
LOVE THROUGHOUT THE AGES: HOU HSIAO-HSIEN’S THREE TIMESOn July 5 By
Paul Smith In Movies &TV
The Taiwanese New Wave that emerged in the 80s provided two of the best film makers of the modern age in the late Edward Yang and Hou Hsiao-Hsien. Jonathan Rosenbaum has compared both of their …Continue reading
THE TEN GREATEST HENCHMEN IN MOVIE HISTORYOn July 3
By Josh Converse InMovies & TV
Say you’re putting together a syndicate. One of the first things that you are going to need is somebody to take care of your light work for you when words have run out. As a …Continue reading
EVERYTHING IS TRANSITORY BUT THE FAMILY REMAINS: YASUJIRŌ OZU’S THEEND OF SUMMER
On June 29
By Paul Smith In Movies& TV
Throughout his career, Yasujirō Ozu experimented with ensemble narrative. While it forms the core of his most famous film, one of the greatest films ever made, Tokyo Story, he first employed the styleyears earlier …
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THE MILLENNIUM FALCON OR SERENITY? | POINT/COUNTERPOINTOn June 28 By
Elisabeth Rappe and Eric SchleleinIn Movies & TV
If there’s one thing nerds like to do, it’s debate. And if there’s one thing nerds like to debate about, it’s useless trivia from TV shows and movies. Thus, we humbly submit for your reading…
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7 TOUGHEST COMEBACKS IN CRIME FILMOn June 27
By
Matthew C. Funk In
Movies & TV
Crime heroes and villains got it rough. They’re usually up to the gills in trouble and their genre, unlike horror, doesn’t smile on its bad-asses soaking up too many bullets. A fortunate – orunfortunate, …
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BATMAN OR RORSCHACH? – POINT/COUNTERPOINTOn June 27 By
Elisabeth Rappe and Eric Schlelein In Books & Comics , Movies &TV
o, who would you rather have operating just outside the law to protect your city? Batman or Rorschach? Discuss!Continue reading
ASHES OF TIME REDUX: WONG KAR-WAI AS A POET OF MEMORYOn June 25
By Paul Smith In Movies& TV
In 2046, Wong Kar-wai’s eighth film, Tony Leung Chiu-wai plays a journalist and writer (the same character he plays in In the Mood for Love), that begins to write science-fiction as an additional incomewhen …
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SAILING TO SARANTIUM BY GUY GAVRIEL KAY REVIEWOn June 25
By Victoria Hoyle In Books& Comics
I have a set of bright memories associated with various of Guy Gavriel Kay’s novels: Sitting, aged 13, grief-stricken and sobbing in a cold bath having finished “The Darkest Road”, the final weft in his …Continue reading
SHAI-HULUD FROM DUNE OR FALKOR THE LUCK DRAGON FROM THE NEVERENDING STORY? – POINT/COUNTERPOINTOn June 24
By Elisabeth Rappe and Eric Schlelein In Books & Comics , Movies &TV
The question on everyone’s lips, which we humbly seek to answer today, “Which is the better ridiculous mode of transportation, Shai-Hulud from Frank Herbert’s Dune series, or Falkor the Luck Dragon from The Neverending Story?Continue reading
THE 5 WORST TV CRIME SHOW FINALES On June 23 By Matthew C. Funk In Movies &TV
You’d think it would be easy to wrap up a crime TV series. Punish the bad guys, save the day and solve the mystery. The audience can turn off the set with their belief in …Continue reading
6 MOST TWISTED PRANKS IN CRIME FILMOn June 20
By
Matthew C. Funk In
Movies & TV
A perfect crime always has a bit of a prank to it. When you’re breaking the law, you’re duping society, after all. You play a joke on old Lady Justice. The punchline just happens to …Continue reading
DREDGING SUZHOU RIVER: ARTIFICE AND ART On June 19 By Paul SmithIn Movies & TV
At the very beginning of Lou Ye’s Suzhou River (Sūzhōu Hé) the unnamed and unseen narrator and protagonist whom works as a freelance cameraman tells the viewer that he is fine filming anything just solong …
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THE BETTER SCI-FI/FANTASY PET? SPOT FROM STAR TREK: TNG, OR OY FROM STEPHEN KING’S DARK TOWER | POINT/COUNTERPOINTOn June 18
By Elisabeth Rappe and Eric Schlelein In Books & Comics , Movies &TV
This week we seek to answer that most pressing of questions: Which is the better sci-fi/fantasy pet? Spot from Star Trek: The Next Generation, or Oy from Stephen King’s Dark Tower series?Continue reading
AUTHENTICITY IN MAMORU OSHII’S AVALONOn June 17 By Paul
Smith In Movies & TV Before we begin, I would like to say a few brief words on the nature of this column. I believe it is impossible to talk about films without discussing what are considered spoilers, and to …Continue reading
5 TERRIFYING CRIME FILMS THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENEDOn June 17
By Matthew C. Funk
In Movies & TV
There are plenty of crime films that straddle some scary territory: Serial killer suspense stories, “realistic” horror and a couple gangster-style stories with eerie elements. But even though Hollywood gets accused of slathering on the …Continue reading
SONGS OF HATE: MEIKO KAJI AND FEMALE PRISONER SCORPION (PART ONE)On June 16
By Cameron Ashley InMovies & TV
She sold over a million albums, her films inspired much of Kill Bill, and when she didn’t want to do what she was asked of by executives, she said uh-uh and split for greener pastures. Her name is …Continue reading
IT’S NOT THE QUANTITY, IT’S THE QUALITY: SION SONO’S COLD FISH On June 15 By CameronAshley In Movies &
TV
Back in my days teaching English in Japan, I raised the topic of murders and why they were so frequently extreme in Japan. One student actually said in reply, “It’s not the quantity, it’s the …Continue reading
TOP 10 RESTAURANTS IN CRIME FILMOn June 15
By
Matthew C. Funk In
Movies & TV
Crime films often make me hungry. Often the restaurant scenes are among the best remembered in crime flicks. The coffee shops and Italian kitchens and juke joints where criminal characters go to graba bite …
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HEROIC BLOODSHED: JOHN WOO IN HONG KONG | TOKYO DRIFTEROn June 12
By
Paul Smith In Movies &TV
John Woo makes cool films. His Hong Kong action films are amongst some of, if not the best, action movies ever made. Films like A Better Tomorrow and its sequel, A Better Tomorrow II, The …Continue reading
THE ENTERTAINERS: 5 ESSENTIAL MOVIES OF SCAM CINEMAOn June 10
By Jimmy
Callaway In Movies &TV
Hollywood: it’s all a scam, isn’t it? For all of our lives, the movies have promised us big, big things. Action and adventure are just out there waiting for us. Good always triumphs over evil. A…
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THE CHIMPANZEE COMPLEX… STRIPP’DOn June 10
By Jonathan McCalmontIn Books &
Comics
There is consolation in conspiracy. Whenever something terrible happens, humans look for answers and they don’t stop looking even when they have found them: It wasn’t Oswald who killed Kennedy, itwas the mob or …
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MEMORIES OF WING COMMANDEROn June 9 By
John Markley In Gaming There aren’t many things from my youth that I truly miss, but one of the members of that elite group is the space combat flight simulator game. Once quite common, they are all but unknown …Continue reading
IN AND OUT OF THE BIG HOUSE: DOING TIME AND 9 SOULSOn June 9
By
Cameron Ashley In
Movies & TV
By his own admission, noted Mangaka (pro comics creator) Kazuichi Hanawa had long been interested in themes of confinement. An early, unfinished experiment was a manga concerning a masked man locked up in a basement. It’s oddly …Continue reading
MORE EVIL, THE BORG OR THE ALIENS? | POINT/COUNTERPOINTOn June 6
By Elisabeth Rappe and Eric SchleleinIn Movies & TV
In our never-ending quest to reduce the absurd, we offer the following Point/Counterpoint discussion: Who is the better evil insidious race, the Borg, or the Aliens?Continue reading
IKIGAMI: THE ULTIMATE LIMIT… STRIPP’DOn June 6
By Jonathan McCalmontIn Books &
Comics
Some would say that beautiful lives bloom only in the shadow cast by death. But while this may very well be true, how could we ever know for sure? Statements like this one and Plato’s …Continue reading
RPGS I DIDN’T GET TO PLAY: THE 8-BIT YEARSOn June 5 By
John Markley In Gaming I had the bad timing to become a console RPG fan at the dawn of the 1990s. This was originally due to a promotional gimmick run by Nintendo Power magazine in which they gave away …Continue reading
WHITECHAPEL SQUAD: THE DETECTIVE COMICS OF WARREN ELLISOn June 5
By Jimmy Callaway InBooks & Comics
I’ve long believed Warren Ellis is a crime-fiction writer at heart. The first series of Wolfskin was a clear example of sword-and-sorcery comics, but had that distinct Yojimbo/Fistful of Dollars feel, a dyed-in-the-wool crook playing both sides. Comicslike Aetheric …
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BLACK CRIME FICTION: AN INTRODUCTIONOn June 5 By
Brian Lindenmuth In Books &Comics
I. Introduction II. The Holy Trinity – Chester Himes, Iceberg Slim and Donald Goines III. Gone, Forgotten and Waiting for Discovery – Robert Deane Pharr & Clarence Cooper Jr. IV. The Best of the Rest …Continue reading
ARRIVEDERCI, ELTINGVILLEOn June 5
By Jimmy Callaway InBooks & Comics
Comic book nerds are easy targets. Fish in a barrel and on crutches, to boot. Not to put too fine a point on it, but going to down to comics conventions and making fun of …Continue reading
EMPIRE IN BLACK AND GOLD BY ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY REVIEWOn June 4
By Trine Paulsen In Books& Comics
Empire in Black and Gold is the debut of British author Adrian Tchaikovsky and the first installment in a trilogy titled Shadows of the Apt. In his debut Tchaikovsky gives us a heroic narrative where…
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BEST FANTASY MOVIES OF THE DECADE: 2000-2009On June 4
By Elena Nola In Movies & TV When I was asked to write a companion piece to my Best Science Fiction Movies of the Decade list, I thought it would be equally as easy. I was wrong. There were a lot of …Continue reading
CHARLIE ADLARD INTERVIEW – PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A WALKING DEADMAN
On June 4
By Stefan Petrucha
In Books & Comics ,
Interviews , Movies &TV
Back in the nineties, I had the pleasure of working with Charlie Adlard on Topp’s The X-Files comic. Ages later, the man who draws The Walking Dead was kind enough to spend some time catching …Continue reading
THE SCOTT PILGRIM GIRLFRIEND TESTOn June 4
By Elena
Nola In Books & Comics, Movies & TV
So you’ve finally met a girl who seems cool. Outlook: positive…except that you can’t figure out how to suss out her level of nerdery without offending her or seeming even geekier thanyou are by …
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PHONOGRAM… STRIPP’DOn June 2
By Jonathan McCalmontIn Books &
Comics
One could argue that the enduring popularity of genre motifs is a direct result of the death of God. Prior to the Enlightenment, the people of the ancient and medieval worlds knew their place. They …Continue reading
SCAM ARTIST HALL OF FAME: M. SGT. E.G. BILKOOn June 2
By Jimmy Callaway InMovies & TV
Welcome, dear friends and other suckers, to a new regular feature here at the Criminal Complex. Yes, the Scam Artist Hall Of Fame, as demanded by none of you, will highlight those great men and …Continue reading
BEFORE YOUTUBE, NINJAK DEBUTS WITH A BLOODSHOT PROBLEM IN VALIANTCOMICS
On September 28
By Jay In Books & Comics, Movies & TV
… ahhh classic VALIANT.Continue reading
BACK TO AMBERLE & BROOKS’ THE ELFSTONES – MTV’S SHANNARA CHRONICLES TRAILEROn July 11
By Jay In Books & Comics, Movies & TV
I will admit that I’m pretty easy to please but this thing looks better than I could have imagined. I’d consider myself very well entrenched in the world(s) of Terry Brooks, including and perhapsmostly …
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JUDGING JORAH MORMONT AS DAENERYS TARGARYEN’S CHAMPIONOn May 19
By
Jay In Books & Comics, Movies & TV
A lot things happened in last week’s episode that people want to talk about a lot more — and oddly I think that particular one was one of the better shot, edited, and acted scenes in a …Continue reading
TEN THINGS ABOUT HOUSE TARGARYEN FOR GAME OF THRONES FANSOn May 1
By Jay In Books & Comics, Movies & TV
Back to Game of Thrones as a lot of people read my Ten Things about Dorne and House Martell and a similar post about House Stark so I thought it might be worthwhile to go …Continue reading
THE ORDER OF THE BLUE FLOWER BY HAL DUNCAN – NOTES FROM NEW SODOMOn June 21
By Hal Duncan In
(special) Guest Blogs , Notes from New Sodom Science Fiction and Fantasy broken down and put back together by Hal Duncan on the quest forthe Blue Flower.Continue reading
THE EVOLUTION OF THE SERIAL KILLEROn October 24
By
Matthew C. Funk In
Books & Comics , Movies & TV America has always been crazy about serial killers. They’re our homegrown werewolves. They click with the fast-food car culture that roars in the country’s busy, busy heart. They fit neatly with our cult-of-celebrity-style national mythology. …Continue reading
REAL = ANGST – THE GRIM ‘N’ GRITTY TREND OF THE NON-POWEREDSUPERHERO
On October 23
By Liam Jose In Books & Comics , Movies & TV Arrow, the WB action television series, starring Stephen Amell’s abs, based on the DC comic book series, Green Arrow, recently debuted and has now been picked up for a full season. Honestly, I haven’tseen …
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CULT FILM CULT CRIMES – ROB ZOMBIE AND THE LORDS OF SALEMOn October 10
By Matthew C. Funk
In Movies & TV
Somewhere on the fringe of mainstream film, there’s a frenzied community of artists who illustrate an elemental aspect of crime. They don’t bother with the ticky-tack trivia of the procedural. They don’t focus on the …Continue reading
STRONG BONDS – 007 FROM DR. NO TO SKYFALLOn October 9
By Liam Jose In Movies &TV
British singer Adele has yet again proven herself to be a family friendly version of Amy Winehouse by recording a theme to a James Bond film, by (unlike the late Ms. Winehouse) actually getting the …Continue reading
MAE CATT – SHE LIKES TO WATCH MONSTERS AND MENOn September 27
By Matthew C. Funk
In Movies & TV
On the occasion of the Emmys’ passing, let’s take a step outside the spotlight. I want to lead you to the fringes for a moment. You need to meet an artist who has yet to …Continue reading
BOOZED UP AND BEATEN DOWN: NOIR, REALISM, AND ALCOHOLOn September 25
By Liam Jose In Books & Comics , Movies & TV Booze and crime goes hand in hand like booze and being hugely attractive and winning in life. I am drinking while writing this, because something something simpatico and shit. After speaking with myeditor about …
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THE INNOCENCE OF MORONS – SAM BACILE & CRANKED-OUT PROPAGANDAOn September 14 By
Josh Converse In
Movies & TV
If you find yourself with fifteen minutes to kill this evening, you can go to YouTube and pull up the video that is currently causing murder and mayhem and destruction in the Middle East this …Continue reading
TO RIDE OR NOT TO RIDE – SAMCRO & FORMULAS FOR THE PERFECT CRIMESTORY
On September 12
By
Matthew C. Funk In
Movies & TV
Much like most of the civilized world, I knew what yesterday meant: The premiere of Sons of Anarchy, Season 5. I was pretty jazzed. I would DVR that bad bastard and catch it when convenience …Continue reading
THE PIGS THAT ARE THEIR FOOD – THE KING OF PIGS AND BLEAK NIGHTOn September 12
By Liam Jose In Movies &TV
The Korean Film Festival in Australia (or KOFFIA, the acronym they’ve mercifully given me so that I don’t have to type out “The Korean Film Festival in Australia” too many times. I am notpaid …
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MY NAME IS MARKHAM – THE TV SENSIBILITIES OF NEAR DEATHOn September 10
By Jimmy Callaway In Books & Comics , Movies & TV Near Death is one of the spate of high-quality comic books Image has been cranking out over the past couple of years, and I finally did myself the favor of reading it. Of course, now …Continue reading
UP JUMPED THE NEW WORLD ORDER – THE NEW RULES OF SATANISM IN POPMUSIC
On August 24
By Josh Converse InMovies & TV
Before we get too far into this, I want everybody to remember that there was a time when the members of Mötley Crüe were presumed to be dangerous servants of the Devil. I should also …Continue reading
THE CITY OF I WILL – WHY BOSS IS KELSEY GRAMMER’S GREATEST WORKOn August 20
By Jimmy Callaway InMovies & TV
It’s strange when you consider that Boss is Kelsey Grammer’s first major dramatic role. He has always been known for playing upright, no-nonsense roles, but for laughs. Boss season 2, which premiered this past Friday …Continue reading
THAWING MR. FREEZE – THE LIFE AND DEATH AND LIFE OF SCHWARZENEGGER’S CAREER On August 17 By Josh Converse In Movies &TV
The implications of resurrecting Arnold Schwarzenegger. For the record, I voted for Gallagher. In the Second Great American Mindfuck of the early 21st Century, also known as the 2003 California Gubernatorial Recall Election, I was …Continue reading
“YA WOULDN’T BLOODY LIKE ME WHEN I’M ANGRY, MATE” – ERIC BANA’S WEIRD CAREER PROGRESSIONOn August 14
By Liam Jose In Movies &TV
Australian of many hats (and presumably berets, gloves, scarves and other assorted fineries) Eric Bana, is close to signing on to star in Lone Survivor. The Peter Berg-directed flick based on the events ofSEAL Team …
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GET A HAIRCUT ROBERT PATTINSON – COSMOPOLISOn August 7
By Jimmy Callaway InMovies & TV
Well, kids, it’s almost here. The wide release on August 17th of Robert Pattinson’s latest vehicle, the David Cronenberg film Cosmopolis, is only days away, and if you listen closely, you can hearthe eager …
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BOOKS PUNCH YOUR FACE – THE CRIME MIDSUMMER READING LISTOn July 22
By Josh Converse InBooks & Comics
Eight noir novels to help fill your endless summer with a sense of overwhelming dread and paranoia. Okay, so I’m the professor who wakes up three weeks before the end of the semester and hits …Continue reading
WHAT ARE THE ODDS THESE CRIME FILM REMAKES WILL HAPPEN?On July 8
By Liam Jose In Movies &TV
Well, it’s a day ending in “y,” which means it’s time for Criminal Complex’s resident “typical internet fucktard” to vigorously blow his horn every which way over your face about film remakes. Film announcements are …Continue reading
BADASS MOMENTS IN SCI-FI HISTORYOn June 23
By
Ben Thompson In
(special) Guest Blogs A guest blog by Ben Thompson, who kicks ass.Continue reading
12 MESSED-UP MEMORIAL DAY HATFIELDS & MCCOYS PREMIERE FACTSOn May 25
By Matthew C. Funk
In Movies & TV
No other folk do blood feuds like Mason-Dixon Line Americans. Wedged between the Smoky Mountains and the Mississippi is enough pure meanness to power New York City from now until the Mayan Doomsday.They may …
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THE WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, AND WHY OF AWAKE’S CANCELLATIONOn May 19
By Josh Converse InMovies & TV
Or, why I’ll never be fooled by NBC again. So, this is the last time that I will speak or write about Awake. In fact, this might be the last time anybody issues any type …Continue reading
A VERY NOTICEABLE YOUNG LADY: LUCIE BLACKMAN, HIGH TOUCH TOWN HISTORY & PEOPLE WHO EAT DARKNESS – THE NAIL THAT STICKS OUTOn May 12
By
Cameron Ashley In
Books & Comics
In part 9 of THE NAIL THAT STICKS OUT, we delve into the case of Lucie Blackman, the gaijin hostess who never left Roppongi alive.Continue reading
THE TEN MOST DANGEROUS BROADS IN FILMOn April 18
By Josh
Converse In Movies &TV
It’s Ladies’ Night at the Complex. We’ve covered a pretty broad spectrum of shady characters over the past few months around here, but with Mother’s Day coming up in a few weeks, we felt it …Continue reading
APOCALYPSE WHORES: SEIJUN SUZUKI’S GATE OF FLESHOn April 14 By
Cameron Ashley In
Movies & TV
Welcome to post-World War II Tokyo. The Occupied City. It’s a crime-fest. Aside from yakuza-run markets, gang wars, gambling, and seemingly everybody on the grift, prostitution is so utterly widespread, there’s even a governmental department …Continue reading
STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON: MY 8TH GRADE DREAM COMES TRUEOn April 11
By Jimmy
Callaway In Movies &TV
Yeah, feast your eyes on that little piece of hipster cred. That is my official membership card in the N.W.A fan club, acquired in the halcyon days of 1991, when I was even more suburban …Continue reading
WHAT ARE THE ODDS THAT INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS WILL TURN OUT TO BE A CRIMEMOVIE?
On April 8 By
Jimmy Callaway In
Movies & TV
Though largely regarded as humorists, directors Joel and Ethan Coen have produced some of the finest crime movies ever committed to film. Blood Simple, Miller’s Crossing, and their adaptation of No Country for Old Men …Continue reading
ODDS THAT OLIVER STONE’S SAVAGES WILL BE ANY GOOD?On April 2
By
Jimmy Callaway In
Books & Comics , Movies & TV Director Oliver Stone is bringing Don Winslow’s SAVAGES to the big screen. But will it be any good? “Bet.” Don Winslow’s 2010 novel Savages is one of those books you chide yourself for not reading…
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5 RAUNCHIEST CRIMES ON AMERICAN HORROR STORYOn April 1
By Matthew C. Funk
In Movies & TV
They call it American Horror Story. FX Network named it wrong. It’s not particularly American—California is only technically in America. Above all, it’s not really a “horror story” either. Horror generally requires characters you care about. But …Continue reading
IN THE MICK OF TIME: 7 BEST IRISH-AMERICAN CRIME FLICKSOn March 17 By
Josh Converse In
Movies & TV
There’s always something that’s just a little dirtier about Irish crime movies. Irish movie mobsters don’t wear silk suits and don’t tip off an impending whacking with a kiss on the cheek. Infact, in …
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SETTING THE MOOD: MASS EFFECT 3 TAKE EARTH BACK TRAILEROn February 26 By
John Markley In Gaming Bioware recently put out a new trailer for Mass Effect 3, entitled “Take Earth Back.” I quite liked it, and it’s a nice example of how a trailer like this can be effective that’s worth …Continue reading
WHY AWAKE IS ABOUT TO BECOME THE BEST SHOW ON TELEVISION*On February 17
By
Matthew C. Funk In
Movies & TV
*For those who are still jonesing for something to fill the void in their life left by Lost. Just to get past the nagging qualifiers, I’ve been hyping this show since the moment I heard the …Continue reading
MY VALENTINE’S DATE WITH BUTCH FATALEOn February 14
By
Cameron Ashley In
Books & Comics
A few months back, I ploughed through Jungle Street by Don Elliott. Elliott (the pseudonym of SF master Robert Silverberg) wrote numerous smutty novels (such as Escape To Sindom, Sex Gang and Party Girl), the kind which once flooded the market …Continue reading
THE 10 PERVIEST CRIME FILMSOn February 12 By
Matthew C. Funk In
Movies & TV
Crime films give every genre a run for its money when it comes to getting hardcore. Murder, torture, kidnapping—they have it all and in many cases, they show it all. Even the lion’s share of …Continue reading
SILENT HOUSE – ELIZABETH OLSEN SCREAMS WITH TALENTOn February 12
By Matthew C. Funk
In Movies & TV
Silent House holds a lot of dark splendor for such a lean feature. This trim 88-minute thriller is rendered in a single shot. That artistic effort alone makes it worth the price of admission. It braids…
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