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Indiana Jones and the Legacy of Character
Let's have a chat about the lost art of nuanced character writing, through the lens of classic film hero Indiana Jones.
Jan 25 min read
New Year, Old Questions: My Writing
In the several years since I started this blog, and now a YouTube channel (go check it out if you haven't already!), I've been asked a...
Dec 30, 20241 min read
Nosferatu: Bloody Brilliant
Robert Eggers' new gothic horror is out! In the age of remakes, is it worth checking out? The short answer: Absolutely.
Dec 10, 20241 min read
The Eldritch Horror of The Santa Clause
Disney's 1994 Christmas classic: Heartwarming family tale, or existential nightmare?
Sep 23, 20245 min read
The Penguin: Hitting the Ground Running
So I’m not sure how many of you out there were able to watch the premiere of the HBO miniseries based off of Matt Reeves’ version of the...
Sep 9, 20246 min read
Beetlejuice... Beetlejuice...
Yeah… Let me kick this off by stating outright that I went into this movie knowing that it wasn’t going to be an Oscar winner. I knew...
May 23, 20247 min read
Dishonored 3: A Man Can Dream
With the closure of Arkane Austin (nice job Xbox… How about you excise the tumors in the executive chairs that made the stupid fucking...
Mar 24, 20232 min read
Elysium: An Introduction to Vella
Hello everyone! I know it's been a while since my last post. The good news is that it's because I've been hard at work on final...
Oct 15, 20224 min read
Serialization: Its Future and My Crossroads
So, it’s been a while since I’ve talked about anything that has to do with writing (the printed word at any rate), and I thought it was...
Oct 3, 20213 min read
God of War: Resurrection of an IP
Way back in 2005, a PlayStation exclusive hit the shelves, titled God of War. An ultra-violent hack-and-slash affair set against the...
Oct 3, 20215 min read
Altered Carbon: Damn-Near Perfect
We’re going to be hitting both the book and the first season of the television show (more on the rest of that later…) here, so just be...
Jul 9, 20213 min read
Television Writing: The Sitcom Model, and Losing the Plot as a Natural Progression
First off, let me say this: Below, I’ll be exploring a lot of the same concepts as I have in my post on the miniseries. So go check that...
Jul 2, 20213 min read
Rosemary’s Baby: Classical Horror in an Era of Desensitization
Ask any writer, and they’ll tell you that one of the most important things you can do is read. It helps you decompress, it allows you to...
May 28, 20213 min read
J.R.R. Tolkien: Brilliant but Dry
Like a lot of people my age, I was introduced to J.R.R. Tolkien through school. The Hobbit was on the reading list for English class, so...
Apr 23, 20214 min read
H.P. Lovecraft: The Godfather of Horror/Science Fiction
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” – H.P. Lovecraft...