Sunday, September 13, 2015

Man From U.N.C.L.E. Movie


Recently saw the new Man From U.N.C.L.E. movie. Loved it, an excellent homage to the genre. Fun, classy, and the earrings! Also great soundtrack. Directed by Guy Ritchie, and all that you'd expect from a Guy Ritchie film.





The movie is based on the television series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. which I watched faithfully as a kid. I even joined the fan club! And in proper spy mode, I used a different name -- an alias, you know -- which for some reason infuriated my mother, as I remember. 



From Ghost Hunting Theories: What Your Favorite Horror Movies Say About You

Fun, but also accurate I thought, at least for me. My favorite genre seems to ghosts and paranormal themed movies. I'd add one thing to her conclusions about monster movies, while I agree, I'd say for me it's often I have some empathy for the monster and want to know more; what made it the way it is, etc. and hope that instead of just gleefully killing it something else can be done. On the other hand, sometimes you just can't reason with big scary monsters!

Ghost Hunting Theories: What Your Favorite Horror Movies Say About You: Horror movies really come down to three categories. We could push it and say suspense/thriller and SciFi can also be horror, but let’s just talk straight-out horror genre—found on the aisle at the video store. Take a look at your collection and see which type you seem to have the most of: (Ghost Hunting Theories)

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Mothman Flutterings

Lots of new posts on John Keel, etc. at my blog Mothman Flutterings.