| Nightingale Songs - Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:49:50 +0000 |
| Two characteristics distinguish Simon Strantzas from many contemporary horror authors. For one, he prefers the short story format rather than novels (making him, to paraphrase Ray Bradbury, “a sprinter” rather than a “long-distance runner”). More notable, perhaps, is Strantzas’ preference for subtle, thought-provoking effects in contrast to the graphic, violent shocks that define much of [...] |
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| GTO: 14 Days in Shonan, Volume 01 - Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:49:07 +0000 |
| GTO: The title refers to neither a car nor a Beach Boys song, but Great Teacher Onizuka, a 22-year-old homeroom teacher who gets in hot water after admitting on a TV talk show that he once almost buried a female student alive. He plies his trade at the educational institution known as, of all things, [...] |
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| Apocalypse on the Set: Nine Disastrous Film Productions - Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:52:26 +0000 |
| Sometimes the most interesting stories in cinema take place behind the camera. Ben Taylor’s APOCALYPSE ON THE SET: NINE DISASTROUS FILM PRODUCTIONS proves that page by glorious page. While hardly the first book to tackle the subject of problematic shoots, it beats the pants off the more superficial entries, such as FIASCO by James Robert [...] |
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