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The gift that keeps on giving | Alex Good
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A public conversation I'm having with myself. The gift that keeps on giving. July 27, 2015. Added my notes on. The fall and fall and fall of the House of Usher. Cold cases →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out.
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random thoughts | Alex Good
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A public conversation I'm having with myself. The stuff book sales are made of. October 22, 2016. October 22, 2016. Today I went to the Tenth Annual Friends of the Guelph Public Library Giant Used Book Sale. There were several tables set up for movies and music as well, including vinyl records and VHS tapes. To my amazement people were buying VHS tapes. I still have a VHS player in my basement, but I thought I was among the very few left. I mean, why would you still be using one? February 21, 2016. I’m s...
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Thinking Medieval – goodreports.net
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Canada's Premier Independent Book Site. June 25, 2015. Marginalia - Brief reviews. The Measure of Darkness. The Hellmouths of Bewdley. Marginalia — Brief reviews. Reviews — Fiction. Reviews — Non-fiction. Reviews — Poetry. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Follow “goodreports.net”. Get every new post delivered to your Inbox. Build a website with WordPress.com.
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The Horde (2009) | Alex on Film
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Film Commentary by Alex Good. In French, at least as far as the species of zombie and film style goes. These living dead have wheels, and the action sequences are so full of cuts they almost fall apart. There’s also a shared political angle. In. It’s the chavs that have gotten out of control. Here it’s the canaille from the banlieues in revolt. The exteriors were even shot on location in Clichy-sous-Bois, where the 2005 French riots got started. Why do they want to come down off the roof anyway? There ar...
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Survival of the Dead (2009) | Alex on Film
https://alexonfilm.com/2015/05/15/survival-of-the-dead-2009
Film Commentary by Alex Good. Survival of the Dead (2009). A much maligned film that disappointed critics and tanked at the box office. Did it deserve better? As I see it, he gets into trouble here for two reasons. First there is the absence of any sympathetic leads. The National Guard troop we met in. Diary of the Dead. Is he doing God’s work? And why is Tomboy introduced as a sexed-up lesbian and then nothing made of it? For some reason Romero is still sticking with the perverse idea that money, and in...
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Alex Good | Alex on Film
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Film Commentary by Alex Good. Author Archives: Alex Good. This is a film produced by Foresight Features, which is an outfit based out of Collingwood, Ontario specializing in low-budget, offbeat horror (they’re the same people who did. The Civil War zombie pic). In fact, this one was so low-budget it was financed partially through an online crowdfunding campaign. I suspect the inspiration came from watching. Surprisingly, it works. At least the. I also like Steven McHattie as Charlie Baker. He is perf...
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Rec (2007) | Alex on Film
https://alexonfilm.com/2015/04/27/rec-2007
Film Commentary by Alex Good. How do you render the title of this film when writing about it? Or do you have to include the red dot as well? I liked this movie the first time I saw it, but found it confusing. I then saw the first two sequels (. And the less directly related. And was very disappointed, both in terms of the films themselves and the light they shed on the original. Going back and watching this one again I was more impressed. It’s a great horror movie. By an insect bite? But this muddle does...
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Shaun of the Dead (2004) | Alex on Film
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Film Commentary by Alex Good. Shaun of the Dead (2004). A successful and long-running genre inevitably generates parody. James Bond begets Austin Powers. Dawn of the Dead. Shaun of the Dead. Once a genre or franchise is fully developed there just aren’t that many places left for it to go. Not that earlier zombie movies were without a sense of humour. The original. Dawn of the Dead. Was quite a funny movie. But it wasn’t. Satire, it wasn’t sending up the zombie genre. That’s the difference. I don’t ...
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28 Days Later (2002) | Alex on Film
https://alexonfilm.com/2015/04/13/28-days-later-2002
Film Commentary by Alex Good. 28 Days Later (2002). I hate this movie. That doesn’t mean it’s all bad, because hating a movie means something different than thinking it simply sucks. But I do hate it. What I hated about it was the sheer stupidity and waste. Which begins with the wretched screenplay by Alex Garland. The DVD comes with three — count ’em three! What does Jim want to do when he’s just been chased through deserted London by bloodthirsty maniacs and then been told what’s going on? So everyone ...
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The boys in the basement | Alex Good
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A public conversation I'm having with myself. The boys in the basement. November 22, 2014. May 22, 2016. Adam Lanza. (AP — Western Connecticut State University). The opposite may be just as true. The murderer next door could have been spoiled his entire life, or enabled in the language of codependency. I recently reviewed. Girl in the Cellar. And good riddance to another psychopathic man baby, the boomer bane of the bourgeoisie. Newtown: An American Tragedy. I tilt toward the former position, seeing a cl...
