Harold Ramis died yesterday. One of the greatest comedians of the modern era, Ramis was a renaissance clown who wrote, directed, and acted. His movies are uniformly worth your time but, if somehow you’ve never seen Groundhog Day, do yourself an enormous favor and start there. It’s a glorious movie with a pitch perfect central …
As always, there’s a lot of speculation about what the next wave of Marvel movies will include. There’s the usual skutch of sequels, plus, it looks like, at least a couple of new movies from some nicely eccentric characters. The heavily rumored idea of Mads Mikkelsen as Doctor Strange, for example, is brilliant whilst the …
That’s a new headline isn’t it? Looks like, after a couple of years of me waving off fiction, fiction is done waving off me.
So, the last few weeks have been a touch busy. My day job has increased, which is nice (More money!) and less nice (Three buildings! Two towns! Some commuting!) and Marguerite has successfully completed the month or so long exam-a-thon. Oh and then there are the podcasts. And the deadline surfing. And the possible imminent …
Welcome to this week’s Open Mic Monday. Today, the spot belongs to Travis Legge. Travis is an indie filmmaker and RPG designer. He’s one of the most dedicated people I know and watching him shepherd Dry Spell through crowd funding and production has been genuinely inspiring. Here he is to talk about the movie.
I’ve known Clara Barker for what may officially be a ridiculous amount of time. Her rapier wit, total compassion for her friends and abject refusal to give even the slightest of shits shone like a beacon through the frequently horrific events of our final years at school. Since then, I’ve gone onto the freelance Clark …
Earlier this week, my friend Jen Williams celebrated her book birthday. The Copper Promise, which I’ll be reviewing in a while, is the story of a group of thieves (Although they would dispute that definition), the job they take on and its consequences. Also fighting. And banter. And well drawn, clever character dynamics. And fun. …
It’s funny the things that stay with you, and it’s funnier still the connections you make between them. I have a very clear memory, aged 11 of being at the top of my school playing field. This being the Isle of Man it was both literally a field and almost entirely at a 45 …
Morning, welcome back to Open Mic Mondays. Over the next few weeks you’ll see a range of writers talking about subjects close to their heart here and it gives me immense pleasure to introduce JC Hutchins to get us kicked off. Hutch is one of the reasons I got into podcasting. He, the Variant Frequencies …
Clerks came out the year I started at University. It also came out the year before I got a job at the local branch of Travelling Man, where I’d spend the next seven years. I have, to my eternal pleasure, actually woken up, got dressed, shaved whilst walking to work and opened the store to …