Video Found: “Cargo” from TropFest Australia 2013
I think this may be the first time I’ve shed a tear during a zombie movie. This short film deserves a feature film adaptation. The concept is absolutely beautiful: during a zombie outbreak, an infected father spends his last moments trying to bring is infant daughter to safety. A+
Professional Writer = No Day Job?
On a recent episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester posited that based on the prefix “professional” in “professional writer,” those writers who do not make a living as writers technically don’t count as pros. I’m paraphrasing, of course, so I recommend actually listening to the podcast here (the comment appears around the 30-minute […]
Video Found: “This Must Be the Only Fantasy” (w/ Elijah Wood)
Apparently, the following short film is a collaboration between a fashion designer and a photographer. There’s something to be said about the fashion industry giving attention to roleplaying games, I suppose. In any case, this video is kinda strange and kinda awesome at the same time. And Elijah Wood has a small part, for what […]
Around the Podosphere: Shoot the WISB Review of Elysium
I’ve been wildly anticipating the next Neill Blomkamp film for a long while. Now it’s finally here, and I’ve joined David Annandale and Paul Weimer to talk about it in the current episode of Shoot the WISB. Go check it out after you see the movie yourself! You might also like to check out some […]
Open Road Media and Genre-Bending Novels (and a Book Sale)
Open Road Media is running a sort of awareness campaign / sale for novels which essentially defy categorization. There are quite a few interesting books on the list, so in case you’re interested in that sort of thing, here are the details: Jonathan Carroll. Edward Whittemore. Robert R. McCammon. James Morrow. All of these authors […]
Talking About Wonder Woman and Her “Problems”…Again
Some time back, I talked about the path I hope the studios will take for a film adaptation of the Justice. Since such an adaptation will naturally include popular characters like Wonder Woman and Flash, I felt compelled to talk about why the studios had to approach the whole venture carefully to avoid the pitfalls […]