A blog about the World of Greyhawk, tabletop RPGs, wargames, and pop culture
Two of the most influential swords-and-sorcery films when I was growing up were Hawk the Slayer and The Sword and the Sorcerer. They were perfect fodder for my D&D-soaked brain, and Cinemax and HBO showed them with enough frequency that Read More
Fritz Lang’s 1927 silent film Metropolis is widely held to be the beginning of modern science-fiction film. Its imagery is certainly iconic; the famous robot was the basis for the design of George Lucas’ C-3P0. But until recently, it was Read More
Minor spoilers ahead. I had the chance to see the new Alice in Wonderland film by Tim Burton this weekend (oddly, I didn’t see it with my 8 year old daughter, who saw it the day before with my wife). Read More
What do Peter Jackson, George Lucas, Paul Verhoeven, and the Wachowski brothers have in common? They will all be banging their heads against walls, wishing they had made “Avatar”, or at least lamenting that it steals their thunder. I have Read More
Wow… just… wow. Not connected with the truly awful remake from a couple of years ago, it turns out that octogenarian Robin Hardy, who was responsible for the original brilliant Christopher Lee version of The Wicker Man from 1973, is Read More
This movie was supposed to suck. Wooden performances, a complete lack of characterization, unintelligible action sequences, nonsensical plot elements, it was supposed to be the “Mansquito” of our day. Well, I’ve got to say, it absolutely doesn’t suck. It was Read More
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