27 January 2020

A Lovecraft Cinematic Universe?

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H.P. Lovecraft’s classic story, “The Colour Out of Space,” is one of my all-time favourites. So I’m relieved to see that the reviews for ...
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17 January 2020

No second season for the Watchmen

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As I noted a couple of weeks ago , HBO's series The Watchmen is superb, almost a perfect sequel to the original comic series. Alas, it...
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16 January 2020

Christopher Tolkien RIP

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J.R.R. Tolkien’s son and literary executor Christopher Tolkien has died at the age of 95. Namárië! Nai hiruvalyë Valimar. Nai elyë hiruva...
13 January 2020

A brief reflection on the Witcher and the Mandalorian

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So I've been watching "The Mandalorian" and "The Witcher" over the past couple of weeks, and enjoying both quite a b...
24 December 2019

The Watchmen HBO series is excellent

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I wanted to mention this before being completely overwhelmed by the holidays and then forgetting to do so in the new year: HBO’s recent...
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18 December 2019

Dark Rumblings for the Rise of Skywalker

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Based on this review , The Rise of Skywalker sounds like a real mess. I’ve liked—but not loved—the recent movies well enough. They’ve ...
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30 November 2019

Eye of Vecna coming to the big screen?

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The possibility of new Dungeons and Dragons film has popped up from time to time for years now (I last mentioned it here in February 2016)...
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19 November 2019

Elric coming to the small screen?

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According to Deadline we might see an Elric TV series someday: “New Republic Pictures’ Brian Oliver and producer Bradley J. Fischer ac...
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17 November 2019

Interview with the Mythic Lawrence Whitaker

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Gentle readers, as many of you already know, Lawrence Whitaker (‘Loz’) runs the Design Mechanism with Pete Nash. Whitaker and Nash created ...
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14 November 2019

Another article on the popularity of D&D

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There is an article on the current popularity of Dungeons and Dragons in today's New York Times : " In a Chaotic World, Dungeons ...
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