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Treasure Island — MinaLima edition brings Stevenson’s adventure to life
Review by C.J. Bunce Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson is one of those authors still known today in many ways, mainly from books we call classics: Treasure Island (1883), Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Kidnapped (both 1886), and the book of poems A Child’s…
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The Magician’s Nephew — Finally a fourth Chronicles of Narnia movie
Time flies. It was only ten years ago we reported on the forthcoming fourth movie to adapt C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia books to the big screen–The Silver Chair. David Magee, who was nominated for Academy Awards for his writing work on Life of Pi and Finding Neverland,…
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Now streaming — Elsa Lanchester in H.G. Wells crime comedy Blue Bottles
Review by C.J. Bunce What? Now streaming? Elsa Lanchester? The actress from Bride of Frankenstein, Bell, Book, and Candle, and Mary Poppins? If you’re a fan of any or all of her movies– and who isn’t–you’ve probably wondered about Lanchester’s roles before Bride of Frankenstein,…
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Now streaming — Crystal Lake, a great retro horror prequel thriller
Review by C.J. Bunce What’s our best new recommendation for Halloween viewing this weekend? That would be the new Peacock series Crystal Lake. Only someone who truly loved Sean S. Cunningham and Victor Miller’s Friday the 13th could have made such a show. It goes beyond the…
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Star Trek The Original Voyages: A Visual History celebrates 60 years
Review by C.J. Bunce Walter Koenig, Star Trek’s Pavel Chekov, passed away this week at age 90, and it’s nice that he made it to see the celebration of 60 years of Star Trek this year. He was a kind man who was human first, actor second–someone you could actually sit down and…
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Now streaming — Disclosure Day, Spielberg’s latest take on alien first encounters
Review by Elizabeth C. Bunce Full disclosure, since we’re doing that: I’m not the biggest fan of Close Encounters of the Third Kind or E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, but their status as classics in the alien genre is undisputed. And I enjoyed Disclosure Day a lot more than I…
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The Greatest Original Film Scores — Did your favorite make the list?
Review by C.J. Bunce French film critic Thierry Jousse takes on a giant subject in his new book The Greatest Original Film Scores: An Illustrated History of the Music of Movies, available for pre-order now here at Amazon and in stores next week. Less a comprehensive look at…
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The Art of Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu harnesses 50 years of the franchise
The Art of Star Wars The Mandalorian - Abrams Books book review
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Halloween reading — A Curse Dark as Gold
Autumn has arrived and Halloween is almost upon us. If you’re looking for a ghost story to get you in the mood for the Halloween season, check out Edgar Award-winning author and borg writer Elizabeth C. Bunce’s novel A Curse Dark as Gold, available in hardcover, paperback, and…
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Christmas at the Kringles — Ron Livingston stars in holiday horror
In the days of cable TV, with late night horror feature time slots, Christmas at the Kringles would surely be one of those movies you’d find yourself glued to at 2 a.m. Its trailer has the narrator and the vibe of a preview for any D-movie horror flick in the 1970s or 1980s. The…
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The X-Files — Series reboot coming, Coogler to write/direct pilot episode
It was just two months ago we were excited to see a new trailer for project with The X-Files stamped on it, only to see it was a movie director’s cut from creator Chris Carter. The prospect of the actual series returning has sparked excitement before. Back in 2016-2018 a…
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Dungeons & Dragons goes Pop Manga in next coloring book
Vancouver-based Italian artist Camilla d’Errico is known for her painted comic book art, designs, and commercial projects for Disney, Dark Horse, Image, Hot Topic, and Hasbro. We’re discussed her work in several adult coloring books here at borg. Next week she joins forces with…
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Resident Evil: Death Island manga brings all the key players together again
Review by C.J. Bunce Your next encounter with Raccoon City may be the best yet. In the first volume of writer-artist Zino Kodakujii’s manga Resident Evil: Death Island, available now here at Amazon, readers will get an adaptation of the 2023 animated movie that really brings the…
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Nocturnal Whispers — Book of stories is a stunning, dreamy, gem
Review by C.J. Bunce If you’re a fan of the black-inked drawings of Edward Gorey and Shel Silverstein, and you’re nostalgic for the wonder you felt when you first read Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, get ready for a collection of illustrated stories that might just…
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Your Day Was a Dumpster Fire? Try Anti-Affirmations for your Life
It’s been a decade since the world first met the Smiling Dumpster Fire, a brilliant, simple, and relatable image like the yellow smiley face of 40 years earlier. The Smiling Dumpster Fire was created by pop culture mover and shaker Truck Torrence, also known as 100% Soft, and…
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Haunted Hotel — Season 2 proves genre-bending show is a keeper
Review by C.J. Bunce A worthy successor to supernatural TV series like Grimm, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, The Dresden Files, and Scooby-Doo, and a nice pairing with the current series Ghosts, Haunted Hotel has made the case that this horror comedy is here to stay. Netflix…
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Vampire Noodles — Fend off vampires this Halloween with limited edition ramen
This Halloween season, noodle company Nissin has brought its latest limited edition idea to store shelves, and they boast it’s “great for Trick-or-Treating.” It’s their Cup Noodles brand Vampire Noodles, a hot garlic chicken noodle practically guaranteed to ward off vampires.…
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Below — An addictive, moody thriller with a Stephen King vibe
Review by C.J. Bunce In the Newfoundland coastal village of Snooks Arm, Calvin Penney is awaiting the return of his adult children as part of the town’s homecoming. He’s a fisherman of a strange commodity–ice. But like the fishing business has dried up for locals, now so is the…
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Norm Konyu returns with an ode to Edgar Allan Poe
Review by C.J. Bunce In writer-artist Norm Konyu’s next brightly-colored storybook of dark places, he moves from his own Gothic tale in Downlands and the Lovecraftian icon of A Call to Chthulu to create a decidely upbeat elegiac tribute to the one and only Edgar Allan Poe. Much…
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Warped Phrases — A new Star Trek party game
Ten Speed Press is continuing the celebration of 60 years of Star Trek this month with the new party game Star Trek: Warped Phrases, available now here at Amazon. Like this summer’s trivia card game Star Trek: The Ultimate Trivia Deck, reviewed here, it’s another way to let your…