A classic horror novel made even better. Literate, dark humor peppers this popular tale of 60s hippies that has been selling since first published in 1992. Greater depth and additional twists add to the fun in this new author’s edition as ill-fated friends making their way between two oceans create their own ocean of blood. Literate, dark humor peppers this popular tale of READ MORE…
Nan has had to leave her peaceful home above what used to be the Arctic Circle for something extraordinarily old-fashioned: a physical meeting with someone in, of all places, a city. If she doesn’t contract a fatal disease first, she might just choke to death on the Rococo holography currently choking Manhattan. And why hasn’t she heard anything from her best friend, Trix? Must READ MORE…
Thanks to stellar advances in longevity, Earth is overrun by Baby Boomers well into their hundreds. Social Security being the stuff of history books, subsequent generations must find some way to put all those Boomers to good use…challenging since few have minds that have survived along with their bodies.But the silver lining is that few can complain about what some of those uses READ MORE…
Gorgeous, and born with the proverbial silver spoon in her mouth, Veronica Hamilton has never had to interrupt her dreamy sentimentality to question her cultural snobbery or even whether or not that diagnosis of Asperger’s was accurate. But that was before her fabulously wealthy CEO husband framed her for the murders he committed. Now she’s fleeing across READ MORE…
Tale’s been told before. But I stumbled onto the 2019 film version of Out of Time on Amazon Prime (note the rhyme), and I was delighted. I think it deserves far better than imdb.com’s 6.0 (out of 10) here. Snazzoid production values? No. Bunch of science fiction tropes? Yup. But a deft enough handling that nothing got my eyes rolling. (And that is one hell of a lot more than I can say for the recent avalanche of Truly Terrible films I’ve had to click off in despair and disgust of late, despite all their monster-sized budgets and flashy special effects.)
The aliens keep switching bodies, which keeps things interesting with a whole sequence of well-done cameo performances and even supplies a subtle touch of humor. But it’s the chemistry of the cops chasing them (Nadege August and Blake Boyd) that steals the show. So, please, crank up the air conditioning (oops, you didn’t hear that environmentalists), grab the bon bons (trail mix?), and enjoy the show.
