Geektoberfest Year 2: Get Out of Jail Free #6

Geektoberfest Year 2: Respectful Reel Review #13

I saw this become available on Amazon a week ago. Since I remember loving it way back when, I decided to revisit it. I wanted to see if it would hold up to my present worldview. So few things do, nowadays. If I’m to be completely honest, I’m a jaded horror fan. Most of you […]

Geektoberfest Year 2: The Cinematic History of the Zombie (Part I)

Several months back, while the Beard talked to his daughters and granddaughter, they gave him a list of suggestions for the blog. I wasn’t present for the conversation, but the Beard said that his elder daughter suggested a “History of the Zombie” post. Because the Beard is a horror fan that prefers vampires, he conceded […]

Geektoberfest Year 2: Horror Hall of Fame Nominations

The Mustache and the Beard have a horror Hall of Fame. We will induct a new class of winners every year. We choose the names that go on the ballot, while our followers and visitors vote on the nominees. The House of Whispers and Shadows Category 10: Best Foreign Film Train to Busan (2016) / […]

The Dead Rising Double Feature

I’m always dubious about movies made from videogames. Make that a zombie videogame, and it redoubles my doubt. Zombies have become a cultural metaphor made to represent so many disparate things that their significance has been diluted by over-saturation via distinct media: movies, videogames, books, even music (the Cranberries, Nightcore, The Misfits, Blue Oyster Cult). […]

A Batman Day Surprise: A Respectful Reel Review #12

Today has been a very busy day for the Mustache and the Beard. We taped Red Capers #44. We taped Ask Two Grey Geeks #4. We made plans for the Launch of our YouTube channel on September 30th, 2020. That last one has been ongoing for over a month. We expect Launch Party 2020 to […]

STAR TREK First Frontier

The Stars Are Not That Far STAR TREK FIRST FRONTIER STAR TREK FIRST FRONTIER (2020) is an American Star Trek fan film directed by Kenneth Smith and written by Keith Brooks, Chad Dowdy, Kenneth Smith, and Harold Stafford. It stars Robert Pralgo, Tara Ochs, Brianna Ferris, and Barry Corbin. It tells the story of the […]

Get Out of Jail Free #4

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Chadwick Boseman: Rest in Power

CONTRIBUTING WRITER Norman BumGardner Chadwick Boseman will be remembered for his strength in his struggle, for offering comfort to those who were sick with the disease he would succumb to, for encouraging young black men everywhere. He will be remembered for a number of his movie roles: James (Hardest working man in show business!) Brown […]

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (1974) versus MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017) or Does forty-three years make any difference? In 1974 producers John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin with director Sidney Lumet made a film called MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS based on the novel by Agatha Christie. In 2017 Kenneth Branagh both directed and […]