top ten super-hero movies ya gotta see before you die! part 1

TOP TEN SUPER-HERO MOVIES YA GOTTA SEE BEFORE YOU DIE. And not one of them is Marvel or DC. Part One MYSTERY MEN (1999) PRODUCED: Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Mike Richardson. DIRECTED: Kinka Usher. STARS: Ben Stiller, Geoffrey Rush, William Macy, Janeane Garofalo, Paul Reubens, Hank Azaria, Kel Mitchell, Wes Studi. INFO: Captain Amazing is the premier hero of […]

Reading Sanctum #21

For the past several years, in an effort to promote cultural diversity and understanding, Amazon has offered free books on Kindle to celebrate World Book Day. I usually participate by getting several of the free offerings but forget to share the information with our (the Mustache and the Beard) audience. I acquired eight of the […]

THE CASE OF THE WHITECHAPEL VAMPIRE – A Sherlock Holmes MYSTERY

THE CASE OF THE WHITECHAPEL VAMPIRE (2002) is a Sherlock Holmes mystery produced by The Hallmark Channel and is the last of four Holmes films done by them. The producer was Irene Litinsky. It was directed by Rodney Gibbons who also wrote the screenplay. The film starred Matt Frewer, Kenneth Welsh, Cary Lawrence, and Tom Rack. […]

Women’s Empowerment: Reading Sanctum Potpourri #11

Reading Sanctum: Potpourri is one of our continuing features of quick cut book reviews to help you find some otherwise innocuous books that might have escaped your attention. As a huge library/book reader geek, I love sharing stories about the books I am reading. So, if you love books like I love books, then you […]

Women’s Empowerment: Z Nation

CONTRIBUTING WRITER Lance The (OMG!) Obscure Movie Guy When thinking of Women’s Empowerment, one would not usually land on a tv showcentralized on a Zombie Apocalypse. Some would say it’s obscure. Which for me, Lance The OMG, is the norm. But beyond all the zombies, cannibals, sadists, wannabe dictators, thieves, and murderers, you do find […]

Respectful Reel Review #23: Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

MOVIE TITLE: Silent Night, Deadly Night IMDB YEAR RELEASED: 1984 GENRE: Christmas Slasher / Psychological Horror STARRING: Robert Brian Wilson, Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick, Toni Nero, Linnea Quigley, Britt Leach and Leo Geter DIRECTED BY: Charles E. Sellier, Jr. SUMMARY: A young man named Billy suffering from the post-traumatic stress of watching his parents killed […]

Reading Sanctum #17

One of the highlights of my year was reading The Harvesting series by Melanie Karsak. This series of novels was a truly unique reading experience that begins with a global pandemic and quickly turns into a zombie apocalypse, but incorporates elements usually found in urban fantasies. I considered it something akin to a kitchen sink […]

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November Nouveau: Respectful Reel Review #22 — It Follows (2014)

MOVIE TITLE: It Follows IMDB YEAR RELEASED: 2014 GENRE: Supernatural / Psychological Horror STARRING: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto, Jake Weary, Olivia Luccardi, Lili Sepe, Bailey Spry, Debbie Williams, Leisa Pulido DIRECTED BY: David Robert Mitchell SUMMARY: After a sexual encounter, a young woman finds that she is haunted by dark visions where she […]

Geektoberfest: Vampirella’s Sordid History*

From the minute you laid eyes on her, you could tell she was trouble. Frank Frazetta’s cover to Vampirella #1 has her posed with one hand on her fleshy hip and one finger in her mouth. She’s wearing black boots and her iconic red sling bikini with the white collar and nothing else. I never […]