The Beastmaster Written by: Don Coscarelli & Paul Pepperman Directed by: Don Coscarelli Release Date: 1982 Runtime: 118 min Available on Amazon Prime The Beastmaster is a story of revenge and the fulfillment of a prophecy. A maniacal High Priest of Ar, Maax, played by Rip Torn, is told of his death at the hands of…
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Rated GA: God Awful – Zero Charisma [Movie]
Zero Charisma Written by: Andrew Matthews Directed by: Katie Graham & Andrew Matthews Release Date: 2013 Runtime: 1h 27min Available on Tubi As roleplaying gains in popularity, its appearance in T.V. and movies increases. It’s often depicted with stereotyped characters with geeky cliches and misrepresents the hobby and the people who enjoy it. While searching for…
Off With Your Head – The Green Knight Movie Review
The Green Knight is a fantasy film released in July of 2021, based on the Arthurian Tale of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.” At the time of this writing, it is still in some theaters and is available for streaming rental. I should preface this with a caveat—I’m pretty far from an Arthurian scholar…
By Sword & Ink – Eye of the Beholder: The Art of Dungeons and Dragons
Eye of the Beholder: The Art of Dungeons and Dragons Directors: Kelley Slagle, Brian Stillman 2019 Run time: 1h 31min Available for free on Tubi One of the first questions roleplayers inevitably ask of each other is where did you start in the hobby and why? What drew you to the hobby? What caught your eye? These…
Warriors, Come Out to Play!
Can you count, suckers? I say, the future is ours… if you can count! I recently wrote about urban environments in RPGs. One of the films I mentioned is an all-time favorite of mine, The Warriors. In brief, the film follows one momentous night for nine members of a fictional New York City street gang,…
Planet of the Apes – Variation on a Theme
The book was better than the film. How many times have you heard that? A lot I bet. When a book translates into another medium like films it becomes restrained by budget, run times, practical effects, and other factors. The story is usually altered to fit the medium. In the case of Planet of the…
Late Night T.V. Inspiration – Fantastic Planet
Fantastic Planet Directed by René Laloux 1973 Growing up I used to spend a lot of time in front of the T.V. especially late at night. Late one night, sometime in the ’80s, I was watching an odd show on the USA Network called Night Flight. Night Flight started late in the night and ran…
Revisiting Star Wars: The Last Jedi
A complete cinematic failure. A betrayal of the character of Luke Skywalker. Feminist, SJW garbage… the worst film of 2017. That’s what I found from making a brief search for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. I did find it interesting that The Emoji Movie, another 2017 release, apparently ranks higher than The Last Jedi. I’m the last…
From the Silver Screen: The Lost Battalion (1919)
The Lost Battalion Directed by: Burton L. King Produced by: Edward A. MacManus Written by: Charles Logue Premiered: July 28, 1919 FORWARD. For the first time in the history of the world you are to look upon a motion picture re-enacted by those who live again the historic events for which a grateful nation commended them. There is fact and record…
Exploring Movies – As Above, So Below
Perpetually on the hunt for creative inspirations, I have been scouring Netflix for any movie which appears to be remotely influenced by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. In my search, I recently came across a movie that I had not seen in previous searches, As Above, So Below. As always, I took a chance and…
Rolling Boxcars 