My family was one of those "alternative Christian" families who didn't celebrate Christmas when I was growing up. So when other kids were going to church or caroling or opening presents, we didn't really do anything besides watch stupid Hallmark Christmas movies and wonder what all the fuss was about. Even though I'm decidedly not … Continue reading The 12 Films of Christmas
Friday Fiction: An Origin Story (Part 1)
(Hey, Friday fiction is back! I'm sure you were waiting avidly for this. 🙂 I've been wanting to write a superhero story for the longest time, so I thought I'd make a serial of it. Written in the style of a personal journal, because why not?) October 18thAll right, so grandma gave me this really nice … Continue reading Friday Fiction: An Origin Story (Part 1)
The AFI Top 100 Films: All About Eve (#16)
All About Eve (1950) Starring Bette Davis, Anne Baxter and Celeste Holm Written and Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz There's an awful lot going on in this movie, especially considering the time in which it was made. Just a quick bit of Internet research has uncovered a multitude of perspectives detailing what All About Eve … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: All About Eve (#16)
Whatever Your Heart Can Handle
As an online rabbit, I know about the importance of running and cardiovascular exercise to my overall health. And I've been trying to develop a good running practice for a little over seven years now -- first by regular trips on the treadmill and then by carving out good routes around the burrow. As you … Continue reading Whatever Your Heart Can Handle
The AFI Top 100 Films: The African Queen (#17)
The African Queen (1957) Starring Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn Written by James Agee & John Huston (screenplay) and C.S. Forester (novel) Directed by John Huston There's really nothing else quite like The African Queen. Set (and filmed!) in Africa, it tells the story of a missionary's sister Rose Sayer (Hepburn) fleeing the region after … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: The African Queen (#17)
The AFI Top 100 Films: Psycho (#18)
Psycho (1960) Starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles and John Gavin Written by Joseph Stefano (screenplay) and Robert Bloch (novel) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock There shouldn't be a need to tell you that this review will be discussing spoilers for the movie Psycho, but just in case you weren't expecting it -- this review … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: Psycho (#18)
Writing November
A lot of folks have been asking me if I'm participating in National Novel Writing Month this year, so I thought I would answer here. No, but not for lack of interest or desire. I just couldn't get my shit together yet in time, and there are too many other considerations on my time to … Continue reading Writing November
Book Review: Forests of the Night by S. Andrew Swann
S.A. Swann's first novel -- the beginning of a thematic trilogy -- is set in a (by now) near-future America. It's a 1990s cyberpunk-ish future, actually, where future-tech is still wired and location-based, the nation's cities are in decline, and a world war involving nuclear weapons don't necessarily mean the end of civilization as we … Continue reading Book Review: Forests of the Night by S. Andrew Swann
The AFI Top 100 Films: Chinatown (#19)
Chinatown (1974) Starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and John Huston Written by Robert Towne Directed by Roman Polanski Chinatown is a hell of a noir film. Set in the Los Angeles of the 1930s, it uses the acquisition of water by land barons to explore deeper themes of moral bankruptcy and how one man's remorseless … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: Chinatown (#19)
Five Favorite Horror Films
When I was but a wee leveret growing up in the wilds of Baltimore City, I really wasn't able to watch many horror movies. We were a religious household, so anything seen as 'celebrating' the Devil or the occult were strictly off-limits. As is often the case with kids who grow up in oppressively spiritual … Continue reading Five Favorite Horror Films
From the Desk of Jakebe T. Rabbit 