Darin Bradley is all over this page, so I’m going to stop identifying him every time I have to mention him. If you don’t know him by now, you haven’t been paying attention (and judging by our traffic numbers, you haven’t!).
And I’m going to start responding to the things he says over on Suvudu, where he has begun a new blog series about the Pox Eclipse in all its myriad forms.
This first post is just a hello, so we’ll see what happens next. I’m not above a little recreational trolling …
Drollerie Press has announced a new 31-day digital author conference called CoyoteCon. Farrago-founder and novelist Darin Bradley will be a part of a chatroom discussion with Lucy Snyder on May 14 about “The Book Deal and Publishing Process.” Drop by.
Congratulations to Bruce Boston and Lee Ballentine, whose story “Wasp Light” (Farrago’s Wainscot, Issue 10), was honorably mentioned in Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror of the Year. Additional congratulations to Bruce, whose poem, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Vulture” (Farrago’s Wainscot, Issue 11), was also honorably mentioned.
3/9 - Law Abiding Citizen
3/10 - Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation
3/13 - The Stepfather (1987) | Truth or Consequences, N.M. | Hellbound: Hellraiser II | Bright Lights, Big City
3/14 - Steelyard Blues
3/18 - Renaissance: Paris 2054
3/20 - Up in the Air | Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
3/23 - Rush (1983)
3/28 - Green Zone
- As is so often the case with bad movies, one death scene made all of the very silly Law Abiding Citizen worthwhile. By the way, don’t go to Phildelphia. They apparently respond to terrorist threats by assigning a lone district attorney to the case.
- Sick Boy’s unifying theory of life is confirmed when you consider that the same people wrote and directed Bachelor Party 2 as the original. This made all the more depressing by the fact that the original is such a low point from which to start your decline.
- Terry O’Quinn was a badass long before he played John Locke. (The Stepfather)
- I suppose I was foolish to expect more of Kiefer Sutherland in his directorial debut. I mean … he’s Kiefer Sutherland. (Truth or Consequences, N.M.)
- I’d never watched Hellraiser II all the way through, but the experience of watching it all the way through is almost identical to watching random scenes without context.
- Michael J. Fox as a coke addict and struggling writer is about as convincing as a five year old putting on his father’s business suit. Sutherland movie no. 2 for the month. (Bright Lights, Big City)
- To tell a tale of freedom-loving misfits, you shouldn’t free yourself from having a coherent script. Sutherland no. 3, this time Donald! (Steelyard Blues)
- Renaissance: Paris 2054 provided solid sci-fi and an interesting animation gimmick, but it doesn’t hold up to further thought.
- Tack an unsatisfying ending onto an otherwise unremarkable romantic comedy, and you got yourself a best-picture nominee. (Up in the Air)
- Sunkist soda is the implied villain of Precious.
- Rush was one of nine movies in the Sybil Danning Adventure Video series that I bought on VHS this month. My love for this kind of thing is why I will never be taken seriously by anyone ever.
- If Green Zone has been a little more interesting, it might’ve stirred up some “Why do you hate America!!?!?!?” controversy.
Congratulations to Forrest Aguirre, whose short story, 
