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    Wild Nines – Book One in the Mercenary Trilogy

    Murder, blackmail, and dangerous villains on the outskirts of the solar system. Just a normal day for Davin and his crew of battle-hardened mercenaries.

    Recent Posts

    • That’s a Lot of World to Build: Lessons from Writing a Six-Book Series (Part One)
    • The First Haunt in Betrayal: Legacy is a Perfect Introduction
    • Some Tips to Survive an endless Flight Delay
    • Why I Love The Cold
    • Sidereal Confluence: Alien Shoutfest

    Archive For The “A Night At the Movies” Category

    The Haunting of Hill House and the Fun of a Good Scare

    The Haunting of Hill House and the Fun of a Good Scare

    Yes, I know it’s Thanksgiving and here I am writing about scary stuff. I’ve never been much for timing, so consider this in line with my usual habits. A couple of nights ago, the wife and I watched the first episode of Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House. It’s one of a newish genre, that of a…

    November 22, 2018 Adam
    A Night At the MoviesNetflix , The Haunting Of Hill House

    Castlevania, Season 2 and doing Slow Burn right

    Castlevania, Season 2 and doing Slow Burn right

    In the hyper-active modern era of entertainment, saying something is a ‘slow burn’, meaning it takes time to build to its active thrust, seems like it should be a death sentence. Why do I have to wait for the demon-slaying, the gigantic space battles, or the pivotal scene where the main character tells the love…

    November 15, 2018 Adam
    A Night At the MoviesCastlevania

    The Incredibles 2 and the wild fun of B Stories

    The Incredibles 2 and the wild fun of B Stories

    Read or watch most full-length novels and films and you’ll find what’s often called the B story or subplot. Sometimes more than one. If done well, subplots can add all kinds of crazy flavor to a tale, like a great appetizer or wine paired with an entree. Done poorly, they’re boring slogs that cause people…

    July 2, 2018 Adam
    A Night At the MoviesIncredibles 2 , Subplot

    The ‘Lego Ninjago’ Movie and Relying on Broad Themes to Save You From Nonsense

    The ‘Lego Ninjago’ Movie and Relying on Broad Themes to Save You From Nonsense

    Every time I start one of the Lego Movie films, I experience a sense of bewilderment that what I’m about to watch actually exists. Of all the various merchandise brands that could be movie series – I’m waiting for you, Nerf: The Movie – Lego is somehow gracing the big screen nearly once a year. They do it, like…

    June 27, 2018 Adam
    A Night At the MoviesLego Ninjago , The Lego Movie , Theme

    Choosing to Disbelieve

    Choosing to Disbelieve

    Fiction of any sort – be it a poem, a song, a movie or a book – requires its audience to be flexible. To silence the inevitable voices in their minds telling them that dragons do not exist, that magic is, well, just that. Space ships don’t shoot lasers, and one man armed with a single pistol…

    May 22, 2018 Adam
    A Night At the MoviesInfinity War

    The Phantom Thread and Too Many Genius Jerks

    The Phantom Thread and Too Many Genius Jerks

    One of the survival mechanisms of a long flight is watching as many movies as possible to the point where the hours you’re spending stuck in a chair, inhaling what amounts to the stale taco breath of a hundred other people, blur into a haze that ends as soon as possible. I tend to use…

    May 10, 2018 Adam
    A Night At the MoviesPhantom Thread

    The best part of The Americans is family dynamics

    The best part of The Americans is family dynamics

    Yes, yes, I know it’s a spy show. I know there’s guns, conspiracy, murder and more. Yet, somehow, I’ve stuck the words “family dynamics” up there in the title of this post where, presumably, it wouldn’t be without some reason. I shall, in the method of blogs, explain.   Spy thrillers make a habit of…

    April 4, 2018 Adam
    A Night At the MoviesThe Americans

    Tomb Raider and character through action

    Tomb Raider and character through action

    We’ve seen so many of them – the fast-moving sequence where a character dashes, dodges, darts and dives through one stunt after another, with maybe a pinch of violence thrown in there to spice things up. It’s hard to find an original action sequence these days, and harder still to find one that helps build…

    March 19, 2018 Adam
    A Night At the Movies, Writing DiaryTomb Raider

    Black Panther and the well-drawn side character

    Black Panther and the well-drawn side character

    There are numerous reasons to like Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther, but if I have to pick one, and given the standard size of these posts, I do – then it’s the full, dynamic characters the movie constructs. This goes beyond the titular Black Panther himself and Killmonger, the villain. Most stories are going to invest a…

    March 13, 2018 Adam
    A Night At the MoviesBlack Panther , Character

    Wyoming is Cold

    Wyoming is Cold

    You rarely see temperate desolation. It’s either scorching desert, or, as in Wind River‘s case, an expanse of Wyoming wilderness where, as Jeremy Renner’s wildlife ranger states, “It’s too cold to snow.” The movie, which is available on US Netflix now, is a taut, interesting thriller that uses a familiar combination of young, naive hero out…

    March 7, 2018 Adam
    A Night At the MoviesDictation , Meddling Kids , Wind River
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