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Tag: movies

An Interview with Danny Yount

An interview with Danny Yount, title-sequence ninja responsible for some of the most awesome of title sequences.

Sometimes I like my horror small

Small cast horror tends to be among the best, lending itself to taunt atmospherics. A recent gem was Splinter (2008), which shared the locked in/seige feelings of Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Assault on Precinct 13 (1976). Also of note is the almost-zombie flick Pontypool (2008) (watch out for the OTT performance of [...]

Dragons of Massive Geek

It is an established scientific fact that I am a massive geek. Much of this can be traced back to two things: my father forcing me to watch Blackadder, and one day in the reading resource room at Breens Intermediate in Christchurch. I found in there a series of novels called the Dragonlance Chronicles. I [...]