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Aug 282020
  August 28, 2020

I ranked the Bond title sequences, and this is an addendum to that. I grant myself some knowledge of film so that ranking has some minimal meaning. This is just how much I like the songs. I claim nothing more than that. I’m ranking only the main title themes from both the EON and non-EON

Jun 252020
  June 25, 2020
The Devil's Guide to Bards (Part 1)

Here you’ll find an overview of the Bard Class, suggestions for DMs, and guidance in building a bard, and it won’t cost you your soul. Really. Trust me. Later parts will include feat selection, spell selection, dipping, and a ranking and review of the subclasses. This is The Devil’s Typist, bringing you The Prince of

Jun 222020
  June 22, 2020
The Devil’s Guide to Bards (Part 3: Spells)

Intro This is the Devil’s Typist, here to give you more of The Devil’s thoughts on D&D 5e bards. As always, the Prince of Darkness stopped by, plopped down on my couch with a whiskey on the rocks, and rambled about life, love, sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll, and I’ve done my best to record and

Apr 132020
  April 13, 2020

Explanations, Justifications and Options My Version Familiar Spells Familiar Buffs    Explanations, Justifications, and Options OK, why mess with Find Familiar? Easy answer: the spell’s fun. It’s always been fun. It’s one of the most fun spells in the history of D&D (when it was a spell; sometimes it was a fun feat). But in

The 1960s

 
The 1960s

If you’ve missed the explanation for the FOSCARs list, look here. My plan for the FOSCARs was to cover the Golden Age of Hollywood, which ended in the 1960s, but like most movements, there was no moment when it ceased to exist. Some put its demise at 1960, but more for convenience than any solid

Mar 212019
 
Captain Marvel (2019)

In the mid-1990s, Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) is an amnesiac space soldier of the Kree empire, part of an elite squad lead by Yon-Rogg (Jude Law), tasked to fight the shape-changing Skrulls. A mission goes wrong and she is separated from her team, captured by the Skrull Talos (Ben Mendelsohn), and mind-probed. She escapes

Oct 022018
  October 2, 2018
The Surprisingly Good Mr. Moto

I’d seen most of the ‘30s detective series when I was a kid, including Charlie Chan, but somehow I missed Mr. Moto. Most of these sorts of films are amusing, but cut pretty much the same and they can get old quickly without something special (like the chemistry between Nick and Nora Charles in The

Aug 172018
  August 17, 2018

Much of my disagreement with the general view of film critics of the 1950s comes down to a disagreement on method acting. Which is to say, they like it, and I hate it. Now it is important to note I’m speaking about method acting in film, which is a very different topic than method acting

Jul 092018
 
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) has only a few days left of his house arrest—a result of his plea deal from the events of Civil War—and is about to start a security business with Luis (Michael Peña) and his team. He hasn’t heard from Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) for a

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Apr 272018
 
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

The 19th MCU film finally brings Thanos (Josh Brolin) front and center. The Mad Titan sets out to collect the six infinity stones—the most powerful items in the universe—which will allow him to carry out his fiendish plan. Five of those gems have appeared in previous MCU films and two still remain on Earth, which

Jan 052018
  January 5, 2018

What’s truly sad is that this is now an important discussion in America. How the Hell did that happen? But fanboys are at the heart of not only the wars in lit fiction, gaming, and genre film fandom, they are at the heart of our political split. National politics has been determined by fanboys. But

Jan 042018
 
A Wrinkle in Time (2018)

Schoolgirl Meg (Storm Reid) has the type of close relationship with her physicist father (Chris Pine) that can only be filmed in weird angles with unnecessary close-ups and lots of gibberish dialog. He claims to be able to teleport around the universe and vanishes after adopting the off-putting Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe). For the next

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