Haiku Reivu: The Woman in Black

Harry, check your six

Bitch in black sees a son raised

Raises you one more

Did I like it? Not so much. But at least Harry's first reaction was to grab a hatchet and a torch when going into the dark place. Of course, he

kept

going into dark places even when it because obvious that doing so was stupid. So there's that.

Fairy Tale Friday: Sleeping through Math

First up, Unsettling Wonder is a new fairytale journal dedicated to the retelling and re-imagining of traditional fairytales and folktales. One of my favorite writers of fairy tales, Katherine Langrish, is involved. To get the party started, she has written a short piece on the range of fairy tales (and their frequent lack of actual fairies). Good stuff.

At Breezes from Wonderland, Tatar has a post about how Lady Gaga co-opts the Sleeping Beauty framing for her own commercial/performance

Of Dioramas and Destruction

Your argument is invalid.

That is all.

Movie Mashup: Solomon Safe

Would you care for some violence with your redemption?

That’s the question the latest brace of movies asked me (loudly, and with lots of blood). Solomon Kane, the newish adaptation of Robert E Howard's stories about an ass-kicking Puritan, is heavy on both mysticism and mud. And then there’s Safe, which pits modern-day ass-kicker Jason Statham against…well, most of New York City.

Wanna know a secret? This mashup is soooo easy. Both movies are the same movie

Bookstore Spotlight: Avid Books in Athens, GA

On a recent trip down south, I got to hang out in Athens for a day. Yes, I ate at the Grit. Yes, I perused the very fine vintage stores (like Agora). Yes, I saw all the Evil Packers logos (Really, guys? Really? You couldn't come up with something a leetle different?)

Hmpf.

However, I also knew to visit Avid Bookshop, after a pal gave me a heads-up that someone decided that the world still needed bricks and mortar bookstores

Fairy Tale Friday: OMG Edition

Sooooo…this. Hansel & Gretel deserve an update, sure. And I like a stupid fantasy action movie as much as the next person (um…usually more than the next person). But, OMG, am I confused. The kids aren't kids? They have guns in medieval Whereverstan? Girls wear leather pants there? And they all have American accents?

And, yes, of course I'll see it. But I'll be honest in my review. And my honesty comes with a biohazard label.

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