DVD Review - Rock & Rule

Well, seems I missed February completely - oh well.  There was a lot going on.

So we'll just roll the intended theme right over to March.  Which, in this case is - cool movie musicals (leaving out "Streets of Fire" since I already reviewed it).

Starting with Nelvana's first feature film - "Rock & Rule" - an animated post-apocalyptic rock musical from waaaay back in 1983 (although it was in development for a few years).

Blu-Ray Review - Nightbreed: Directors Cut

This is a review of the just-released Blu-Ray of Nightbreed: The Directors Cut.  While this is not exactly the same as the fan-edited Cabal cut that has circulated in the last few years, it is the Director's original vision - as stated in the introduction to the disc by director Clive Barker and the restorer Mark Miller.

Frankly...a bit of backstory doesn't hurt - although you'll certainly hear more about this if you check out the film.  Much like Gilliam's original cut of Brazil - the studio decided they didn't like the overall tone of the film and hacked it to pieces for release.  If you've watched the theatrical cut - the only one previously available on DVD or VHS - you may have noticed some weird tonal shifts and plot holes - not to mention how different the story felt compared to the original novella it was based on - "Cabal."

E-Book Review - The Collected Works of William Hope Hodgson

A brief review of the Kindle E-book.

Surprisingly even when I was digging down into Lovecraft in college and Robert E. Howard starting in 2004 or so....I never heard of William Hope Hodgson.