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Mini Movie Reviews 87 (February, 2017 to May, 2017)
May 24, 2017

Welcome back to my Mini Movie Review feature, where I write a short review of every movie I’ve seen for the first time (or have yet to review!) You can see the full list of mini movie reviews HERE And […]

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Album Artwork for the Ages 2: Attacker – Battle at Helm’s Deep
May 12, 2017

Before one is fully able to appreciate heavy metal as a genre, one must first come to terms with the ridiculous imagery that is an integral part of the metal experience.  Through some strange alchemical process, …

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Minor Key Music 74: Shannon – Let the Music Play
May 4, 2017

Minor Key Monday is back, now in its new, non-weekday specific form!  I will continue to add to this feature as I stumble across new epic and/or sorrowful music.  Also, I have a new page …

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Cinema Scripture School 3: The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille, 1956)
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Though I have no formal religious education, I have actually learned a fair bit about Christianity over the years, both via apophatic deduction with my metal collection, and, through cinema.  In this recurring series, I feature …

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An Open Letter to Marvel Studios, LLC RE: Unacceptable Cross-franchise Contamination in Thor: Ragnarok
April 12, 2017

Greetings Marvel Studios. Eugene Pendergrass here, you may know me from my notorious open letters, the number of which is legion.  There are few fetid corners of "so-called" nerd culture which my open letter tendrils have yet …

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Mini Movie Reviews 86 (February, 2016 to January, 2017)
April 6, 2017

Though my film consumption has massively decreased from the old days when I could watch 5 Woody Allen films in a single day and still have time for a few more movies, I still plan on …

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Top 5 Ridiculous Things That Got Me Misty in the Last Year
March 21, 2017

Now, first of all, I am by no means claiming to possess anything close to John Wayne levels of tear duct control. However, I don't tend to cry at the usual things. The beginning of …

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The racist roots of the New Wave of Anti-Islamic Black Metal
March 13, 2017

No heavy metal sub-genre positions itself more firmly in opposition to Christianity than black metal--most famously seen in the wave of church burnings across Norway in the heyday of the early 90s second-wave scene.  And, Kerrang sensationalism aside, …

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Best Metal Albums of 2016
March 10, 2017

As I make these lists it is always a tricky thing to distinguish between those albums that seem excellent at face value, and those albums that are just plain exciting and/or fun to listen to. …

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I read many different types of books, but what I love to read the most is a truly badass book.  From the day I first opened up an Edgar Rice Burroughs novel as a child, …

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