Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
Category: nfp
Scary Movies: Alien: Covenant
This is it: with this review, I’m caught up reviewing all the movies in the Alien franchise. The first Alien movie is one of only two horror movies I’ve reviewed to receive a perfect score, while its follow up Aliens got a rating of 6.5,… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Alien: Covenant”
What I’m Reading: The Company She Keeps: The Dangerous Life of a Model Turned Mafia Wife
The Company She Keeps: The Dangerous Life of a Model Turned Mafia Wife is a timepiece from the 1960’s New York mafia era. The author, former model-turned-stunt-car-driver Georgia Durante, shares her dramatic familial experiences with the mafia in this riveting memoir. Ms. Durante also… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Company She Keeps: The Dangerous Life of a Model Turned Mafia Wife”
Scary Movies: Pumpkinhead
As usual, I’m running behind in my reviews of movies I watched during the Halloween season. But we’ve come to the final movie in our theme this year, which was Halloween itself, for which I think Pumpkinhead was quite fitting. I was a little… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Pumpkinhead”
Scary Movies: Frankenstein (2025)
Of the classic movie monsters, my favorite is Frankenstein’s monster, so I was keenly interested to see this new version, directed by Guillermo del Toro. Oddly, I had a hard time finding a movie theater that was playing it. I live in an area… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Frankenstein (2025)”
Scary Movies: Prometheus
Prometheus came out in 2012 as a prequel to the Alien franchise, set a couple hundred years before the other movies. I’ve reviewed nearly all the movies in the series here, and they really run the gamut. The first Alien movie is one of… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Prometheus”
Scary Movies: Trick ‘r Treat
Here’s a Halloween-themed horror movie that’s been highly recommended to me by other horror fans a couple times over the years, so I was eager to see it. I think it could be filed under the category of cult classic. It was certainly cleverly… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Trick ‘r Treat”
What I’m Reading: Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis
Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis is a 2025 autobiography by Priscilla Presley detailing her life post Elvis. This memoir picks up from where Priscilla’s first book: Elvis and Me, left off. Priscilla broadly describes leaving Elvis in this memoir so she… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis”
Scary Movies: World War Z
Thanks for this review go to our guest reviewer, the lovely and perceptive Corinne Dion! Corinne has interests in horror and opera, among other things, and will be providing occasional reviews on this site! World War Z, an action horror film that premiered in… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: World War Z”
