Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
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Scary Movies: The Last Man on Earth
Today I’m rating the 1964 film The Last Man on Earth, starring Vincent Price, and practically nobody else. I say that because Price’s character, Dr. Robert Morgan, is the sole survivor of a sort of apocalypse that has turned everybody else on Earth into… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: The Last Man on Earth”
Scary Movies: Alien
It’s that time of year when things turn scary, and we have a real classic this time! Last Saturday, my son and I watched Alien together. I know it was scary because when a scene is too tense, he likes to go hide on… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Alien”
Scary Movies: Lady Frankenstein
I’ll have a lot more scary movie reviews in October, but I couldn’t wait that long to test out a movie from a new DVD I received for my birthday with a dozen or so public domain horror films on it. I started with… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Lady Frankenstein”
Ranking Die Another Day
I previously ranked some of the James Bond movies here, here, and here. I watched Die Another Day last weekend with my son. I had remembered this as being the best of the Pierce Brosnan films, and though I haven’t seen the others since they first came… Continue Reading “Ranking Die Another Day”
What I’m Reading: When I Was a Young Boy
When I Was a Young Boy is the translated title of Erich Kästner’s 1957 book Als Ich ein Kleiner Junge War. Erich Kästner was a German author for children from the 1930s to 60s, probably best known for his book Emil and the Detectives. It would be an… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: When I Was a Young Boy”
What I’m Reading: Chomp
Chomp is a YA novel by Carl Hiaasen, and I have to say, I adored this book. It follows Wahoo Cray, a young man (maybe around 13) whose father is an animal wrangler. That is, they keep all sorts of wildlife in their backyard in… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Chomp”
Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Rip This Joint
For this feature we’ve previously done Sweet Little Sixteen, Dancing in the Streets, Night Train, Rock’n Me, Pop Muzik, Girls, Girls, Girls, Fire Down Below, Truckin’, Everywhere That I’m Not, Mess Around, Back in the USA, Back in the USSR, and America. The next song is Rip This Joint, from the Rolling Stones’ Exile On Main Street album.… Continue Reading “Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Rip This Joint”
What I’m Reading: The Republic
Last year, I read Five Dialogues by Plato and reviewed them on this site. This year I’ve revisited Plato’s Republic, which I read in college. In this most famous of Plato’s dialogues, Socrates, who is always the main character in Plato’s works, makes a proposal to… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Republic”
