Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
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Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Dancing in the Streets
In this feature, we’ve previously done Sweet Little Sixteen. Now let’s do Dancing in the Streets. Originally by Martha and the Vandellas in 1965 (and co-written by Marvin Gaye), this song also charted in the 1980s in a version by Van Halen.I might add this song… Continue Reading “Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Dancing in the Streets”
Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Sweet Little Sixteen
Here’s something I’ve been wanting to do for a while. I’ve always liked it in rock songs when they sing about different places in the chorus. If you don’t realize what I mean, I think you’ll see in the lyrics below. My plan for… Continue Reading “Place Names in Rock Lyrics: Sweet Little Sixteen”
Scary Movies: Night of the Living Dead
I watched this with my son last weekend. He was suitably scared/fascinated by this first of the modern zombie movies. I was afraid he’d be upset by the nihilistic ending (spoiler warning?) but it didn’t bother him at all. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Night of the Living Dead”
Scary Movies: Dawn of the Dead
The sequel to Night of the Living Dead and no, I didn’t show this one to my son. Maybe when he’s older. Like 22. I have seen it as recently as last Halloween. One of the best horror movies ever made, and possibly my… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Dawn of the Dead”
Scary Movies: Man-Thing
MAN-THING (2005)Here’s a movie that counts as both a horror film and a comic book movie. I’ll do it as a comic movie in a later post. I’m a big fan of the Man-Thing, especially his first comic series from the mid-1970s. It’s set… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Man-Thing”
What I’m Reading: The Martian
I admit I was a bit skeptical when someone loaned me The Martian recently and told me I should read it. The Martian? That new movie with Matt Damon? Isn’t that an airplane book, not real literature? (Yes, despite my devotion to comics and… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Martian”
Scary Movies: Night Creatures
Another Hammer feature, this was our family movie last Saturday. Hammer movies are great–atmospheric and with fine acting (often from mainstays Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee) and good production values, despite generally being fairly low budget. Night Creatures is an odd one, as unlike… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Night Creatures”
Scary Movies: Bride of Frankenstein
Another of our movies from last year’s horror movie festival, and one of the few horror sequels to actually top the original. It roughly covers the second half of Mary Shelley’s novel, though not very faithfully. But the movie version introduces several ingenious little… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Bride of Frankenstein”
