Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
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What I’m Reading: A Family of Value
A Family of Value is a practical, hands-on book by John Rosemond on how to raise respectful, resourceful, and responsible children. John Rosemond is a child psychologist who believes that most of the child psychology of the past several decades has been counter-productive, and that… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: A Family of Value”
Scary Movies: The Thing
John Carpenter remade the Thing From Another Planet (1951) in 1982. I wonder if this was the first example of the sub-genre of action-horror? Certainly, Aliens (1986), Predator (1987), Pitch Black (2000), and the 1999 remake of The Mummy, fall into this genre. But I can’t… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: The Thing”
Scary Movies: Village of the Damned
Last night, as per our annual Halloween scary movie schedule, the family watched Village of the Damned (1960). This is a British film, produced by MGM-UK, and I’ve always had something of a fascination for it. When I was seven or eight, an issue… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Village of the Damned”
Ranking Scary Movies
I’ve love horror movies. I always have, ever since I was a little kid. Not sure why, there’s just something primal in them that appeals to me. In my house, we have movie night every Saturday. We cycle so that my son picks the… Continue Reading “Ranking Scary Movies”
Scary Movies: Jaws
Jaws was my kids’ first horror movie, and they loved it. We watched it at Halloween and my daughter asked to watch it again on her movie night just a few weeks ago. She’s six years old, by the way, so already her taste… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Jaws”
Ranking the James Bond Movies
So my son is 10 years old, and over the past year or so, we’ve been watching some of the James Bond movies together. Many of these I have not seen since I was in high school. We have half a dozen on DVD,… Continue Reading “Ranking the James Bond Movies”
What I’m Reading: Grit Lit
Grit Lit: A Rough South Reader collects short stories from the past 30 years or so in the sub-genre the collection calls “Rough South.” These are stories set in the South among mostly blue-collar families or the rural underclass, folks with a tendency towards drink,… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Grit Lit”
