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Category: Essays

Shot Through the Heart – Batman: The Long Halloween

This is Harvey Dent’s story: the tale of a good man gone bad, and how close to the line we all walk when we bend the rules or see our good efforts gone to waste against the darkness.

Batman, Calendar Man, Carmine Falcone, Catwoman, Harvey Dent, Holiday Killer, Jeph Loeb, Jim Gordon, Joker, Mad Hatter, Poison Ivy, Scarecrow, Solomon Grundy, The Long Halloween, The Roman, Tim Sale

Shot Through the Heart – The Devil’s Backbone

Yeah yeah, I hear you. Oh sure, Pan’s Labyrinth is your favorite Del Toro movie. Oh…what’s that you say? It takes his filmography and wraps it in a tight bow?

Lies. Nothing but lies.

guillermo del toro, jacinto, santi, the devil's backbone

Shot Through the Heart – Never Let Me Go

There’s an ocean inside of each one of us, a well inside that is desperate to come bursting forth in … More

Cloning, Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go, Organ Harvest

Tallgrass Film Festival: Wrap-Up

I have to thank a few people for going through the wringer with me in some way, shape, or form.

tallgrass film festival

Shot Through the Heart – Bioshock

“Shot Through the Heart” is a weekly segment in which I rant about a story that means the world to … More

a man chooses, a slave obeys, andrew ryan, bioshock, control, tribalism

Shot Through the Heart – Pop Art

Everyone has a best friend, the one person they believe understands them, but few experience something that makes them the person they are because of these individuals. I’ve experienced this through friends, through loved ones, who have helped to carve me into who I am and I know that the loss of these people would break me (looking at you, you know who all you are).

inflatable, joe hill, photography, pop art, religion, shot through the heart

Shot Through the Heart – The Obsolete Man

“Shot Through the Heart” is a weekly segment in which I rant about a story that means the world to … More

burgess meredith, death, fritz weaver, rod serling, shot through the heart, the obsolete man, the twilight zone

Shot Through the Heart – The Fountain

About an hour and a half later we sat in awed silence as credits rolled. He looked over to me, a smile on his face, and asked, “What the hell did we just watch?”

darren aronofsky, death, ellen burstyn, hugh jackman, rachel weisz, the fountain

“The Outsider” is Disturbing, Exciting, and a Decent Entry into Stephen King’s Fiction

Arresting Terry Maitland at the Estelle Barga Ballfield had been the first domino, the one that started a chain reaction … More

bill hodges, dayton, el cuco, el cucy, flint city, holly gibney, marysville, stephen king, the outsider

Aronofsky’s “Pi” Began my Obsession with Obsession

Whether you’re in the mood for wrestlers and ballerinas or just looking to indulge in gratuitous obsession, Aronofsky has a … More

aronofsky, hip-hop montage, mansell, obsession, pi

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