SJ Farrell

A Knight's War -- A Review High fantasy films are becoming more numerous, thanks to vast improvements in special effect technology over the last twenty years. Aside ...

My review of A Knight's War is up on the blog.

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Robert Duvall as Kilgore in Apocalypse Now.

RIP to Robert Duvall. A great actor who was good in everything he did.

Unit 234 When I first heard about Unit 234 , I initially thought it was a war movie about an infamous unit that did war crimes. But then I saw the ...

My review of Unit 234 is up on the blog right here yonder.

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The Running Men -- a review (of both) The Running Man was another book written by Stephen King under the Richard Bachman name, like The Long Walk, which had also been release...

My review of The Running Men (both the 1987 and 2025 versions) is up on the blog.

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Actress Catherine O'Hara in the original Beetlejuice.

Bummed to hear that Catherine O'Hara has left us. She seemed to have been enjoying a resurgence recently, with her coming back in Beetle juice 2. RIP.

Is Brain Boy attacking her? Or is he saving her? From what, actually? So many questions....

Very happy to see Sinners get so many nominations. I'm also extremely pleased to see Amy Madigan get a well deserved nom for her superb work in Weapons. I hope everybody wins. I'll be rooting for them.

Picture of actor Tom Baker on Doctor Who.

Happy 92nd birthday to Tom Baker, one of my favorite actors to play Doctor Who.

The Black Phone 2 -- a review The Black Phone was a horror movie that was based on author Joe Hill’s short story about a boy held captive by a killer in his basement w...

My review of The Black Phone 2 is up on the blog.

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The Pitt is back? Already? And we didn't have to wait three years! Wow!

The Long Walk -- a review I first read The Long Walk back in the mid 1980s. Stephen King had the book published under Richard Bachman, his pseudonym (King would a...

My review of The Long Walk is up on the blog.

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It's all about the oil. It always is.

I was around when MTV first made its debut. I recall them running commercials without sound at first, but then they ran regular commercials like everyone else.

I stopped watching MTV for good back when they stopped showing music videos, replacing them with these shitty "reality" shows.

Auld Lang Syne - The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin YouTube video by Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

Happy New Year! May 2026 be a good one for you.

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I saw Yvonne Craig, who played Batgirl on the 1960s Batman TV series, walk right past me at a SF/horror convention. Never said a word to her.

Former Child Star From ‘Cheaper by the Dozen’ Dead at 85 The star, immortalized in classic films, passed away after a heart attack.

Just found out that we've lost Jimmy Hunt a few months back. The original Invaders From Mars, in which he starred as a child actor, is one of my favorite films, thanks to its notable dreamlike imagery.

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Tribute to Bob Burns We lost Bob Burns a few days ago at age 90. Bob was best known for playing gorillas in various films and TV shows, using a gorilla sui...

The recent passing of Bob Burns made me take another look at a model kit diorama that I made a while back. It's Bob guest starring in an episode of Scooby Doo.

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My review of The Conjuring: Last Rites is up on the blog.

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M3GAN 2.0 I thought the first M3GAN , about a killer robot that goes on a bloody rampage, was fun. It wasn’t exactly a masterpiece, but I didn’t hat...

My review of M3GAN 2.0 is up on the blog:

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I was today years old when I discovered that Jack Nicholson co-wrote the movie Head, featuring The Monkees.

Fantastic Four: First Steps -- a review When I was a kid, I collected a series of action figures made from a company called Mego. They produced eight inch tall figures from sever...

My review of Fantastic Four: First Steps is up on the blog:

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June Lockhart, Beloved Television Mother, Dies at 100

A big part of my childhood has just passed. RIP, June Lockhart.

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Weapons -- A Review So many horror movies start out with a really great concept that when you see the basic idea introduced in the trailer, you’re eager to wa...

My review of Weapons is up on the blog:

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Picture shows a cat sticking it head into a package with a tiger's head on the side. The cat and the tiger picture match up perfectly.

Picture of soldiers in front of Big Cypress Lodge, a pyramid-shaped hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. Text says It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis. It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis.

Oh, the more it changes, the more it stays the same,
And the hand just rearranges the players in the game.

--Al Stewart, "Nostradamus"

Diane Keaton death - latest: Tributes pour in after movie star dies aged 79 The Oscar-winning actress has died at the age of 79, according to reports

Hate to hear this. She was a wonderful actress.

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Something Wicked This Way Comes -- a review October is a rare month for boys. That’s what author Ray Bradbury reminds us at the beginning of both his novel, Something Wicked This Way...

My review of Something Wicked This Way Comes is up on the blog: viewfrommountain.blogspot.com/2025/10/some...