The occasion of All Hallows’ Eve saw yours truly sifting through the Amazon and Netflix listings for some macabre themed entertainment to wile away the evening, once the local gangs of trick or treaters had
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Author: The Stricken Land
Hello there, and welcome to The Stricken Land blog!
Here I indulge my life-long love of genre movies, trash cinema and tv, the product of an 80's childhood inhabiting dingy video shops in the gloom of northern England.
I'll be adding reviews, retrospectives and downright opinionated missives on all things cinematic in an irregular and haphazard fashion as and when the vicissitudes of modern life grant me the all too precious commodity of spare time.
Enjoy!
DC vs Marvel
Or should that be Marvel vs DC? It’s the question that divides geekdom, our version of the Elvis or the Beatles conundrum. Well the answer is of course, that it’s okay like both (I know,
Read moreAlan Bligh 1974-2017
My friend and colleague Alan Bligh passed away on Friday 26th May. Obviously it is difficult to sit here and write these words, trying to marshal my thoughts as a blank screen stares back at
Read moreThe Spice Must Flow! – Why David Lynch’s Dune is a flawed masterpiece
This one is going to be a bit longer than my usual posts, but it’s a subject I’ve been mulling over writing about for a while now, and I’ve built up a head of steam
Read moreOnwards, ever onwards….
Apologies for the lack of blogging over the last few months, all that boring ‘real life’ stuff keeps getting in the way! I’m resolved to start disciplining myself to trying to post at least one
Read moreBill Paxton (1955-2017)
‘That’s it, man. Game over, man. Game over! What the fuck are we gonna do now? What are we gonna do?’ With those words Bill Paxton seared himself into the collective consciousness of geekdom. His
Read moreA review of Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
I’m a bit late to the show with this review, what with the annoyance of real world responsibilities constantly throwing obstacles in the way of me actually being able to get to the laptop, but
Read moreA review of Bone Tomahawk (2015)
Kurt Russell? Check. Old West setting? Check. Cannibal troglodyte mountain men? Check. Well, you had me at hello. A Sunday afternoon trip to favoured cinephile haunt the Broadway with my old partner in crime Alan
Read moreA review of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
Okay, I know it’s perhaps a bit mainstream for this blog, but to hell with it, the Star Wars movies are an indelible part of my cultural hinterland. Besides which every other Tom, Dick and
Read moreNew year, more blogging…
First of all, a very happy new year to all those souls that have stumbled across my humble well of interwebbery since it crept into cyberspace late last year! With any luck and with time
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