Monthly Archives: June 2019

Movie review: The Legend of Barney Thomson directed by Robert Carlyle

Posted on June 28, 2019 by portiabridget

Product info: Barney (Robert Carlyle, the director) is a hapless barber, devoid of charm and ‘patter’ as his fellow barbering brethren mockingly remind him. Barney’s mediocre, mundane life of plotting for a way up is about to be transformed, following … Continue reading →

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A Winter Haunting (Season of Horrors 03) by Dan Simmons

Posted on June 21, 2019 by portiabridget

Product info (from Goodreads): A once-respected college professor and novelist, Dale Stewart has sabotaged his career and his marriage — and now darkness is closing in on him. In the last hours of Halloween he has returned to the dying … Continue reading →

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Movie review: Destroyer (2018) directed by Karyn Kusama

Posted on June 14, 2019 by portiabridget

Product info: Destroyer follows the moral and existential odyssey of LAPD detective Erin Bell (Nicole Kidman) who, as a young FBI agen, was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. VERY tragic results. When the … Continue reading →

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The Naturalist (The Naturalist 01) by Andrew Mayne

Posted on June 7, 2019 by portiabridget

Synopsis (from Goodreads): Professor Theo Cray is trained to see patterns where others see chaos. So when mutilated bodies found deep in the Montana woods leave the cops searching blindly for clues, Theo sees something they missed. Something unnatural. Something … Continue reading →

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