Thor is a twit. He’s boastful, arrogant, temperamental, and downright stupid. His half-brother, Loki, got the advantage on him more times than not, and Thor’s ususal response was to hit … Continue reading Happy Thorsday! David Ward on Thor and Loki
Perhaps it’s due to my early reading life furnished in horror, but for as long as I can remember, I have been intensely aware of my inner conversations and thoughts, … Continue reading Return To Torrance: David Ward on Doctor Sleep
After a hiatus of over two years, I decided to go to the movies last Saturday. While I both adore watching and going to the movies, for some reason over … Continue reading Saturday At The Movies: The World’s End – We Want to Get Loaded . . . and have a good time
In 1984, an unassuming technophobic geek from Vancouver named William Gibson penned one of, if not the, seminal works of what would later be called cyberpunk. The book, Neuromancer, was … Continue reading Saturday At The Movies: Johnny Mnemonic
In October, we will see the release of the remade Carrie, this time starring Chloë Grace Moretz in the titular role and Julianne Moore as her religious-zealot, overbearing, and abusive … Continue reading Saturday At The Movies: They’re All Going to Laugh At You – David Ward Revisits Carrie
75 years ago Action Comics #1 hit the newsstands, which means that today, for all intents and purposes, is Superman’s (née Kal-El of the planet Krypton) birthday. Happy birthday, good sir! … Continue reading Happy Birthday To Superman, The Boy In Blue
Until earlier this week, it had been nigh on fifteen years since I had seen Alex Proyas’s take on James O’Barr’s The Crow. When it first came out in 1994, … Continue reading Saturday At The Movies: David Sandford Ward Revisits The Crow
I’m here to speak about a cover of a cover of a cover: “Tainted Love”. The song was originally released in 1965 by American singer Gloria Jones, but it failed … Continue reading David Ward On Coil’s Tainted Love
A few months ago, we were all hit with the news that Disney had acquired Lucasfilm for a staggering $4.05 billion, which, in an unbelievable act of altruism, George Lucas … Continue reading May The Force Be With Him: David Ward On JJ Abrams and Star Wars
Prometheus Blu-Ray, 20th Century Fox The Art of Prometheus Titan Books A quick flip through, and scanning of, Titan’s recently published book Prometheus: The Art of the Film reveals Ridley Scott … Continue reading Biff Bam Pop’s Holiday Gift Guide – Prometheus On Blu-Ray and The Art of Prometheus
Neil Marshall’s second film, The Descent, despite its allusions to genre-films from the past thirty years as wide-ranging as Deliverance to The Thing, defies convention and brings its viewers … Continue reading 31 Days Of Horror: Deconstructing The Descent
Do you remember your favourite teacher? Mine was my Grade 12 drama teacher. He would let us break into song and dance in the middle of a lesson plan. One … Continue reading Biff Bam Pop’s Favourite TV Teachers
