It’s 2023, and I’m still reading books, folks! I feel like I made some really good progress on this big ol’ horror list project I’ve been truckin’ away at, and it’s been truly great to catch up on some missed classics and new favorites I may never have come across otherwise. Yes, there have been…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: The Wine-Dark Damned Baby
I’m back again after a break for Thanksgiving and to give our annual gift guide some time to breathe! In this group of macabre offerings, I tackle a couple of great collections from a master of the horror short story, a pile of Goosebumps sequels, one of the all-time classic horror novels, a gothic novel…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Bring Forth the Carrion Harvest
Since it’s creepy season in October, I thought I’d slide one more of these in before the end of the month. This time I’ve got a classic of the folk horror genre, yet even more doofy Goosebumps, a collection of Weird Tales, a collection of REALLY weird friggin’ tales and an epic of ’80s action…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Voyages and Folklore
Been a long time, folks! It’s Boo month, so I thought I’d get one of these horror write-ups out into the wild for people to chew on a little. In this batch we have an incredibly bizarre sci-fi cult classic, a collection of Appalachian cryptid horror tales, a long-dark neo-noir into film nightmares, another seminal…
Girls und Panzer das Finale Part 3 [Blu-ray Review]
Barreling onto blu-ray this September from Sentai Filmworks is Part 3 of the big Girls und Panzer Finale (of a planned six films), and if this is the planned conclusion of the series, then it looks like they’re planning to go out in style! For those who haven’t been following the previous two entries of…
Girls und Panzer der Film [Blu-ray Review]
Sentai Filmworks brings Girls und Panzer der Film back into print on blu-ray after the original release of this film back in 2017, this time as just a blu-ray rather than the original blu-ray + DVD combo pack, with those scrappy girls of Ooarai Academy and their ridiculous physics-defying tanks returning for the big screen…
Point Salad [Tabletop Review]
Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG) brings to the table a fun, little card-drafting game that’s quick and easy to learn but with a depth of strategy that provides lots of replay value. First let’s break down the basic stats on it. Number of players: 2 – 6 (The game provides instructions to adjust the number of…
Gunbuster: The Movie Blu-ray Review
On September 13, 2022, Sentai Filmworks re-issued the blu-ray of Gunbuster: the Movie having previously been released back in 2016 under Sector 23’s Maiden Japan banner. While this looks to be the same disc as the previous release but with updated cover art, I still tip my hat to Sentai Filmworks in keeping a seminal…
Seitokai Yakuindomo The Movie 2 Blu-ray Review
Released on September 20, 2022 courtesy of Sentai Filmworks, we have this delightfully obscene film continuance of the riotously raunchy anime series based on a 4-koma manga (a 4-panel gag comic not unlike ones you would see in our newspapers in the US) like Nichijou or Azumanga Diaoh. Seitokau Yakuindomo is very much like those…
Format Festival 2022 Day Three
Hiya, everybody! If you’re just joining me, I’ve documenting my awesome journey through the Format Festival 2022 here in Bentonville, Arkansas and you can check out Day One HERE and Day Two HERE. Everybody caught up? Cool. Today I have some family stuff (groceries aren’t gonna get themselves), so I’m heading to the festival a…