Everything is real and everything is possible in Latitude Zero. It is both a secret utopia beneath the sea where scientists and artists work in peace, waiting for the day when humankind will be ready to embrace Latitude Zero’s wonders, and a Japanese/American science fiction spectacle directed by Ishiro Honda. Latitude Zero (1969) is a film that constantly escalates with wonder after wonder. It is … Continue reading Everything in Latitude Zero is Real
Happy Year of the Dragon, everyone! The Year of the Dragon only comes once every 12 years and I have let it slip by before without writing about my favorite dragon, well, favorite space dragon, His Chaotic Majesty, King Ghidorah. As the Year of the Dragon commences, and with Valentine’s Day just passing us by, it seems like a good time to proclaim my love. … Continue reading On His Chaotic Majesty King Ghidorah
It is time once again for the end of year lists. When people share the best in film, television, games, comics, and basically all things. I am still terrible at this. So I offer instead an unranked, alphabetical list of some of the things I liked and a few things I loved in 2023. Things I (mostly) didn’t write about here during the last year. … Continue reading 10 Things I Liked in 2023
French Burkinabé writer/director Cédric Ido’s The Gravity is a lo fi science fiction thriller—with perhaps a dash of urban folk horror—that uses gravity in both a literal and metaphorical sense. In the opening, two boys fall from the top of a tower trying to escape the gravity of a banlieue outside Paris in the opening. The film follows the survivors are reunited in the neighborhood … Continue reading The Gravity / La Gravité (France, 2023)
Pull on your good lounging pants, hang that lanyard around your neck, and get yourself a latte, because I was lucky enough to go to this year’s Fantastic Fest with my (remote) press credentials and I am taking you with me. Well, I am taking you with me in the sense that I’m telling you about six movies I saw at Fantastic Fest! I still … Continue reading Carol Goes to Fantastic Fest 2023
Monstrous Industry 