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Twenty years of reading, watching, writing, and asking questions. Explore my latest essays, book and movie reviews, and dispatches from the world of The Chronicles of Purgatory Station.
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Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them – A Movie Review
After somehow missing it in the theaters, I’m happy to announce I finally got around to watching Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them.…
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Passengers – A Movie Review
I love the recent resurgence of space movies. To me, it’s a sign that we are regaining a societal urge to explore the stars…
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Nocturnal Animals – A Movie Review
When I first heard about this movie, I thought it sounded really interesting so I immediately ran to the source material, Tony and Susan.…
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Manifest Destiny: Sasquatch by Dingess and Roberts
This is one of my favorite ongoing series, and Volume 4 entitled Sasquatch is no exception to the previously established excellence! We finally discover…
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Kong: Skull Island – A Movie Review
Let’s keep this fairly simple – if you like King Kong, you’ll like Skull Island. This is Kong in all his glory. He’s enormous.…
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Locke & Key: Small World by Hill and Rodriguez – A Book Review
Locke & Key proved itself a unique, must-read series years ago. Written by Joe Hill and primarily drawn by Gabriel Rodriguez, the series had…
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Regarding the First Five Episodes of Iron Fist
I got really nervous a few weeks ago because the critics were slamming Iron Fist. Generally speaking, they accused the first six episodes of…
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Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman – A Book Review
Neil Gaiman has written an incredibly engaging account of the Norse gods in this slim book. Often seen as lesser than the Greek gods,…

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