I am writer of things I wrote. Some singing. Film-watching and book-reading. Sings for Lunar Engine, The Spy Lodgers and Book of Buzz. I'm a happy guy.
Beck and Woods’ script goes through Gothicism, philosophy, twistiness, social commentary, Escape Room dilemmas, parlour games, clues and straight-up horror motifs (what’s in the basement?). bucktheorem.blogspot.com/202…
It is Scott’s performance that is central and elevates the sequel to higher merit, even as it contains several showstoppers. bucktheorem.blogspot.com/202…
What these Amicus films lack in budget they often make up for in a wonderfully dreary British Seventies’ backdrop and knowing performances. bucktheorem.blogspot.com/202…
So the summer is just about done, but don’t be too sad as I have a new album called “Lawns of a Better Place” and it is non-electronica. Summer-and-Spring songs after nocturnal diversions into hauntings, lockdowns and asylums. (@BuckTheorem): bucktheorem.bandcamp.com/alb…
Broad of satire, unconvincing of detail, full of glorious excess, ‘The Substance’is an EC Comic horror full of crowd-pleasing absurdity. bucktheorem.blogspot.com/202…
It’s the Seventies and, apparently at the encouragement of his wife, archaeologist Smith moves his family back to the desolate farmhouse where he digs up his traumatic past there and into a Folk Horror plot. bucktheorem.blogspot.com/202…
There’s so much detail to get lost in (a headline about mining on the moon; Deckard climbing over a sofa to cross his over-stuffed apartment) filtered through such a dreamy atmosphere that it takes and rewards multiple viewings to digest. bucktheorem.blogspot.com/202…
But we’ve come for the world of dinosaurs, and to this end Vogel’s direction is attentive and wise, elevating a low-budget event at least to something immersive and entertaining. bucktheorem.blogspot.com/202…