Under a Gibbous Moon

I have been a customer of Blockbuster’s Blockbuster by Mail service for over a year now.  For most of that time, I have been very happy with it. I have the 2 DVDs at a time with the 5 (originally 3) in store trade in per month. The in store trade ins are the main reason I went with Blockbuster over Netflix. I could drop my movies off at any Blockbuster store and exchange them for new movies on the spot. Even if I didn’t exchange them, they were scanned in at the store which triggered them as being returned which then would kick out my new movies without me having to wait for them to be received by mail first. Continue reading “Blockbuster.com and the problems I’ve had” »

With the increasing ubiquitousness of zombies in movies, video games and pop culture in general I have seen a slew over articles lately asking the question: Why zombies?

Well apart from the fact that they aren’t the neutered, angst ridden stand-ins for adolescent sexuality that vampires have become these days (which if you aren’t a thirteen year old girl or a lonely house wife, I recommend 13 Bullets by David Wellington for a more visceral vampire novel),  the zombie, as envisioned by George A. Romero, provide the perfect synergy of horror monster. Continue reading “They’re coming to get you, Barbara!” »