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FORGOTTEN FILM: THE SEEKER (2007)

Forgotten Films: The Seeker (2007)

This is the 66th in my series of Forgotten Obscure or Neglected Films

Back in the late 70’s I read a lot of young adult fantasy. I had a good bookstore and a wonderful sales lady who helped me get many titles which they would not have normally carried. This [Read it all...]

FORGOTTEN BOOK: THE IMPERIUM GAME by K. D. Wentworth, 1994

FORGOTTEN BOOK: THE IMPERIUM GAME by K. D. WENTWORTH, 1994

This is the 98th in my series of Forgotten Books.

I had been planning on doing one of K. D. Wentworth’s novels as a Forgotten Book for some time. I had them all and she is not nearly as well known as I felt she [Read it all...]

FORGOTTEN FILM: THE GREEN SLIME (1968)

Forgotten Films: The Green Slime (1968)

This is the 65th in my series of Forgotten Obscure or Neglected Films

The summer of 1969 saw THE GREEN SLIME try to come into my life, but I was not having it. The film had been released in Japan in late 1968 but had yet to cross over [Read it all...]

FORGOTTEN BOOK: MYTHAGO WOOD by Robert Holdstock, 1984

FORGOTTEN BOOK: MYTHAGO WOOD by Robert Holdstock, 1984

This is the 76th in my series of Forgotten Books.

Robert Holdstock died a few years ago and while I never met him in person I have wonderful memories of the worlds he created. Chief among them is Mythago Wood, which he used for several books. This [Read it all...]

Forgotten Film: The Wasp Woman (1959)

Forgotten Films: The Wasp Woman (1959)

This is the 64th in my series of Forgotten Obscure or Neglected Films

I was in Dallas recently visiting with my friend Dwight when I tried to get him to watch INVASION OF THE BEE GIRLS, the only film I ever walked out of twice in the same showing. [Read it all...]

Forgotten Films: Déjà Vu (2006)

Forgotten Films: Déjà Vu (2006)

This is the 63rd in my series of Forgotten Obscure or Neglected Films

This last week I was out of town from Sunday through Friday so it was only by chance that I got to see this film. I had gone to Tulsa for the funeral of my dear friend [Read it all...]

Forgotten Book: RGK: The Art of Roy Krenkel, 2005

RGK

FORGOTTEN BOOK: RGK: THE ART OF ROY G. KRENKEL, 2005

This is the 96th in my series of Forgotten Books.

I came to the art of Roy Krenkel rather late. I had seen the covers he did for Ace Books for Edgar Rice Burroughs’ titles but I did not equate them to any one artist. [Read it all...]

Forgotten Films: Queen of Outer Space (1958)

Forgotten Films: Queen of Outer Space (1958)

This is the 62nd in my series of Forgotten Obscure or Neglected Films

Somehow over the years, I missed this movie. Mainly because, by the time it came around for me to see, everyone had already told me how bad it was. And starring Zsa Zsa Gabor, well [Read it all...]

FORGOTTEN BOOK: LOONEY TUNES AND MERRIE MELODIES, 1989

Looney tunes

FORGOTTEN BOOK: LOONEY TUNES AND MERRIE MELODIES, 1989

This is the 95th in my series of Forgotten Books.

OK, we have a reference book this time. But what a reference book! To quote the subtitle this is “A Complete Illustrated guide to the Warner Brothers Cartoons”. By my count, the book covers roughly 1,050 cartoons [Read it all...]

FORGOTTEN FILMS: ATTACK THE BLOCK (2011)

Forgotten Films: Attack the Block (2011)

This is the 61st in my series of Forgotten Obscure or Neglected Films

As with last week’s TROLLHUNTER, I first heard about this film when blog site i09 listed it as the best science fiction/fantasy film of 2011. I never saw it come to a theater near me (and [Read it all...]