Captian's Log Fear and Slavery 6 May 2020 Two of my all time favorite movies are The Matrix and The Truman Show. Now, for anyone who doesn’t know, these are both based off of very similar premises: They…
Captian's Log Monster Poem: Lust of the Mummy 5 May 20205 May 2020 Please Enjoy: Lust of the Mummy So, I recently watched the old Boris Karloff movie The Mummy. It was a little dated, but a lot of fun as well. I…
Captian's Log Something From the Archives 26 Apr 201926 Apr 2019 I caught a matinee showing of Avengers: Endgame, as well as a cold. The movie was great, as far as I could see/hear between sneezes. Go see it; no spoilers…
Captian's Log Hellboy Review 17 Apr 2019 I saw Hellboy last night. On the higher end of mediocre, it had an engaging style that helped lessen the impact of roughly a metric ton of exposition constantly interrupting…
Captian's Log T is For. . . 1 Dec 2018 Okay, so this has been a long time coming, and already another movie has come out in the franchise, but I think I’m ready to expound upon the failures of…
Captian's Log The Death of the Father 22 Feb 2018 ~There be spoilers ahead~ Ragnarok and Black Panther, the latest additions to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), possess a disturbing element regarding the father figure. In both films, previously idealized…
Captian's Log Psychopath’s Testimony 6 Jan 2018 ~Minor Spoilers~ It seems to be a major theme in movies, a problem culture wrestles with, the integration of the self with the legacy from a father. And whether the…
Captian's Log Jerk 3 Dec 2017 I love going to the movies: the popcorn, soda, dimming lights, fantasy, it’s everything I want. My mother, on the other hand, can barely stand it when I drag her…
Captian's Log Father’s Heart 16 Jun 2017 ~Mild Spoilers~ I finally got my dad to see Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 this week. He loved it. I talked about this movie in my post, the Father’s…
Captian's Log Puppet or What? 6 Jun 2017 I have been enjoying an engaging set of lectures by Dr. Jordan B. Peterson. The series is called, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief. I just finished the final…