Autumn Is Upon Us... And I Couldn't Be Happier

So there I am, first Pumpkin Beer of the season clasped in my hand. Trick R' Treat, playing on the boob tube. And it struck me, Autumn is well and truly upon us.

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And you know what that means...

Yep, it's The 3rd Annual 31 Days Of Horror, that time of year when TTDS howl's at the moon shuck's off its skin and embraces the full on horror blogger who lives not very far under its skin for the rest of eleven months. A 31 Day marathon of all things gory and groovy. It's always a lot of fun to do, and I hope you all have a lot of fun following along.

But there is some stuff you may not know about, JD at the always excellent Radiator Heaven is hosting a John Carpenter Blogothon in early October. It's going to be awesome. And as a result you can expect my first couple of days of 31 Days to be VERY Carpenter heavy. It's going to be phenomenal.

Another great October event is Countdown To Halloween's 3rd annual well... Countdown to Halloween. Its a great gathering of some of the best bloggers on the scene in celebration of one of the greatest days of the year. If you have a blog, you should participate. And if you just want some terrific reads, well you know the place.

And while I'm at it. I know I'm late to the party. But this makes me laugh. Hard.

Also here's this thing I made a long ass time ago. BECAUSE THAT'S WHY!!!

Summer Of Samurai: Announcement

Another month another theme.

That's right I'm devoting the entirity of August to the Samurai film. Why? Because while everyone else was doing summer of slash I thought up "Summer of Samurai" and I liked the idea so much that I wasn't going to a little thing like "other plans" ruin it for me.

Now when I say the entirety, I of course mean "most of the entirety" (kind of like when Obama promises to "end" "torture"). There are a few things like Scott Pilgrim, The Expendables, and Machete that I will obviously be writing about. I will also devote a day to the year length anniversary of a certain column.Finally there will be a day devoted to two advance review copies of books I've been sent.

Other then that, its going to be all Samurai all the time the entire Month of August.

Be here. Or else I will sick Ogami Itto on you.



And you don't want that.

(and if you want to post that "trailer" on your own blogs that'd be cool too)

Christopher Nolan Blogothon Day 8: Now With A Twist Ending

First off I want to thank everyone who participated in the blogothon. Thanks for turning this into something special. It meant a lot.

Now, without further ado, I've been working on a "top secret" (aka I didn't mention it and nobody much cared) project.

Though I'm no Matt Zoeller Seitz (and I thank you in advance for holding back your "We Know"s) I decided to try my hand at the video essay. Though it might be poor form for me to admit, I have to admit I'm happy with this, which is rare.

There were a few compromises I had to make in regards to film quality (especially on The Dark Knight clips) in order to get it out in a timely matter. I can only hope you will forgive them.

So before I talk it all the way to death, I present my essay. And if you want to embed on your own site, well that would be totally fucking cool.

EDIT: There is a content claim that might be fucking with my embedding. If you can't watch the embedded version. come here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qYzk-XPxBw

Just until I get this resolved. Or come to my senses and switch to Vimeo.

EDIT: Just in case.

Untitled from Bryce Wilson on Vimeo.