AuthorKelli Marchman McNeely
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A group of overly sensitive students and parents are fighting to have ‘Sandman’, ‘Persepolis’, ‘Y: The Last Man’, ‘Fun Home ‘ and several other graphic novels, banned from the campus of Crafton Hills College, where the books are covered by the English 250 course. In the course, the graphic novels are covered as a viable type of literature and are used as a source material for assignments and discussions by Professor Ryan Bartlett, who has taught the class for three semesters and is standing up to defend the books. Student Tara Shultz started the ridiculous drama when she noticed the violence and sensitive subject matter in the graphic novels. Shultz made the comment ” I expected Batman and Robin, not pornography.” She made another statement at a protest earlier this week “At most I would like the books eradicated from the system. I don’t want them taught any more. I don’t want anyone else to have to read this garbage.
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The “Four Horsemen” the group of sadistic men are the most notorious serial killers of all times and they are all incarcerated in the infamous Dodhoff Prison aka The Death House, in the maximum security wing, located in the building’s basement. The “Four Horsemen” includes an arsonist (Robert Englund), a cannibal (Gunner Hansen), a surgeon who enjoys murder,mutilation and torture (Bill Mosley), and killer (Doug Bradley) who has a fascination with spiders. A New prisoner has just been transferred to the wing, a Hitler-wannabe, with a large following, played by Sid Haig (The Devil’s Rejects). It’s not a good time to be introducing a new inmate to the group, the transfer is on the same day a collage professor (Dee Wallace) has brought the students of her psychology class to view the killers in their every day prison lives. During the class’ tour the warden, played by Danny Trejo, notices that a group is trying to pull off a prison
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In the summer 1985 a series of brutal murders began that rocked Southern California. Eventually the devil worshiping killer, Richard Ramirez , dubbed “The Night Stalker”, was arrested after a two year killing spree. In 1989 the serial killer, who murdered twenty five people, was convicted of thirteen of the murders and sentenced to die, but he died early on July 7, 2013 due to complications from an illness. Lou Diamond Phillips, who is a regular on the series ‘Longmire’, has been cast to play the sadistic killer in a new movie that starts filming this summer. The film embellishes the true story of Ramirez with fiction. The film centers around an interview between the killer and his lawyer, who attempting to coax a confession from the butcher, that could save the life of a man on death row who has been wrongfully convicted of a murder Ramirez actually committed. The film will be both written and directed by Megan
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At the moment Stephen King is the king of Netflix, with the streaming service presently running 8 of his movies, mini series and shows. Movies A Good Marriage (2014) Thinner (1996) Pet Sematary (1989) Children of the Corn (1984) Tales From The Darkside Mini Series Bag of Bones (2011) The Langoliers (1995) Golden Years (1991)
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Jen and Sylvia Soska, known as the “Twisted Twins” are getting ready to direct their latest project ‘Plastic’. ‘Plastic’ follows the story of a renowned Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, who risks everything to find the truth behind the grotesque disfigurement of an international pop star. Frank Strausser penned the screenplay, based on the adaption of his own novel by the same name. The movie is now in preproduction. The directing duo have titles such as ‘American Mary’, ‘See No Evil 2’ and their latest film, ‘Vendetta’ starring Dean Cain, under their fashionable belts. These two fantastic women, who mostly work within the horror genre, are not only talented, they are also extremely in touch with their legion of fans. They are my favorite up and coming directors. I look forward to following the careers of Jen and Sylvia and I can’t wait to see ‘Plastic’. We will keep you posted as the movie develops. To learn more about the Soska
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‘Jaws’ Most movie fans have seen the 1975 classic film that pits a group of men against a relentless giant shark. There is no doubt that the 26 foot monster, nicknamed Bruce, scared an entire generation of beach goers. Now Bruce is running a close race with a real life beast. The (real) Great White next to a boat. The shark, named “Deep Blue” is a massive Great White over 20 feet long. Deep Blue is one of, if not the, biggest Great Whites ever caught on film. “Deep Blue” was caught on camera during the taping of a Discovery Channel program last year. The footage was captured near Mexico’s Guadalupe Island. The team was able to tag the shark, that is estimated to be around 50 years old, before she headed to a feed off of a seal colony. To top things off, at the the time of the encounter Deep Blue was heavily pregnant and tipping the scales
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AMC’s special Halloween program ‘Fear Fest’, along with the growing mainstream popularity of the horror and shows like ‘The Walking Dead’, have inspired the network to create a new, all horror, streaming service named ‘Shudder’. Horror fans can get ‘Shudder’ online for the low fee of $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year. At the moment the service offers access to 200 movies, both new and old. The program is still in the early stages and will grow to offer more titles. Eventually the service will offer a non-stop feed of streaming horror programming, including original content. You can sign up for ‘Shudder’ service by visiting the Shudder website .
Continue reading →
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Avengers hunk Chris Hemsworth, known for his role as Thor, has signed on to play the role of receptionist in Paul Feig’s new version of ‘Ghostbusters’. The female version of the 1984 classic will star funny lady Melissa McCarthy (Spy, Identity Thief), ‘Brides Maids’ star Kristen Wiig and ‘SNL’ beauties Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong and Leslie Jones. ‘Ghostbusters’ is set to be released on July 22 of 2016. McCarthy and Wiig
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Arachnophobia sufferers would like to think nothing worse could exist than your everyday spider, but things could be much worse. Imagine, if you will, a legion of giant lava spewing spiders, that’s exactly what The SyFy’s Channel’s latest creature feature, ‘Lavalantula’, is all about. On Saturday July 25th at 9 p.m., your screen will witness a swarm of Lavantulas emerge for an ancient volcano in the mountains of Santa Monica. Los Angeles lies right in the path of the blood thirsty, lava spewing creatures. It’s up to actors Steve Guttenberg, Leslie Easterbrook, Michael Winslow, Nia Peebles and Ralph Garman to stop the creatures and save the day.
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The 1996 blockbuster ‘Independence Day’ saw stars Will Smith, Bill Pullman and Jeff Goldblum fight a battle of epic proportions against a fleet of aliens looking to take over Earth.‘Independence Day 2′ is now in production. Director Roland Emmerich announced via Twitter that several of the original cast members will be returning for the sequel. Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pulman, Judd Hirsch and Vivica A. Fox will be returning to star along side Jessie Usher (G.I. Joe:Renegades) and ‘The Hunger Games’ actor Liam Hemsworth. At the moment Will Smith is not listed as returning to his role.Emmerich, who also directed the original ‘Independence Day’ and Producer Dean Delvin are reportedly very excited about the project, which was also written by Dean Delvin and Carter Blanchard. They plan to continue the story in not one sequel, but two. Artwork for Part 1 of the sequel is now beginning to surface and they look great! ‘Independence Day 2 Part 1’ promises to be
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BooksComic Books/Graphic NovelsReviews
A group of overly sensitive students and parents are fighting to have ‘Sandman’, ‘Persepolis’, ‘Y: The Last Man’, ‘Fun Home ‘ and several other graphic novels, banned from the campus of Crafton Hills College, where the books are covered by the English 250 course. In the course, the graphic novels are covered as a viable type of literature and are used as a source material for assignments and discussions by Professor Ryan Bartlett, who has taught the class for three semesters and is standing up to defend the books. Student Tara Shultz started the ridiculous drama when she noticed the violence and sensitive subject matter in the graphic novels. Shultz made the comment ” I expected Batman and Robin, not pornography.” She made another statement at a protest earlier this week “At most I would like the books eradicated from the system. I don’t want them taught any more. I don’t want anyone else to have to read this garbage.
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsReviewsStreaming TV
The “Four Horsemen” the group of sadistic men are the most notorious serial killers of all times and they are all incarcerated in the infamous Dodhoff Prison aka The Death House, in the maximum security wing, located in the building’s basement. The “Four Horsemen” includes an arsonist (Robert Englund), a cannibal (Gunner Hansen), a surgeon who enjoys murder,mutilation and torture (Bill Mosley), and killer (Doug Bradley) who has a fascination with spiders. A New prisoner has just been transferred to the wing, a Hitler-wannabe, with a large following, played by Sid Haig (The Devil’s Rejects). It’s not a good time to be introducing a new inmate to the group, the transfer is on the same day a collage professor (Dee Wallace) has brought the students of her psychology class to view the killers in their every day prison lives. During the class’ tour the warden, played by Danny Trejo, notices that a group is trying to pull off a prison
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsReviewsStreaming TVTrue Story
In the summer 1985 a series of brutal murders began that rocked Southern California. Eventually the devil worshiping killer, Richard Ramirez , dubbed “The Night Stalker”, was arrested after a two year killing spree. In 1989 the serial killer, who murdered twenty five people, was convicted of thirteen of the murders and sentenced to die, but he died early on July 7, 2013 due to complications from an illness. Lou Diamond Phillips, who is a regular on the series ‘Longmire’, has been cast to play the sadistic killer in a new movie that starts filming this summer. The film embellishes the true story of Ramirez with fiction. The film centers around an interview between the killer and his lawyer, who attempting to coax a confession from the butcher, that could save the life of a man on death row who has been wrongfully convicted of a murder Ramirez actually committed. The film will be both written and directed by Megan
Continue reading →
MoviesReviewsStreaming TV
At the moment Stephen King is the king of Netflix, with the streaming service presently running 8 of his movies, mini series and shows. Movies A Good Marriage (2014) Thinner (1996) Pet Sematary (1989) Children of the Corn (1984) Tales From The Darkside Mini Series Bag of Bones (2011) The Langoliers (1995) Golden Years (1991)
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsReviewsStreaming TV
Jen and Sylvia Soska, known as the “Twisted Twins” are getting ready to direct their latest project ‘Plastic’. ‘Plastic’ follows the story of a renowned Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, who risks everything to find the truth behind the grotesque disfigurement of an international pop star. Frank Strausser penned the screenplay, based on the adaption of his own novel by the same name. The movie is now in preproduction. The directing duo have titles such as ‘American Mary’, ‘See No Evil 2’ and their latest film, ‘Vendetta’ starring Dean Cain, under their fashionable belts. These two fantastic women, who mostly work within the horror genre, are not only talented, they are also extremely in touch with their legion of fans. They are my favorite up and coming directors. I look forward to following the careers of Jen and Sylvia and I can’t wait to see ‘Plastic’. We will keep you posted as the movie develops. To learn more about the Soska
Continue reading →
Reviews
‘Jaws’ Most movie fans have seen the 1975 classic film that pits a group of men against a relentless giant shark. There is no doubt that the 26 foot monster, nicknamed Bruce, scared an entire generation of beach goers. Now Bruce is running a close race with a real life beast. The (real) Great White next to a boat. The shark, named “Deep Blue” is a massive Great White over 20 feet long. Deep Blue is one of, if not the, biggest Great Whites ever caught on film. “Deep Blue” was caught on camera during the taping of a Discovery Channel program last year. The footage was captured near Mexico’s Guadalupe Island. The team was able to tag the shark, that is estimated to be around 50 years old, before she headed to a feed off of a seal colony. To top things off, at the the time of the encounter Deep Blue was heavily pregnant and tipping the scales
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsProductReviewsStreaming TV
AMC’s special Halloween program ‘Fear Fest’, along with the growing mainstream popularity of the horror and shows like ‘The Walking Dead’, have inspired the network to create a new, all horror, streaming service named ‘Shudder’. Horror fans can get ‘Shudder’ online for the low fee of $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year. At the moment the service offers access to 200 movies, both new and old. The program is still in the early stages and will grow to offer more titles. Eventually the service will offer a non-stop feed of streaming horror programming, including original content. You can sign up for ‘Shudder’ service by visiting the Shudder website .
Continue reading →
MoviesReviewsStreaming TV
Avengers hunk Chris Hemsworth, known for his role as Thor, has signed on to play the role of receptionist in Paul Feig’s new version of ‘Ghostbusters’. The female version of the 1984 classic will star funny lady Melissa McCarthy (Spy, Identity Thief), ‘Brides Maids’ star Kristen Wiig and ‘SNL’ beauties Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong and Leslie Jones. ‘Ghostbusters’ is set to be released on July 22 of 2016. McCarthy and Wiig
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsReviewsStreaming TV
Arachnophobia sufferers would like to think nothing worse could exist than your everyday spider, but things could be much worse. Imagine, if you will, a legion of giant lava spewing spiders, that’s exactly what The SyFy’s Channel’s latest creature feature, ‘Lavalantula’, is all about. On Saturday July 25th at 9 p.m., your screen will witness a swarm of Lavantulas emerge for an ancient volcano in the mountains of Santa Monica. Los Angeles lies right in the path of the blood thirsty, lava spewing creatures. It’s up to actors Steve Guttenberg, Leslie Easterbrook, Michael Winslow, Nia Peebles and Ralph Garman to stop the creatures and save the day.
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsReviewsStreaming TV
The 1996 blockbuster ‘Independence Day’ saw stars Will Smith, Bill Pullman and Jeff Goldblum fight a battle of epic proportions against a fleet of aliens looking to take over Earth.‘Independence Day 2′ is now in production. Director Roland Emmerich announced via Twitter that several of the original cast members will be returning for the sequel. Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pulman, Judd Hirsch and Vivica A. Fox will be returning to star along side Jessie Usher (G.I. Joe:Renegades) and ‘The Hunger Games’ actor Liam Hemsworth. At the moment Will Smith is not listed as returning to his role.Emmerich, who also directed the original ‘Independence Day’ and Producer Dean Delvin are reportedly very excited about the project, which was also written by Dean Delvin and Carter Blanchard. They plan to continue the story in not one sequel, but two. Artwork for Part 1 of the sequel is now beginning to surface and they look great! ‘Independence Day 2 Part 1’ promises to be
Continue reading →
