Film Reviews
‘O Lucky Man’ or — Bean Flick?
So the story of ‘O Lucky Man’ concerns Mick Travis (played by Malcolm McDowell), a coffee salesman for the Imperial Coffee Company, who travels to the North East of England and then Scotland. During his odyssey he encounters various characters and institutions all...
‘The House By The Cemetery’ (1981)
Lucio Fulci's 'The House By The Cemetery' (1981) is really gross! The film tells the "story" of the Boyles, a family who rent a house where the father's ex-colleague, Dr Peterson, hung himself after killing his girlfriend. It seems Dr Peterson was doing research into...
‘The Collector’ (1965)
Written by Colin Edwards Last night I watched William Wyler's adaptation of John Fowles' 'The Collector' (1965) where a young bank clerk, Freddie, kidnaps a young art-student, Miranda, and keeps her prisoner in the cellar of a country house. He doesn't want to kill...
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The Literary Chick Interview – Lily Morris
The purpose of art is limitless and different for everyone. It’s a receipt of your life force, a map, a fantasy world, a mirror... so many things. If you’re asking what the purpose is for me, right now? In This 4am online chat with my brilliant friend Michael Corvo,...
The Literary Chick Interview – Dave Barbarossa
== I have a kindle. Just finished reading ‘High Rollers’ by Jack Bowman. I think I’ll take the ferry after reading that. == erm...‘The Human Stain’ by Phillip Roth. == Escape. To be transported. I am drawn to scores of great authors. I loved John Updike and Dickens,...
The Literary Chick Interview – Adam Smyer
Adam Smyer is the author of Knucklehead, which has been accurately described as “A fierce, intelligent, and often hilarious novel about a young African-Attorney who struggles to keep his cool in the personally and political turbulent ‘90’s”. The Literary Chick was...