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Time to Hunt: A Review

This review was first presented on my Patreon. I had the chance to catch the new South Korean thriller, Time to Hunt, on Netflix this week.  The plot, as summarized on Rotten Tomatoes is: In a hopeless dystopian city, Jun-seok Read more…


The Mayor – A Review

With a bunch of new Korean movies up on Netflix, my wife has been binging. She was kind enough to leave one for us to watch together, and she did so because it stars one of South Korea’s greatest actors Read more…


Return to Red Gross

Continuing along with my blatant theft of ideas and or casts, this one is just more of a conceit than an adaptation. It’s also much more of a scene with some attached ideas than a more fully fledged concept, however Read more…


Return to Serenity Spec Ops

As mentioned elsewhere, other commitments are keeping me away from posting much, but I don’t want to leave you guys in a lurch. I did a bunch of posts with movie ideas based on existing properties or with the casts Read more…


Fiction Friday: The Boltcutter – The Estate

The Boltcutter – the Estate Alor lived in a walled estate, like all the former rebel commanders. Most of the homes in the city had short walls, about chest high, to demarcate their extent. Many such places shared walls. The Read more…


Fiction Friday: The Boltcutter – the Quarry

The Boltcutter: The Quarry Deng and Reno arrived at the Old Quarry a few hours before dawn. None of the itinerants and refugees who worked the rock with their dented and battered tools slept there, and no one worked through Read more…


Fiction Friday: The Boltcutter – the Service

The Boltcutter: the Service At least three of the watchers Deng attributed to Alor remained within sight of the safehouse. The “merchant” had closed up shop and how sat in front of his store, conversing with the two “mechanics.” He Read more…


Friday Fiction: The Boltcutter – Intrigue

The Boltcutter: Intrigue They had turned onto an exceptionally wide track – Reno had stopped calling them roads – and Deng pointed along their route. “I’ve got a place right there, next to the construction . . .” Deng’s voice Read more…


Fiction Friday: The Boltcutter – Alor

The Boltcutter: Alor The “Arrivals” area at that East African airport consisted of one small room. After each flight, bodies packed it. One of the four ceiling fans turned slowly, uncertainly, a fair wobble as it rotated. The other three showed Read more…


Africa Action Inspiration

I believe I’ve mentioned before that I’m writing more modern action than fantasy these days. I am betting it’s due to my viewing and playing habits. I’m still going through Strike Back, which is okay silly fun, but is really Read more…