For some reason, I started writing brief capsule reviews of movies based on
comic books. Then I started seeing more comic book movies in order to
review them: everything from Hulk to Howard the Duck, almost ninety
in all. Witness the result. For those
who want assistance in separating the mighty from the meek in the current deluge
of superhero cinema, or those who find amusement (as I do) in reviews of crappy
movies. Some of these films are so bad that that they really must
not be missed. This area has its own domain name (which for now just
redirects here)... it's called CAPE JEER!
Now with the magic of John Stanley! See the author of the Creature Features
Movie Guide give four stars to Jean-Claude van Damme! Plus, the layout is now
completely redesigned -- no more frames.
The latest review is Red Sonja, added 8/30/10.
Next most recent is The Gene Generation.
You may wonder why someone put that much time into such a silly-ass
project. Honestly, I wonder myself.
Here are some other film reviews I was asked to do, unrelated to
comics. They've mostly got something to do with politics -- this group
of reviews originally got started as part of the
Enron &
Friends section.
The index of titles is here. The most
recently added title is Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
(season 6). (Yeah, that's not very current events.)
Finally, there's another section of reviews of miscellaneous B
movies, springing from my participation in the B-Movie Message Board. The
latest addition: Lindsay Lohan in
I Know Who Killed Me.
Now, music-related items:
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Every once in a while, you listen to a record expecting something
ordinary and get blown away by something fantastically good that you never
expected. This is my list of great
albums that have come at me from out of left field in that way, with a description
of each. Most of them are relatively unknown. I'd love to hear
your list of such albums. (updated 12/30/01)
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I have a bit of my own home-recorded music here.
Nothing shockingly original... just something that answers the question:
What if Richard Berry's immortal rock classic "Louie, Louie" had
been instead written by Peter Gabriel? Download
Shock the Louie.mp3
(2.5 MB) to find out. (6/1/00)
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Oh, and here's a little midi file
of a silly tune I wrote for my cat
Vespertilio. And here's
a waltz I wrote for the wedding of a couple of folk-music
geeks. I had to keep it simple enough for the pick-up band to
sight-read...
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And here for nostalgia value is another midi file:
my very first attempt at computer
composition, circa 1989, written somewhat under the
influence of the modern composer Conlon Nancarrow. I'm still
a bit surprised at how complex it managed to be, given that it's
only forty seconds long.
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And finally, the thing that first motivated me to put up
a home page way back in 1997 or so: a fan tribute to my favorite
musician, Eric McFadden.
(last updated 6/21/04)
