B- Reviews / Book Reviewsblack comedy / Comedy / death / Paranormal / San-Francisco5 Comments
Something really strange is happening in the City by the Bay. People are dying, but their souls are not being collected. Someone—or something—is stealing them and no one knows where they are going, or why, but it has something to do with that big orange bridge. Death Merchant Charlie Asher ... more >
Publishing NewsApple / black comedy / Disney / Gamergate / meditation / Microsoft / online harassment / SXSW / Tablets4 Comments
Exclusive: After Gamergate Misstep, SXSW Weighing an All-Day Forum on Online Harassment – So following the backlash against SXSW’s announcement to pull two panels on gaming, and perhaps even more importantly, the news that Buzzfeed and Vox Media would not participate in the event unless organizers reinstated the panels, it appears ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsblack comedy / Paranormal / SourceBooks / Young-Adult3 Comments
“When your best friend is just a tiny bit psychotic, you should never actually believe him when he says “Trust me, this is gonna be awesome.” Of course, you probably wouldn’t believe a voodoo doll could work either. Or that it could cause someone’s leg to blow clean off with ... more >
Film Reviewsblack comedy / female friendship / Friday Film Review / weddings32 Comments
Bridesmaids (2011) Genre: Comedy/Romance Grade: B+ “You kind of stole all the crazy.” “I out-crazied you.” Okay, the fact that I reviewed “Bad Santa” last year should tell y’all I have no shame about watching and recommending gross-out movies. Still I hesitated on this one awhile before deciding to give ... more >
Film Reviews19th century / black comedy / England / Friday Film Review / Historical13 Comments
The Wrong Box (1966) Genre: Historical black comedy Grade: B I’ve been meaning to watch and review this one for ages but got the boost I needed when I saw it’s being shown today on TCM. Used to be it was impossible to find this one on DVD but recently ... more >
Film Reviewsblack comedy / Christmas Stories / Friday Film Review / spoof25 Comments
Blackadder’s A Christmas Carol (1988) Genre: Spoof Grade: A “Bad guys have all the fun.” No, right now I’m not in a very serious Christmas mood. Let’s have some fun with it, I say. And what better way than with Edmund Ebneezer Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson), his trusty sidekick Baldrick (Tony ... more >