Article updated December 2024.
This list is likely to change from year to year, so take it with a grain of salt. But if you’re looking for a more grown up slant to your Christmas holiday season, try one or more of these films.
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Horror/Sci-Fi/Suspense Influences on TSJ Before the Age of Ten
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Horror/Sci-Fi/Suspense Influences on TSJ Before the Age of Ten
I recently published a blog piece celebrating my fiftieth year on the planet. In the article, I wrote about the books I read as a child under the age of ten. The intention was twofold: to inform people about the books that inspired a young boy to take on the monumental goal of writing science fiction thrillers (a task which took decades to achieve), and to implore parents to always buy books for their children.
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TSJ Reviews THE FLY
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TSJ on THE FLY Starring Vincent Price
Movie: THE FLY (1958)
Starring:Â Vincent Price, David Hedison, Patricia Owens
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Sequels: RETURN OF THE FLY, CURSE OF THE FLY, THE FLY, THE FLY II
Writer:Â George Langelaan (original story in Playboy)
Screenplay:Â James Clavell! (THE FLY was his first filmed screenplay)
During this Coronavirus outbreak, I took the opportunity to watch the original film THE FLY with my 12 year old daughter. We’re shuttered inside, and while I spend a great deal of my time writing, we’re also watching a lot of movies, streaming shows, and playing games. THE FLY is a wonderful “horror” film from the 1950’s, part of my new BluRay package of FLY films, and has an important message for all content creators and creative writers.
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TSJ Meets Kevin Smith
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TSJ Meets Kevin Smith at the Reboot Roadshow
While we watch the country shutter its windows as the Coronavirus storm outside passes by, I thought I’d share a happy moment from last month.
In February I had the pleasure of traveling to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto to see Kevin Smith introduce his newest “View Askewniverse” film, Jay & Silent Bob Reboot, listen to a Q&A, then meet him backstage.
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TSJ at Forty-Nine
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It’s that time of year.
I survived another trip around the sun.
Another 365 days passing faster than ever before.
Another year of lost sleep, another year of blood, sweat, and tears, and another year of stress, heartache, and agony.
And another year of rip-roaring fun and excitement.
Action, Movie Review, Movies, Netflix, Science Fiction, Suspense, TechnoThriller, The 1980's, Thriller
Timothy S. Johnston Reviews the Netflix Original Film In the Shadow of the Moon
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Title: In the Shadow of the Moon
Director: Jim Mickle
Studio/Distributor: Netflix
Writers: Gregory Weidman, Geoffrey Tock
Starring: Boyd Holbrook (Logan), Bokeem Woodbine (Spider Man: Homecoming), Michael C. Hall (Dexter)
Short Description: A Philadelphia police detective hunts a time-traveling serial killer.
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TSJ Reviews Brad Pitt’s AD ASTRA
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Deep Meaning in Deep Space
Title: Ad Astra (To the Stars)
Director: James Gray (The Lost City of Z, We Own the Night)
Writers: James Gray, Ethan Gross
Company: Twentieth Century Fox, Plan B
Stars: Brad Pitt, Donald Sutherland, Tommy Lee Jones
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Listen to TSJ on The Todd Shapiro Show — Link Here
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Listen to TSJ Talk Thrillers, Sci-Fi, and More on SiriusXM Canada’s Todd Shapiro Show — Link Here
On Tuesday 16 July, I traveled to Toronto and visited the offices of SiriusXM Canada as a guest of The Todd Shapiro Show, a talk radio show on SiriusXM Canada Channel 167.
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TSJ on SiriusXM Canada’s The Todd Shapiro Show Tuesday 16 July!
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Listen to TSJ on the “Todd Shapiro Show” this Tuesday
The War Beneath by Timothy S. Johnston
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TSJ Reviews HBO’s CHERNOBYL
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TSJ Reviews HBO’s CHERNOBYL
Starring: Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgard, Emily Watson, Paul Ritter
Company: HBO
Running Time: 330 minutes
Created by: Craig Mazin
