TSJ Talks John Carpenter’s THE THING!
Last week, I joined the guys from the Re-Creative Podcast and our topic of the evening was my second favorite film of all time, John Carpenter’s The Thing.
Category: The 1980’s
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TSJ Talks Inspirations for The War Beneath
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TSJ Talks Inspirations for The War Beneath
When I was a teenager, I read a lot of 1950s Science Fiction. It was the tail end of the “Golden Age of Science Fiction.” Asimov, Pohl, Heinlein, del Rey and more. I fell in love with the genre because of those books. They sparked my imagination and took me to fascinating locations in futuristic settings. The stakes were always huge. It’s those books that really taught me how important YA Science Fiction is. Readers get hooked on the genre early; it’s what happened to me.
Book Cover, Inspirations, Movies, Science Fiction, Steven Spielberg, Suspense, Technology, TechnoThriller, The 1970's, The 1980's, The 1990's, Thriller
The Most Iconic Book Covers in the Thriller/Suspense/SF Genres
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The Most Iconic Book Covers in the Thriller/Suspense/SF Genres
I’ve recently been re-reading some classic novels from my younger days, and I realized that some of their covers might now be considered iconic — some so notable that the movie marketing machines actually copied the book cover, further cementing the image in our minds. Here are some of those books.
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.
HBO, History, James Cameron, John Carpenter, Movie Review, Movies, Science, Suspense, Technology, The 1980's, The Terminator, The Thing, Thriller
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
Book Review, Horror, Inspirations, Movies, Science, Suspense, Technology, The 1980's, The 1990's, Thriller
TSJ on The Hot Zone
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I read this book shortly after its release in 1994. It is a page turner. It brought public attention to the threat of deforestation, and it did so in graphic, horrific detail.
Movie Review, Movies, OSCARs, The 1970's, The 1980's
TSJ Reviews BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
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TSJ Reviews BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
Sometimes less is more, and I am aiming to keep this short and sweet, hopefully to have greater impact on those who might stumble across it. My wish is that it might motivate people to spend two hours at the theaters this weekend.
Comedy, Farce, Horror, Movie Review, Movies, Parody, The 1970's, The 1980's
TSJ Reviews CAMP DEATH III in 2D!
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Review: CAMP DEATH III in 2D!
I had the opportunity to review this “camp” horror film (see what I did there?) by director Matt Frame and starring Dave Peniuk and Angela Galanopoulos. The film is currently making the horror festival circuit, and campy is actually an understatement when describing this horror farce. Crowdfunding helped with the movie’s $35 000 budget, and apparently the filmmakers spent four years working on it.
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The Inaugural Timothy S. Johnston Future Writer Award
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On Thursday 4 October I presented the inaugural TSJ Future Writer Award during the commencement ceremony for the Class of 2018 at London South Collegiate Institute in the Thames Valley District School Board.
Action, Character Development, Inspirations, Magnum PI, The 1980's
Rebooted MAGNUM PI Trailer is Here
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Rebooted MAGNUM PI Trailer Online — See it Here
I’m not sure how I feel about this. Tom Selleck’s Thomas Sullivan Magnum IV is so ingrained in my memory due to my teen years in the 80’s. (I was born at the perfect time. See my thoughts on this here.) The series was watershed for me — it featured a strong cast of male characters who had bonded during war and were now living in the years after, still as close as brothers, but each dealing with their own memories and trauma from Vietnam. It was a show that portrayed Vietnam vets in a positive light, and Tom Selleck was the Alpha who held it all together. His humor, his self-deprecating portrayal of Magnum, and the great chemistry between the leads — including Jonathan Hillerman (Higgins) — kept the show going for eight years. It was also the first time a Navy SEAL had been portrayed in popular culture. When it finally ended, it went out on top, and almost from the instant it went off the air fans have been clamoring for more MAGNUM PI.