Here’s another installment of Balladeer’s Blog’s annual end of year retrospective, this one reflecting on March’s best.
FLORIS (1969 and 1975) – Rutger Hauer and Paul Verhoeven’s neglected television series starring Rutger as a swashbuckling hero caught up in the Guelders Wars of the Netherlands. Read about it HERE.
BOOK OF THE DUN COW – My examination of each section of Ireland’s Lebor na hUidre, The Book of the Dun Cow. Part One HERE. Part Two HERE. A wealth of mythology.
TWO EARLY GOTHIC HORROR NOVELS – I reviewed The Monk (1796) and The Castle of Otronto (1764) HERE.
BAD MOVIE REVIEW: HITLER – DEAD OR ALIVE (1943) My review of this bizarre movie HERE.
BLONDE PHANTOM: HER 1940s STORIES – Stan Lee’s 1946-1949 female superhero from his much, much younger years. Click HERE.
ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: THE END OF AN EPOCH (1901) – A bio-engineered disease that wipes out millions upon millions of lives on Earth. Click HERE.
JUSTICE SOCIETY AND JUSTICE LEAGUE CROSSOVER STORIES: 1963-1969 – Their first 7 meetings HERE.
DEMOCRATS FURTHER CEMENT DONALD TRUMP’S MARTYRDOM. Click HERE.
MY TOP HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS HORROR FILMS – Read it HERE.
GRACE O’MALLEY: THE PIRATE QUEEN OF IRELAND – The real-life female pirate leader of the late 1500s and early 1600s. Click HERE.
SKULL THE SLAYER: HIS 1970s STORIES – The short-lived Marvel series which combined the Bermuda Triangle with aliens, dinosaurs and savage battle action. Vietnam veteran Jim Scully becomes the time-lost Skull the Slayer. Read it HERE.
DARK AGNES: ROBERT E. HOWARD’S “OTHER” RED-HAIRED FEMALE WARRIOR – Read my review of her very first short story HERE.
ACTION MOVIES OF MARK GREGORY – My reviews of Just a Damned Soldier (1988) & Afghanistan: The Last War Bus (1989) HERE. Plus Delta Force Commando (1987) and Ten Zan: The Ultimate Mission (1988) HERE. And everyone knows 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982) and Escape from the Bronx (1983) HERE.
LOVE OF RAIN BY PRITILATA NANDI – Her wonderful, moving collection of short stories. I reviewed it HERE.
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THE CONCLUSION OF ADAM WARLOCK VS THE MAGUS (1975-1976) – My review of the final chapters of this “timey-wimey” sci-fi story. Click HERE.
NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOON ROUNDUP: March 3rd HERE. March 6th HERE. March 8th HERE. March 13th HERE. March 15th HERE. March 20th HERE. March 23rd HERE. March 27th HERE. March 30th HERE.
COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE AT JACKSONVILLE – Click HERE.
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Great posts as always. I enjoyed all the posts but particularly admired the bad movie review on Hitler. That movie did sound rather outrageous to me. Adolf Hitler is a serious historical figure that doesn’t lend himself to humor. Most movies about the dictator have worked when they take a serious approach to the subject matter. For instance, the recent Oscar-winning film “The Zone of Interest” proved this. A disturbing drama, it told the story of Nazis that committed atrocities in a past era. Not an easy watch but definitely worth seeing. One of the best movies about the Holocaust ever made.
Here’s why I recommend it: