Sleeping Beauty (2014) Years before they became a byword for cheap, blockbuster cash-ins ( i.e. mockbusters ), the first movie I discovered by The Asylum was a...

On the blog today I review a different take on the timeless tale of Sleeping Beauty… courtesy of The Asylum!

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A trio of #RobertEHoward-inspired (or adjacent) #comicbooks coming out soon that have piqued my interest, and will be going on my pull-list. Read more about this titles on my blog today: cowboyscapescowls.blogspot.com/2026/04/fort...

MUSICAL MONDAY: Deathstalker (Brendan McCreary, Chuck Cirino, Slash, and Bear McCreary) The ’80s cult classic Deathstalker is back in an amped-up, reverential reboot , courtesy of writer-director Steven Kostanski (Frankie Frea...

For Musical Monday on the blog today, I share a track from the recent #Deathstalker movie:

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Well, That Didn't Take Long Just last week I was mourning the loss ( for around 18 months ) of fresh Frieren: Beyond Journey's End . Not that I'm short of shows - and m...

With no new #Frieren now for 18 months, what was I to do?

Turns out the new anime #WitchHatAtelier is rather good.

Read my initial thoughts about this exquisite new show on my blog:

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a cartoon character is sitting on the floor with her mouth open and crying ALT: a cartoon character is sitting on the floor with her mouth open and crying

I just finished #Frieren and i’m not sure how to recover.. i need more epsiodes

Aguirre, The Wrath Of God (1972) Set deep in the Amazonian rainforests of South America in the mid-16th Century, Werner Herzog's Aguirre, The Wrath Of God is a mesmerizing t...

Brilliantly bonkers Werner Hertzog film about 16th Century conquistadors searching for El Dorado. Review on blog right now:

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GAME OF THRONES (2011-2019)

Debuted on HBO 15yrs ago today.

Posting Irezumi until I find my audience. Yakuza crime drama where your character's tattoo ink tracks their rise and fall. Loyalty versus ambition. Tragic antiheroes. The folks who want this at their table exist. Help me find them. losthavenart.com #ttrpg #indierpg

Stara Baśń: Kiedy Słońce Było Bogiem (2003) After my visit with Mongolian cinema yesterday I was looking around for other foreign cinema to stir my gaming genes and I noticed that Poli...

Today on the blog I review a superb Polish film about the Dark Ages:

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THE FASCINATION OF ARDUIN, BLOODY ARDUIN Anyone who has read my drivel for long enough - and is into old school gaming - will be aware that Dave Hargrave 's Arduin is one of my fav...

On the blog this evening I try to share my love of the vintage Arduin #ttrpg setting:

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Godzilla's Gonna Take A Bite Out Of The Big Apple Godzilla Minus Zero picks up in 1949, two years after the tumultuous events of Godzilla Minus One , and continues the story of the Shikishi...

The true king of the monsters is back… and heading towards New York in this initial teaser trailer (over on the blog).

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A rediscovered treasure from 2015:

Genghis - The Legend Of The Ten (2012) Locked in a civil war with the rebellious Hulin tribe, the hordes of Genghis Khan ( aka Chinggis Khaan aka Temujin ) are stricken by plague ...

On the blog today I review a superb Mongolian film about soldiers serving Genghis Khan:

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Horror Awaits You In The Pages of New Ravenloft Comic Ravenloft rises from the grave once more to terrify comic book readers this August with a new eponymously titled four-part miniseries from D...

New Ravenloft comics on the way, read more on the blog today:

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The Little House Gets A Netflix Upgrade They left everything they knew for a new life on the prairie. Meet the Ingalls family as they discover what “home” really means. Little Hous...

I'm looking forward to Little House on The Prairie - a different kind of approach to the Western genre than my usual fare. Check out the first trailer on my blog today:

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Coming soon: START: A companion book for BREAK!! RPG A 'quick start' adventure for the ENNIE award-winning BREAK!! RPG. Also includes new playable options, rules, and guidance...

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The Valley Of The Bees (1967) Made back-to-back with Marketa Lazarová , The Valley Of The Bees has long played second fiddle to its more well-known sibling in the portfo...

Today on the blog I review the rather excellent Valley of the Bees, from 1967:

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Twilight Sword Become a Champion and bring back Hope to the lands of Radia! Twilight Sword is an adventure role-playing game inspired by classic video-games like The Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy, Ni No Kuni.

Just earned Gold badge for the Twilight Sword on @BackerKit!

HEALTH UPDATE: Long Live Biscuit Club! Photo by Centre for Ageing Better on Unsplash No "tree safari" this weekend as Rachel was away for most of it, on a well-deserved spa...

Updates on the blog today about finding a new exercise class:

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Marketa Lazarová (1967) It should be obvious now, if you've read a number of my film reviews, that I have a soft spot for those of a Medieval bent, but have no prob...

Today on the blog we begin a short series of reviews of Medieval/fantasy movies from around the globe:

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The Real Hyborian Age? Map of Robert E Howard's Hyborian Age, from Titan Comics' Conan The Barbarian In 1932, Robert E. Howard wrote an essay describing an advance...

Today on the blog I share a video about the inspirations Robert E Howard drew upon in creating his Hyborian Age setting:

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Tonight on the blog I waffle on about how brilliant #Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End is and the dreaded 18-month wait until season three. Link in comments 👇

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SINBAD WEEK: Sinbad of The Seven Seas (1989) As the original 1947 Sinbad The Sailor movie proved, you can make an excellent Sinbad film without Harryhausen effects as long as you have ...

We end our week of old #Sinbad movie reviews with a less-than-stellar offering starring Lou Ferrigno:

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THROWBACK THURSDAY: Gil Kane When you're a very young kid reading comics you don't really pay attention to the credits. Before I became a serious collector in my la...

For Throwback Thursday (on the blog), in the week of the 100th anniversary of his birth, I look back at my appreciation of the work of artist Gil Kane.

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FUNKY DICE FOR THE WIN!!! My Sicherman dice Today I acquired - courtesy of eBay - a pair of Sicherman dice. At first glance you might think these are just ordinary si...

Why, yes, I have purchased some more funky dice. Read on the blog today what makes these so special:

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SINBAD WEEK: The Lost World of Sinbad (1963) Today's entry in this week of early Sinbad movies is a little known chanbara excursion  from that brief period in the Arabian sailor's st...

Today on the blog I review an action-packed Japanese Sinbad yarn starring Toshirô Mifune:

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A starfield filled with thousands of stars and shining clouds of dust. The Milky Way\u2019s elegant spiral structure is dominated by just two arms wrapping off the ends of a central bar of stars. Spanning more than 100,000 light-years, Earth is located along one of the galaxy\u2019s spiral arms, about halfway from the center. Credit: NASA

OH. MY. GOD.

THIS IS THE MILKY WAY SHOT BY THE ARTEMIS II CREW. LOOK AT ALL THOSE STARS!!!!

TWILIGHT SWORD: My First Champion As promised in my last news update on the upcoming Twilight Sword RPG, using the recently released (to backers) character creation documen...

I’ve only gone and done it! On the blog today I’ve created my first “Champion” for the new Twilight Sword #ttrpg

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Far side of the Moon by Artemis II

SINBAD WEEK: Captain Sindbad (1963) Today's Sinbad movie not only boasts a wonderful selection of low-budget magic but also an array of cheesy monsters, and a variant spelli...

On the blog today I review 1963's Captain Sindbad, a delightfully cheesy, low-budget sword-and-sorcery romp:

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