Month: September 2018

Film & TV: Interview with Michelle Iannantuono of Octopunk Media

Steve and Scott interview filmmaker Michelle Iannantuono about her upcoming feature, “Livescream,” as well as her company, Octopunk Media, and all of the various projects under its tentacles.

On Facebook:
Octopunk Media
Livescream

Crowdfunded projects Michelle is promoting:
Flesher
Killer Assistant

Film & TV: Disenchantment (Season 1)

TLS reviews the latest Matt Groening brain-child, Netflix series Disenchantment, while channeling the habits and vices of the show’s characters.

[Aggregate score: 8]

Literature: The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens

Less Dickensian and more Poe-esque, The Signal-Man is a story of ghastly foreshadowing and we’re just the Signals to review it. [Aggregate Score: 7.33]

Film & TV: The Predator (2018)

TLS devolves into beasts while reviewing The Predator, not to be confused with Predator and/or Predators.
[Aggregate score: 3. 66]

Games & Gaming Culture: Exclusives

Join the “cool” section of video games, where exclusivity reigns. But is that a good thing? TLS discusses the nature of exclusive content/titles.

Philosophy & Narrative: The Metaphysician’s Nightmare by Bertrand Russell

In Bertrand Russell’s brief work, he takes TLS on a tour of philosophical hell, exploring what it means to non-exist.

Literature: The Janitor in Space by Amber Sparks

The TLS crew cleans up their emotional refuse (and ponders re-evaluating their review scale) in Amber Sparks’ wonderfully bittersweet story, The Janitor in Space.
[Aggregate score: 6]
Published in American Short Fiction, 2014.

 

AFI Top 100 #008: Schindler’s List

TLS tackles one of the modern day masterpieces that showcases both real life horror and honest humanity in the face of it, in the AFI #8, Schindler’s List.
[Aggregate score: 10]