L.S. Popovich's Blog

Why I hated this movie and recommend it to everyone. Like the miracle mile race in 1954, The Miracle Mile film is remembered for a reason. Like proverbial frog sitting in a boiling pot, you won’t realize the extent that the stakes are heating up until it’s reached a fever pitch. The convincing acting and […]

An eclectic collection by a master of the short story form, thankfully rescued by Snuggly Books from its former out-of-print state. The Introduction constitutes a tenth story in the volume, relying on the supremacy of the anecdote to elaborate the author’s mindset. The final section ‘About the Stories’ can be said to fulfill multiple purposes, […]

Whatever forms D. M.’s stories assume, whatever mantles of obscurity they adorn, they remain an inspiration. In the Hieromantic Mirror, we are introduced to a sultry protagonist engaged in more investigations of the uncanny and underlying uncertainty of societal constructs. Like most of his characters, she is a seeker after the profound.Esoteric board games may […]

Taking inspiration from Icelandic sagas, mixing in old-fashioned atmospheric horror tale aesthetics, as well as provincial, unsettling conversations at far-flung cafés, the reading experience may be enhanced if you enjoy the work of Bulgakov and Flaubert. The Sad Eyes of the Lewis ChessmenFlaubert’s AlexandrineThe Leviathan at RifskerThe Son’s CrimeBilly Goat BluesThe BannaðThe Farewell LetterThe Woman […]

Where Magic Goes to Die Wish is everything that Disney left on the cutting room floor. It’s the viscera that Walt Disney scraped off the bottom of his foot and tossed into the dustbin. Nothing works in this film. The characters, the plot, the animation, the music, and the comedy lack redeemable qualities. Nostalgia is […]

In Justin Isis’s most daring publication so far, the reader is asked to tour a philosophical zoo and peer into an abyss—not a void, but a liminal space populated by undisclosed presences and imbued with esoteric forces.  The two long tales exemplify a depth of subtext and an often baffling hint toward the numinous.The shimmering […]

Overall, a diverting bedtime story.  Where you might get mightily lost in the original duology and vibrant Disney film, this reads less like a worthy successor and more like a valiant side-quest. Ample punning propels our precocious protagonist into petty arguments with pompous anthropomorphized plot devices in the form of rude, irreverent mammals and one […]

I Think I like K-Pop now. Coming into the film, I knew nothing about Kpop. The vague impression I had was an imitation of Japan’s pop idol cultural phenoms and the 90’s boy bands aesthetic. Therefore, my mind categorized the genre as generally silly. But I get it now. The style, choreography, amazing lyrics and […]

Rather well-balanced weirdness. Put me in mind right away of Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Subsequent volumes failed to sustained my pique. But they carry on an intricate tale, interlarded with intrigue. Prevalent are the themes of life and death. How do we find meaning and meaningless in each? Heavy helpings of elegant imagery, rather droll storytelling, […]

Rather well-balanced weirdness. Put me in mind right away of Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Subsequent volumes failed to sustained my pique. But they carry on an intricate tale, interlarded with intrigue. Prevalent are the themes of life and death. How do we find meaning and meaningless in each? Heavy helpings of elegant imagery, rather droll storytelling, […]