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Go Shibata’s Late Bloomer, or Osoi Hito, is UnSettling

http://tidepoint.com/; http://bonehouseasia.com/ It’s become common practice for directors and writers of western horror/suspense genres to rely merely on blood and guts to stimulate anxiety in their audiences, sacrificing clever plot lines for naked virgins. The 2004 Japanese offering “”Late Bloomer”” (Tidepoint Pictures/Bone House Asia), from director Go Shibata, employs substance rather than cheap thrills as the primary …

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Strange Survivors

After the Last War, humanity lay in ruins, a product of its overzealousness in all things righteous and scientific. Cities that once stood as great testaments to humanity’s triumph over existence had become little more than deserted wastelands, inhabited only by the strange survivors of the apocalypse. The Confederate Governments of Europe and the Americas …

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Temporal Tourists by Charlie Crago

Temporal Tourists by: Charlie Crago                 The thickening of space and time always made Alex Travler slightly nauseous. Though he had taken many trips forward and backward in time, his body had never been able to adjust to the jolting effects of dimensional shifts. The displacement tank at the State Tourism Bureau slowly came into …

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Stories of Wolves: The Lobo Returns – Open Space Screening Nov. 18

Screening: Friday, Nov. 18, 6PM, Open Space Visitor Center – 6500 Coors Blvd NW; wildwolffilm.com For many, the wilderness areas of the southwest are easily the finest selling points the region has to offer. Unfortunately, with the ever-growing population of the world, these undeveloped havens for wildlife are rapidly being encroached upon, threatening the delicate balance of …