MarkRLeeper, Author at SFcrowsnest

The Vigil (2020) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper).

‘The Vigil’ is a horror film in a Jewish Hasidic setting. The ‘vigil’ of the title is not the sitting

‘A Ghost Waits’ is a new take on an old idea. Muriel is fairly successfully haunting a house: all the

M.C. Escher is best known for his tessellations and for his ‘Impossible’ structures. Strangely, he did not think of himself

Co-directed by Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer, this Apple TV+ documentary about meteors covers a surprising breadth of discussion about

Spaceship Earth is a documentary about Biosphere 2 and the story of the eight people who chose to live in

This is a good commentary and companion piece for the original film with many ideas coming together. It has its

‘The Lodge’ is a production from Hammer Films. Hammer was a British company that specialised in horror and Science Fiction

Trivia question: what day of the week is “The Day the Earth Stood Still”? Answer later in the article. The

I find it a bit odd that I am making positive comments about ‘World Without End’, a 1956 film with

‘The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms’ did well enough for Warner Brothers that they followed it up with another monster film,