Now’s as good a time as any, I guess…

I found out Monday that I will be let go from my job as of the end of the month. It's not for cause. The Library has been suffering from severe budget cuts for years now, and we finally hit the point where they was nothing to be done but let several staff members…
Monster of the Day #880

Monster of the Day #880

I liked Grabbers a lot, but man, this film was tremendous. I was depressed when it did so poorly here because they just doesn't seem to be a market for monster movies anymore. Hopefully Godzilla will change that.
Monster of the Day #879

Monster of the Day #879

Not as many Brit monster movies as you'd like, so I had to stretch back a ways. It's hard for me to think I haven't done this one before, but even so, it's pretty sweet, even if I had.
Monster of the Day #876

Monster of the Day #876

Saw this over the weekend, a very fun Irish film in the mold of Tremors. I can highly recommend it as a rare, fully successful modern day monster movie.
Monster of the Day #875

Monster of the Day #875

Man, there are a TON of these terrific covers. I could seriously do Mighty Samson covers for a month straight. I mean, again, look at that thing, it's gorgeous. This is one of the weirdest. I guess we're l0oking at the product of mad science?
Monster of the Day #874

Monster of the Day #874

  Issue #4 experimented and used a cover sans monster. I can only imagine there was an immediate sales dip, because it would be a loooooooooooong time, if ever, before beastie-less cover art was used again. #5 went back to basic, while also expanding the weirdness.    
Monster of the Day #872

Monster of the Day #872

  Man, that's the stuff. Screw Battlefield Earth, somebody make this movie. (Actually, being serious, other than it needing a steep budget, why isn't SyFy doing stuff like this?)