Welcome back to Blogmas 2025, my annual series of holiday-themed blog posts that runs every day through Christmas. This year, I've enlisted the help of AI to generate daily writing prompts, which has led to some interesting creative challenges and unexpected topics. Today's prompt for December 19th asks a deeply personal question: If you could … Continue reading Where Magic Still Lives: Choosing My Fictional Christmas
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The Character Couch – Bill Denbrough
Welcome to another exciting edition of The Character Couch! This is that section of The Confusing Middle where we take a look at well-known movie characters and examine them from a psychological point of view. What makes them tick? Today we're diving into the troubled psyche of William "Stuttering Bill" Denbrough from Stephen King's It—the … Continue reading The Character Couch – Bill Denbrough
The Character Couch – Jack Torrance
Welcome to another exciting edition of The Character Couch! This is that section of The Confusing Middle where we take a look at well-known movie and TV characters and examine them from a psychological point of view. What makes them tick? Grab some popcorn because today we're diving into the fractured psyche of one of … Continue reading The Character Couch – Jack Torrance
The Character Couch – Mike Hanlon
Welcome to another exciting edition of The Character Couch! This is that section of The Confusing Middle where we take a look at well-known movie characters and examine them from a psychological point of view. What makes them tick? Grab some popcorn because today we're going to dive into the psyche of the steadfast guardian … Continue reading The Character Couch – Mike Hanlon
The Character Couch – Carrie White
Welcome to another edition of The Character Couch, fellow film enthusiasts and psychology aficionados! Today, we delve deep into the mesmerizing world of cinematic psychology with a spotlight on one of the most iconic characters in horror film history - Carrie White, as portrayed by the brilliant Sissy Spacek in Brian De Palma's 1976 adaptation … Continue reading The Character Couch – Carrie White
Rewatching Quantum Leap – Episode 36
Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the quantum leap accelerator and vanished. He awoke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own, and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this … Continue reading Rewatching Quantum Leap – Episode 36
Some Thoughts About The Stand
When it was said, several years ago, that CBS was putting together a new adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand, I was kind of psyched. It's been so long since it was first announced, I really can't remember if there was talk of a movie or a mini-series or a full on TV show. But … Continue reading Some Thoughts About The Stand
My Favorite Movies #7 – Stand By Me
Stand By Me 1986 Directed by Rob Reiner Quick synopsis... Four boys seek adventure and heroism in the Oregon woods with their search for a missing teen's dead body in the 1950s. What they uncover about themselves along the way, however, means even more. This is my favorite Stephen King adaptation of all time, based … Continue reading My Favorite Movies #7 – Stand By Me
The Eyes of the Dragon
The Eyes of the Dragon Stephen King 1987 Slowly making my way through Stephen King's bibliography, I've come to The Eyes of the Dragon. In reality, I should have read it some time ago since I'm trying to accomplish this feat by reading novels in the order in which they were originally published. When I … Continue reading The Eyes of the Dragon
My Favorite Movies #15 – The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption 1994 Directed by Frank Darabont Quick synopsis... Framed for murder, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at Shawshank prison, where he comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope. Based on the Stephen King … Continue reading My Favorite Movies #15 – The Shawshank Redemption
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