A Quiet Place

“In space, no one can hear you scream.” That’s of course from Alien, but in A Quiet Place, that’d actually be beneficial. According to the IMDb summary, “Two parents do what it takes to keep their children safe in a world full of creatures hunting every sound they can hear.” In its post-apocalyptic world, thereContinue reading “A Quiet Place”

Frankenstein: How a Monster Became an Icon

In his essay collection The Rub of Time, novelist Martin Amis assembled his ultimate Tennis Monster inspired by Victor Frankenstein – the head of Thomas Muster, the torso of Boris Becker, the legs of Michael Chang, etc. With the metaphor being extended to something as genteel as tennis, does the mystique of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein;Continue reading “Frankenstein: How a Monster Became an Icon”