Michael Adams

  • “Watchmen”: A Heady Mix That Will Infuriate Many

    Who will watch the “Watchmen”? At a guess, I’d say everyone who has ever read the graphic novel, and a solid number of curious types besides. I have my doubts whether that’ll be enough to guarantee blockbuster box-office success – but, then again, who would’ve predicted a $70m opener on the way to a half-billion…

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    Michael Adams

  • The Razzies Are Coming, Too

    This week John Wilson, “Head RAZZBerry” of the Golden Raspberry Foundation is madly preparing for the 29th annual Razzie Awards, held this Saturday night at Hollywood’s Barnsdall Theatre Gallery. The results, tabulated from the votes from 688 Razzie members in 20 countries, will ricochet around the global media on Sunday, heaping ignominy on 2008’s biggest…

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    Michael Adams

  • The Curious Case of “The Curious Case”

    I was sorting through old boxes the other day when I discovered that I’d written "Valkyrie." There it was, the short story I penned in 1986, about a British chap who, in the year 1895, has a premonition and decides to kill the then six-year-old future Fuhrer. OK, strictly speaking, it’s not “exactly” the same…

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    Michael Adams

  • Some thing wicked this way comes . . . again

    Every time another horror remake, prequel or spin-off is announced, a little part of me dies. And not in the good arrow-through-the-eye, tentacle-down-the-throat way of the genre, either.   I’ve lost count of the movies that I held dear in my scare-obsessed teen years — from classics "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre," "The Omen" and…

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    Michael Adams