My taste in fiction tends to be dark. As in, Orwell’s 1984 is one of my all-time favorite books. Never has anyone captured the tools of surveillance, tribalism, misinformation, and psychological manipulation by those with […]
SHADOWS WRITER
My name is Kevin Leicinger. I write books. This site isn't about my books. At least not directly. It's about all the incredible, cool, amazing things that have helped inspire me to write them. Lots of music, books, movies, pop culture whatever, has gone into my brain and been spit back out again in some weird form I call my writing. This site is dedicated to those demonic influences. I hope you find it interesting.
Tech Suckers and My Lost Battle Against Blu-ray
I recently purchased the Criterion Blu-ray boxed set of the Showa-era Godzilla movies. I hear it’s great. I wouldn’t know. I don’t have a Blu-ray player so I can’t watch it. It was not a […]
Sympathetic Monsters
The greatest monsters aren’t bad, they’re just misunderstood. Just look at all the crap Godzilla got for wrecking a major Japanese city or two. Or King Kong for abducting a young woman. Even Frankenstein, for […]
Asian Cinema is Kicking Ass
I’ve been reading “Best Of The Decade” lists for the last month and planned on doing my own. But I’ve decided to just talk about a couple of trends that I’ve been noticing in filmmaking […]
A Very Random Christmas!
I wanted to do another holiday related Christmas post. I thought of several very specific topics but decided against doing those. Instead, I’m going totally random. Weird, heartwarming, scary, depressing, nostalgic, cute, sexy, mean, commercial, […]
A Christmas Viewing List
Unlike my Halloween Movie List which I didn’t get published until the actual day, I’ve decided to get cracking on a list of movies for the holidays a little earlier. The thing is, I need […]
Hal Hartley: Forgotten Filmmaker
In 1988, Hal Hartley burst onto the independent film scene with his debut film, THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH. It got nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and received great reviews and critical acclaim all […]
