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Big Ass Spider – Mike Mendez (2013) Review
Once upon a time i was a teenager looking for thrills and went to an old cinema called The Phoenix and saw my first grown up horror film Prophecy (1979) , that was a let down a toxic mutant hairless teddy bear well i laughed my way through it, i am sad as it was a John Frankenheimer film and i guess expected more after the likes of French Connection II and Birdman of Alcatraz so i was searching for more creature features Jaws (1975) was excellent and well crafted , but here i could digress into Frogs, Night Of The Lepus etc.
On the social legend that is Twitter i heard of a film mysterious and interesting about spiders not your Arachnaphobia kind but big, bigger , biggest and had an ass as well
what a shocker so i discovered Big Ass Spider , Gregory Gieras not a screenwriter i am familiar with had written this tale would it outrun Sharknado i had to find out, alas no cinema near me carried it but i got my hands on it as a DVD with an amazing hologram cover i was ecstatic to say the least.
The story line could of been overwrought and contrived no it was not, it had drama , danger and humor a casserole of scary delight awaited me Mike Mendez delivered the action swiftly and without troubling it with excess fat , trimmed meat like human prey broiled to perfection
So this spider i hear you say what is so bad about it well Alex Mathis bug hunter was a bit afraid but he has not said on his twitter feed, Greg Grunberg does not have a dirty white vest or a bandana , he has goggles safety ones at that, and of course his side kick Lombardo Boyar is Jose Ramos and more dashing than Zorro, and of course there is a girl Carly Kramer as Lieutenant Carly Brant she is military grade kick ass with a soft spot for bug men, so now you see and will see when you watch the terror become unleashed.
our heroes are swashbuckling and almost confident as they pursue the great terror and you get very attached ordinary guys in an extraordinary situation so buckle up with them and enjoy this ride.
This film joins the ranks of amazing and i will be watching again maybe another Big Ass will appear so rent, buy , VOD or watch when it comes to SyFy and i wish you Happy Viewing
Will The Real Mr Sellers Stand Up (1969) (Peter Sellers documentary not shown on TV)
Jose Guadalupe Posada
Suppose we were chaff, that was lying about
When a very small whirlwind brushed us to the sky,
And then at the moment when we sailed highest,
A wind that was stronger blew us apart…
Goodbye little brothers,
Dear parents, farewell
Here my sins end,
I have no more to tell.
Jose Posada 1852-1913 Artist, Illustrator and Cartoonist with strong beliefs during the Mexican Revolution with his publisher Arroyo, illustrating ballads and poems and images for day of the dead
Stand Up and Wanting
laughter detached from beauty
many faces appreciated,
her own humor made her belong
in this bar,
this night,
eighty five people with warm beer
saw her on the stage
not silent they talked,
she became part of their life,
jokes about mundanity,
the effectiveness of marriage,
up there she was not sorry,
a guitarist joined her sometimes,
whiskey added fire to the jokes
with political edge,
never a pawn
she had an opinion,
yet behind the facade of comic pride
she screamed,
her bust under black sequin bodice
grasped and strangled her heart,
unless she did something wrong
caught up their in the light
amp resounding her voice,
she would continue to the end
and after last light
clicked off,
would find her own sorrow and silence
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