Author Rick Shingler

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This guy builds worlds with words and whiskey. He has contributed to PDI Press’ first two Noirlanthotep anthologies as well as the punk rock dystopian short story collection American Carnage. He has authored The Perilous Journeys of Pericles, a misbegotten science fiction adaptation of a misbegotten Shakespeare play (available on Amazon for Kindle). He is currently pulling his hair out over a novel that just never seems to get any closer to completion. He lives in Jersey, but is usually only willing to admit it when the conversation turns to pizza and/or access to great record shops. If you buy him a couple of drinks, he’ll show you his irredeemably nerdy tattoo.

Everybody Dies: Hamlet at Elsinore (1964)

Shakespeare on Film

February 19, 2021 1 123

The fact that Hamlet at Elsinore was filmed at the ACTUAL Elsinore castle creates a striking verisimilitude.

Chuck Wendig’s Wanderers: A Novel (2019)

October 11, 2020 0 27

Wanderers is a big, sprawling epic of a book that is driven on the merits of its characters.

A Fortnight Under Quarantine

April 1, 2020 0 21

We are all athletes in the Couch Potato Olympiad and I’m going for the Gold.

The PDI STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL – CHAPTER 4: A NEW HOPE

December 10, 2019 1 47

When it comes to Star Wars, I am a gibbering fool.

Advance Review: Empathy, Inc. (2019)

September 3, 2019 0 32

Empathy, Inc. is an expertly paced, well-acted thriller about a cutting-edge technology gone awry.

Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019) Take Two

July 6, 2019 0 32

Spider-Man: Far From Home works in every way I can imagine.

Advance Review: Shazam!

March 29, 2019 0 44

SHAZAM! is a big, fun flick that should serve to give us all hope for the future of the DCEU.

Sorry to Bother You (2018)

July 16, 2018 0 34

Sorry To Bother You lives in the daily lives of workers who are realizing that they deserve more.

Everybody Dies: Romeo and Juliet adapted as Warm Bodies

Shakespeare on Film

February 27, 2018 0 921

I see Warm Bodies as being more of a respectful (if winking) homage to Shakespeare than anything else.

Everybody Dies: Macbeth adapted as Scotland, PA

Shakespeare on Film

February 2, 2018 0 179

As the writer and director (not to mention an uncredited dog-walker in one scene), Morrisette crafted a near-perfect modernization of the Scottish play.

Everybody Dies: Hamlet adapted as A Midwinter’s Tale (1995)

Shakespeare on Film

December 28, 2017 0 132

There are more adaptations of Hamlet, dear Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophies.

Everybody Dies: Othello adapted as Catch My Soul (1974)

Shakespeare on Film

November 24, 2017 0 101

The finished package is an entirely unique way to experience Othello.

The Prowler (1951)

Big Sleeps and Long Goodbyes

November 9, 2017 0 48

What really makes The Prowler a great piece of noir is the deep-cut flaws in the two protagonists.

Blood Father (2016) Blu-ray

October 11, 2016 0 54

Blood Father is an hour and a half study of very human character flaws, Mel Gibson’s throaty growl, and explosive action.

Advance Review: Sharknado: The 4th Awakens

July 29, 2016 0 34

There are probably better ways to spend a summer evening than watching Sharknado: The 4th Awakens, but I’ll be damned if I can think of one.

Thirteen 1.04

July 21, 2016 0 13

Victim shaming is a real and terribly unfair privilege of the people looking in from the outside of situations like this.

Thirteen 1.03

July 13, 2016 0 10

Not that I have any personal experience with abduction cases, but I’m going to go out on a limb and say Ivy’s adjustment is not going well.

Thirteen 1.02

July 7, 2016 0 27

As with last week’s episode, we (the audience) find ourselves struggling between waves of sympathy for and suspicion of Ivy.

Thirteen 1.01

June 30, 2016 0 37

It’s pretty hard to get a handle on things after watching the first episode of BBC America’s Thirteen.

The X-Files 10.06 “My Struggle II”

February 26, 2016 1 43

So what if they stumbled a little on the dismount? It’s the X-Files. It’s never easy.

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