Blumhouse is a name that’s perhaps familiar to you as a production company specialised in horror movies like Paranormal activity, Insidious, and The purge. But…
CIPC #458: Siemens ad
As the year draws to its end, all its calamities and horrors parade once more before my eyes and I realise it’s been a particularly…
CIPC #457: Globi Vol.31, König der Spassmacher
When I wrote my first blog post about blue Swiss parrot Globi, I had no idea I had stumbled upon a whole stash of material.…
CIPC #456: The thing from another world
When John Campbell published his collection of short stories Who goes there? in 1938 on a grand total of 3000 copies, he would nary have…
CIPC #455: Fiido ad
To me, Fiido sounds like someone has lost his dog and is now calling for it everywhere, 1 hoping against all hope that it will…
CIPC #454: František Chochola, The young king of Easaidh Ruadh
František Chochola is perhaps not a household name, but he was quite an accomplished man. He has the illustrations to countless books to his name,…
CIPC #453: Sam S2 E7, Credit
On hearing there was a British television series called Sam, I got my hopes up that perhaps it would be about Samwise Gamgee, greatest person…
CIPC #452: Nek, Laura non c’è
After seeing the title, you’re perhaps thinking I have finally run out of material and have decided to start complaining that random body parts don’t…
CIPC #451: Ace Venture: when nature calls
In the nineties, between Forrest Gump and Jack Sparrow, there was a trend to build movies around off and slightly dim goofballs. But writing such…
CIPC #450: Columbo S3 E6, Mind over mayhem
While we’re on the subject of good American detective series, it is maybe a good time to revisit our old friend Columbo. Last time we…