Giants Offseason
The Giants need another frontline starter to complement ace Madison Bumgarner and there is no one out there who fits the bill like Zack Greinke. Thirty-two-years-old, 19-3 last year with a 1.66 ERA ! Plus…
Articles by Chris Sabin
J-CAT
One night at the supermarket, I got this customer in my line, an aging party girl in her forties. A regular, she was usually in high spirits but not that night. When I asked her…
5. HORROR
HORROR: THE UNBELIEVABLE AND THE SEMI-REAL “The strength of the vampire is that people will not believe in him.”– Dracula, 1931 What defines horror? What connects such different films as Frankenstein (Whale, 1931), Psycho (Hitchcock,…
PET MONSTER
I was living in a rented house on a back road on the edge of town, next to the freeway. I didn’t own a car then so I walked everywhere. I was on my way…
4. THE SAMURAI BUNCH
THE SAMURAI BUNCH : THE SEVEN SAMURAI (1954), THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960) , AND THE WILD BUNCH (1969) Akira Kurosawa’s The Seven Samurai (1954) tells the story of seven ronin (samurai without masters) who are hired…
VAMPIRE
It happened one evening right during the five o’clock rush. The store was jammed full of locals buying six-packs and forties, beef jerky, pork rinds and ice cream, the odd vegetable. In the middle of…
3. THE HOLLOW MEN
THE HOLLOW MEN: WESTERN HEROES “Conquerors, like cannonballs, must go on.” – Wellington on Napoleon The Western movie embodies basic mythic themes of American culture that pre-date filmmaking. Before the invention of the motion camera, dime…
BLUE MAN
Blue Man materialized out of the early morning mist as I was walking back down the hill after a run. In the shadow of a huge old cypress tree on the road, suddenly there he…
2. GOING DOWNHILL
GOING DOWNHILL: FROM THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925) TO THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987) Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein’s film, The Battleship Potemkin, debuted in 1925 but even today it has a kinetic, dynamic and modern feel to its montage…
BREAKFAST ON THE EDGE
So I’m sitting there at my local diner, having a leisurely breakfast, occasionally chatting with the waitress about sports, the latest gossip, etc. I’m scanning the sports page when a couple enters the restaurant and…