Final Women

We want you to know how we lived. That we lived. That we were girls before we were game. That we were alive. Too often the voices of victims are silenced. In a world fascinated by evil, those that practice it become celebrities, and those who suffer from it, forgotten. In her collection, Many Restless Concerns , Gayle Brandeis speaks for the victims of Erzsebet Bathory in excruciatingly exquisite poetry. This is a haunting book. Take your time reading it; every line should be savored. Note: There is some debate whether Bathory was actually guilty of mass murder, or was framed by a government who couldn't abide a woman with the amount of power she wielded. That debate, and my opinions in it, did not affect how powerful I found Brandeis's book to be.

 Ravenous I know I've mentioned this on a previous list, but this was a recent rewatch for me, and I've got to say, I liked it even better the second time around. Based on the experiences of both the Donner party and Alfred Packer, Ravenous is a period piece with a lot of great snowy scenes. Guy Pearce leads the cast as a disgraced soldier sent to serve at a remote outpost, and Robert Carlyle steals scenes as the sinister stranger hiding some very gruesome secrets. Alien vs. Predator A team of scientists is assembled by an aging tycoon to investigate a mysterious structure found underground in Antarctica. Once inside, they find themself in the middle of a battle between the titular two franchise species. I did not expect a lot going into Alien vs. Predator; it had not exactly received rave reviews. However I ended up being pleasantly surprised. As usual, I dug the snowy atmosphere, and the film also gets bonus points for starring Lance Henriksen, who always classes up even the ...