This Week's DCMG Digest


Here's a round up of all the new articles this week on The DreamCage and AlbieMedia websites...

On The DreamCage - https://www.thedreamcage.com/

Daniel White dug through his vast horror film collection and is now rewatching a box set of classic monster movies from Universal. For his next Universal Monster of the Week, he looks back at Bride of Frankenstein...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/02/film-universal-monster-collection-bride.html

Steve Taylor-Bryant overcomes a fear as he reads the conclusion to Gareth L. Powell's Embers of War series with Light of Impossible Stars, out now from Titan Books...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/02/book-light-of-impossible-stars_26.html

"Do you know who Rosie the Riveter is? If not, you should do."

Susan Omand watched The Girl with the Rivet Gun, a short film by Anne de Mare & Kirsten Kelly...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/02/short-film-girl-with-rivet-gun.html

Steve Taylor-Bryant has given himself the reading challenge of reading every full length novel written by Brad Meltzer. This week it is The Tenth Justice...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/02/project-meltzer-tenth-justice.html


Ren Zelen looks back at some of the films that made her fall in love with cinema in the first place with The Films That Made Me. This time she revisits the crew of the Nostromo and Alien...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/02/film-films-that-made-me-alien-1979.html

Every episode, our podcasting Barry Norman, aka Stuart Mulrain, lets a guest choose a film to discuss, reminisce over and share why they love it. This week, Stuart and guests Tom Stewart and John Tucker get Lost in Translation ...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/02/podcast-and-why-not-lost-in-translation.html

Steve Taylor-Bryant has an apology to make and does so in his own unique way by saying sorry and then proving why he was right in the first place. Anyway, here is his apology and reasoning in the adaptation of The Dirty Dozen for a modern audience...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/02/what-if-dirty-dozen.html

On 26th December 2019, 627 pieces of Classic Doctor Who content were made available to Britbox subscribers. Every Sunday in 2020, our Doctor Who expert, Tony Cross, looks back at some of the classic stories.

Here are Tony's thoughts on...

The Moonbase - https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/03/classic-doctor-who-on-britbox-moonbase.html
The Macra Terror - https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/03/classic-doctor-who-on-britbox-macra.html
The Tomb Of The Cybermen - https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/03/classic-doctor-who-on-britbox-tomb-of.html



Meanwhile on AlbieMedia - https://www.albiemedia.com/

"I know…I know…I always get those rolling eyes when I talk about my love of Bush (and no, that’s not a euphemism)."

David Ames shares some of the songs that have played an important part in his own personal soundtrack. This week it's a bit of a comedown...


"This week’s choice is the only UK chart entry for this band, ever, from their only UK chart entry album, ever."

This week's #SotD80 choice from Jimmy Hunter is Echo Beach by Martha and the Muffins...

https://www.albiemedia.com/2020/02/sotd80-martha-and-muffins.html


"almost Jazz with some pop and soul moments and was brilliant from first track to last"

Thirty years on from its release, Steve Taylor-Bryant listens to Everything But The Girl's album The Language of Life...

https://www.albiemedia.com/2020/02/turn-that-noise-down-everything-but-girl.html

"You know when you get to the end of a really good film and you’re utterly exhausted by the drama of it all? That’s what The Dear Hunter Acts albums do for me."

This week's #EducatingOmand finds Susan Omand discovering The Meaning of, And All Things Regarding Ms. Leading...

Find this week's contributors on Twitter

@JimJamGin
@OmandOriginal
@HauntedNerds
@STBwrites
@Lokster71
@TheDavidMAmes
@DanielWBMouth
@RenZelen

and our Podcasting partners @WasThisAlways