Continued from Part 3… Max and the Argentinian Death Penguin, Part 4: Hidden Where None Dare Venture Maxine frantically searched through the bottles and glasses behind the bar, crouched down out of the line of fire.  On the other side of the bar, an enormous brawl had broken out between Dragon and his henchmen, the […]

**Continuing Part 1 and Part 2 of our Choose Your Own Adventure week** Max And The Argentinian Death Penguin, Part 3: The Smell of Danger Reginald Winterthrop, when he was alive, was a man of rigid dignity and noble adventure – until the unfortunate instance in the Egyptian tomb left him a ghost, doomed to […]

Continued from yesterday’s Part 1: The Past Comes Knocking. Max And The Argentinian Death Penguin, Part 2: Currying Favor Maxine looked at Paulson, then at the door – behind which the pounding had reached a thunderous level – then back at Paulson.  She smiled.  “Agent Paulson, do me favor?  Get the door?” Paulson tensed.  “Max…!” […]

*Today begins a week-long Choose Your Own Adventure story*  Be sure to vote at the end! Max and the Argentinian Death Penguin, Part 1: The Past Comes Knocking Deep in a part of the city where it was always night and the primary pass-time was trying to get out of that part of the city, […]

Yesterday I told you things were going to get mixed up around here – well I hope you spent yesterday taking deep breaths, finding your chi and taking a lot of vitamin C, because this whole week here at The Byronic Man is going to be Choose Your Own Adventure Week!  Yes! Remember Choose Your […]

Well, I’ve been out of town for the week, but I’m back and ready to sort through the mail and try to bring the lawn back from the dead!  For a couple of days we were in Portland and as much as I love the Rose City, it’s about to reach a super-saturation point of […]

(Yesterday began our analysis of some of the best movie sequels of all time.  You might want to start there, if you missed it, for the explanation and number 10-6.) And numbers 5-1? 5. Gremlins 2: The New Batch.   Gremlins was great.  It was creepy, funny and fun.  Gremlins 2 completely derails the first film […]

Sequels.  Much maligned and mocked.  Yet some of the best films ever made have been sequels.  Also some of the worst, laziest pieces of crap ever put to celluloid.  But those are for later.  Today we begin a look at sequels in three categories: the good, the bad, and the contentious, and we begin with […]