The Silver Key

"Wonder had gone away, and he had forgotten that all life is only a set of pictures in the brain, among which there is no difference betwixt those born of real things and those born of inward dreamings, and no cause to value the one above the other." --H.P. Lovecraft, The Silver Key

Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts

Saturday, April 26, 2025

The day Hannah met Sam Gamgee (and called to tell me)

My Sam Gamgee is indeed a reflexion of the English soldier, of the privates and batmen I knew in the 1914 war, and recognized as so far sup...

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Death gives meaning to life

Roy Batty is pissed. He is the peak of what a replicant can be. Brilliant and reflective. Handsome and powerful, a physical specimen. But de...

Monday, February 3, 2025

Knightriders, a review

(Warning: Spoilers) Utopias cannot survive contact with the world of commerce. It’s a message delivered in brutal fashion in the catastrophi...

Sunday, December 29, 2024

The Silver Key: 2024 in review

Life is pretty good these days, both personally and creatively. Even though I slowed down a bit on the blog, I’m making an impact. Life is i...

Sunday, December 15, 2024

Some interpretations of the ambiguous ending of The Green Knight (2021)

If you haven’t seen The Green Knight , and don’t wish to be spoiled, stop here before you enter the Green Chapel and its perils. Thou hast b...

Saturday, October 19, 2024

Stephen King's The Shining, book and film

I’m a big fan of The Shining , book and film. Both work really well, for slightly different reasons. My grandfather owned this edition. I en...

Friday, June 14, 2024

Not all books need be movies

I like movies. I really do. Need I say this? I mean, not liking movies is akin to not liking ice cream. It’s un-American. Heck, it’s inhuma...

Thursday, June 6, 2024

The 13th Warrior in the House, with Rogues

You think upon what is to come, and imagine fearsome things that would stop the blood of any man. Do not think ahead, and be cheerful by kno...

Thursday, December 21, 2023

Feeling like it's time to watch these again

Have you ever been called home by the clear ringing of silver trumpets? I have. To this book . And to the movies. But it's been a while....

Saturday, January 14, 2023

The big Excalibur post

Up on the blog of DMR Books is the big Excalibur post I've been meaning to write for years. 2K words about not just one of my favorite f...

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Top 10 reasons why I don’t care about Amazon’s The Rings of Power

The Rings of... Meh. Perhaps you might be wondering, hey, when is that guy from The Silver Key going to weigh in on The Rings of Power? He l...

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

S&S updates: Dunsany, New Edge, book deals, and a fine response to a troubling essay

Hail to the King of Dreams, baby. A roundup of recent-ish news and updates on the sacred genre. My most recent essay for Tales from the Magi...

Friday, June 24, 2022

Top Gun: Maverick, a review

From Mustangs to modernity... looking forward, and back. I had more fun watching Top Gun: Maverick than I had any right to. I trekked to the...

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Conan the Barbarian (1982) at 40

The barbarian triumphant... and contemplative. My latest post is up on DMR Books. Conan the Barbarian at 40 (can it really have been 40 yea...

Friday, March 25, 2022

For Your Eyes Only... just what I needed

An involuntary swim with sharks, mollified by embrace of hot babe. Last night I decided a mental break was in order and so I watched 1981’s ...

Sunday, January 16, 2022

Latest Rogues in the House podcast is up: Deathstalker 2, and Flame and Crimson too

The Ultimate Sword-and-Sorcery podcast The latest episode of the Rogues in the House podcast is now available for your listening enjoyment. ...

Thursday, January 13, 2022

Rogues in the House: Deathstalker 2!

You won't find this level of beefcake ... Any fans of this fun podcast, the only program wholly dedicated to sword-and-sorcery? I’m one ...

Sunday, December 19, 2021

20 year anniversary of the Fellowship of the Ring/LOTR films

I was there, Gandalf. I was there 3,000--err 20--years ago. 20 years ago today New Line Cinema and director Peter Jackson delivered unto the...

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Moorcock's Missed Elric Opportunity

My latest entry for DMR is up. Check out Moorcock's Missed Elric Opportunity here . This one seems to be gaining a lot of traction on F...

Sunday, January 24, 2021

A review of Tolkien (2019)

I’m currently on a J.R.R. Tolkien kick, having finished both a re-read of The Lord of the Rings and a re-read of Humphrey Carpenter’s outst...

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About Me

Brian Murphy: Marketing professional by day; skald in the Hall of Fire by night; and member of the S.H.I.E.L.D.W.A.L.L. Author of Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery (2020, Pulp Hero Press). Essayist and reviewer for numerous web and print-based fantasy and sword-and-sorcery publications, including The Cimmerian, Black Gate, Tales from the Magician's Skull, Mythprint, REH: Two-Gun Raconteur, The Dark Man, DMR Blog, Skelos, and SFFaudio.com. Two-time Robert E. Howard Foundation award winner: The Atlantean (Outstanding Achievement/Book for Flame and Crimson) and The Venarium (emerging scholar in REH studies).

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