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Hal C.F. Astell

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While I still have a day job to pay the bills, I'm a teacher by blood and a writer by the grace of the dread lord, which gradually transformed me into a film critic. I've reviewed the sort of films that most people don't at Apocalypse Later Reviews for fifteen years. I post two album reviews every weekday. I write book reviews for the Nameless Zine.

Born and raised in the rain of England, I'm still learning about the word "heat" over a decade after I moved to Phoenix, AZ, where I live with Dee, my much better half, in a house full of assorted critters and oddities, a library with a ghost guard ferret and more cultural artefacts than can comfortably be imagined. And I can imagine quite a lot.

I run the Apocalypse Later Empire. I have many book ...more

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	Huh?: An A-Z of Why Classic American Bad Movies Were Made by Hal C.F. Astell (Goodreads Author), Eric Schock (Illustrator) 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Awesomely Awful '80s, Part 2 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Velvet Glove Cast in Iron: The Films of Tura Satana (Filmography Series) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Horror Movie Calendar it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charlie Chaplin Centennial: Keystone (Filmography Series) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival: The Transition Years (Festival Series) by Hal C.F. Astell (Goodreads Author), Mike Flanagan (Foreword), Andrea Canales (Afterword) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Hundred in 2016 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Westercon 70 Program Guide by Hal C.F. Astell (Goodreads Author), Julie Dillon (Cover Design) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	WTF!?: Films You Won't Believe Exist by Hal C.F. Astell (Goodreads Author), Dave Trombetti (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Somewhere in Time (1980)

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Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Richard Matheson, based on his novel Bid Time Return
Stars: Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour and Christopher Plummer

Index: Centennials.

Somewhere in Time wasn’t a big success at the box office and it wasn’t even well received by the critics, but it’s attracted a cult following in the decades since its release and it’s a pristine choice to ce

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Hal Astell liked Krista Hammock's review of The Awesomely Awful '80s, Part 2: "The Awesomely Awful panels are my absolute favorite at Phoenix Fan Fusion. So when Hal told us about this book I knew I had to read it. He does an excellent job recapping the movies. Makes me want to watch the ones I have not seen yet. Can't wait to " Read more of this review »
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Hal Astell has read Patrimony (Pip & Flinx, #13) by Alan Dean Foster	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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