Here’s a first for the blog–I’m writing up a book that isn’t generally available yet. Michael Offutt’s debut novel, Slipstream, doesn’t publish until May. Michael and I, however, are Twitter friends and keep up with each other’s writing so he sent me an advanced copy to check out. I’m glad he did because I loved [...]
31Jan12
Slipstream by Michael Offutt
2May10
Kick-Ass
Checking out the IMDB entry on Kick-Ass I found exactly the words that sum up this movie as the title to one of the user reviews:”Spider-Man and Kill Bill had a baby and its head popped off!” This was one cool movie that mixed just enough teenage agnst with the desire everyone has to be [...]
12Apr08
May Movie Mania!
Wow! May is going to be a crazy month, packed with films to see every week! Check out this lineup: Iron Man May 2 Speed Racer May 9 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian May 16 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull May 23 Sex and the City: The Movie May 30 [...]
23Mar08
Never Back Down
It’s Teenage Fight Club… No, wait, it’s Karate Kid 23… No, it’s Never Back Down that wants to be a fusion of the two films with a cast that looks like it came out of a show on the CW (actually three of the principal stars do have CW/WB shows in their background, even if [...]
9Mar08
10,000 B.C.
The only thing that saves 10,000 B.C. from being a complete waste of time is hunky Steven Strait as a man out to rescue his woman (and a few hundred other people) from the baddies. Other than that, this movie is full of unfulfilled promise. From Roland Emmerich, director of Independence Day and The Day [...]
