I Don’t Understand What They’re About
Nicholas Meyer, director of the best of the Star Trek movies, gets at what always bothered me about the Abrams reboots. There’s no question as to J.J.’s expertise as a filmmaker. Jesus,…
This Week’s Book Blog Tour Stops
For those keeping track, here are the Summer of Long Knives book blog tour stops for Sept 29th-October 5th. Monday, September 29th: JulzReads Wednesday, October 1st: Back Porchervations Friday, October 3rd: Sara’s Organized…
Why I Love Reading Reviews of Bad Movies
It has a lot to do with passages like this one, taken from the Village Voice's Allen Scherstuhl's review of Altas Shrugged III: Your Rail, My Steel. One of the workers,…
Check Out “The Drop” This Weekend
Is The Drop any good? I caught it yesterday at a prescreening. The answer is yes. This adaptation of a Dennis Lehane short story is full of well acted, well written characters…
42 after ’71 (Final Part)
Here's the last installment of my forty-two favorite movies since 1971. (I was born in 1971 and I'm 42 years old, see...) Here are parts one, two, and three. 32. Blazing…
42 after ’71 (Part 3)
As those who've read the previous two parts of this post know, I'm talking about my 42 favorite films since my birth year, 1971. These aren't in any particular…
Name a Great Story With A Bad Title
I just saw one: Edge of Tomorrow. It's as fun a summer blockbuster as you'll find. The premise unites the ideas behind Groundhog Day and Aliens in a way that feels more original than…
I Saw The Unknown Known
Many of the early reviews of Errol Morris's The Unknown Known (which I saw just a little while ago thanks to iTunes) compared it to Morris's The Fog Of War. The comparison…
Judging A Book By Its Cover
I don't know too much about Lion and Leopard, the book I just received from Dactyl Review, but I do know this. The cover is damn handsome. I'll be reviewing this for…
Scott Whitmore Reviews Summer of Long Knives
I think he kinda liked it. Set in Munich three years after the Nazis assumed power in Germany, The Summer of Long Knives by Jim Snowden (@snowdenlit) is a wonderfully tense murder…