Month: February 2008
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Fracture – A Movie Review
There’s so much I want to say about this film that I simply can’t for fear of spoiling some pretty captivating moments and revelations.I will say this: Watching Anthony Hopkins as the manipulative, arrogant, charming aeronautical engineer and Ryan Gosling as the manipulative, arrogant, charming lawyer was riveting. Both men ooze charisma in this film,…
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Grindhouse: Planet Terror/Death Proof – A Movie Review
I want to point out that I did not see Grindhouse in the theater; I watched Planet Terror and Death Proof as two separate movies on DVD. Therefore, I did not get the full “grindhouse” experience as the directors and producers sought to offer in the theater. That being said, I watched Planet Terror first…
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The Sandman: Brief Lives – A Book Review
I thought Season of Mists was my favorite The Sandman volume until I read Brief Lives. Brief Lives absolutely has it all-drama, action, comedy, romance, and philosophical ponderings. It focuses upon Morpheus rather directly-unlike other volumes where sometimes he exists within the stories only peripherally-as he helps his sister Delirium track down their brother known…
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Ed Wood – A Movie Review
I’m a big Tim Burton fan, and when Burton and Johnny Depp get together, it’s always magic. That’s why I always felt bad about not seeing the movie Ed Wood. Released in 1994, I simply never got around to watching it, but after hearing about how good it was, I finally decided to sit down…
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All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy – A Book Review
The first volume of what’s known as The Border Trilogy, All the Pretty Horses encompasses what I love about McCarthy’s writing. Set in the late Forties, All the Pretty Horses follows teenage Texan John Grady Cole seeking a better life for himself in Mexico. He travels by horse with his slightly older friend, Rawlins,…
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