Year: 2008
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First Reaction to the Watchmen Trailer
If you read my reaction to the Watchmen “first look” still photos released some time ago (https://scottwilliamfoley.com/2008/03/07/a-reaction-to-the-first-look-watchmen-photographs/), you know that I’m totally supporting Zach Snyder’s efforts with Alan Moore’s seminal series. The first thing I’d like people to understand is that no one will create a “by the book” interpretation of Moore’s groundbreaking work. The…
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Dr. No by Ian Fleming – A Book Review
Even though Dr. No was dreadfully intolerant by today’s standards, had next to no real plot, and neglected to include any substantial characterization, I couldn’t put it down. James Bond is confident, capable, cocky, rather sexist, and perhaps even racist in Dr. No, but the prose is written at such a fast pace, Fleming concocted…
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Maps and Legends by Michael Chabon – A Book Review
Maps and Legends was both a real pleasure and incredibly insightful in a multitude of ways. This nonfiction book by Michael Chabon, author of Wonderboys and the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, offers a variety of essays that will assuredly please all readers. That’s not to say that all readers will…
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Too Good To Pass Up – Hellboy and James Lipton
What can I say? Putting Hellboy and James Lipton together is like chocolate and peanut butter – it just doesn’t get any better.
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Lars and the Real Girl – A Movie Review
I’m proud to admit that the main reason I wanted to see Lars and the Real Girl is because I’m a Ryan Gosling fan. I loved his work in The Notebook, Stay, and Fracture, so I figured as strange as Lars and the Real Girl sounded, I’d give it a shot. If you ask anyone,…
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Wait … Fifty Books For Three Weeks At No Cost? That’s Crazy Awesome!
So now that we have a baby girl arriving in a few days, Kristen and I are looking for new and innovative ways to save money. One of the best ways for me to personally save us a few dollars is to cut down on my book buying. Apparently there’s this facility in most towns…
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The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy – A Book Review
Volume II of The Border Trilogy, The Crossing is McCarthy’s follow-up to All the Pretty Horses. The United States-Mexican border is the only recurring character from the previous volume, but the settings and themes are quite similar. However, The Crossing is unlike its predecessor in the fact that while All the Pretty Horses followed a…
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