Author: Scott William Foley
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the prefex is Back!
After a brief hiatus, the prefex is back! These guys have a unique sound and I urge you to give them a listen. I’m fairly uneducated when it comes to music; I don’t really know the difference between melody, tone, pitch, and so on. But, I do know what I like, and it’s the sound of the prefex. Lend them your…
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story – A Movie Review
Due to Judd Apatow’s involvement with Walk Hard, I really had high hopes. I’m afraid those hopes were dashed. Walk Hard was an exercise in gratuitous vulgarity that totally doused the few truly funny moments that existed. While the lyrics to Dewey Cox’s songs were uncouth, they were so creatively dirty you couldn’t help but…
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Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt – A Book Review
For some reason, and I don’t know why, I had it in my head that Angela’s Ashes was about Frank McCourt and his brothers returning to Ireland as adults and fumbling about as they tried to decide how to dispose of their cremated mother’s ashes. It’s not. Angela’s Ashes is actually a memoir essentially detailing…
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Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman – A Book Review
Living under the shadow of Sandman and American Gods, Gaiman has difficulty impressing me with other works because those two are so utterly superb. Anansi Boys is an unfortunate example of just such a case. It tells the story of Fat Charlie, the son of the trickster god Anansi. Early on in the story his…
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The Darjeeling Limited – A Movie Review
Not as eccentric as The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou or as dark as The Royal Tenenbaums, The Darjeeling Limited falls somewhere in-between and is an entity unto itself. However, make no mistake; this is a Wes Anderson movie through-and-through. In other words, it’s well-made and very fun to watch. Owen Wilson plays Francis, the…
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford – A Movie Review
Quiet, subtle, and nuanced, this movie is a work of art for those interested in cinematography, story, and acting. Anyone hoping for a “popcorn” movie will be sorely bored and disappointed. The title says it all, for it focuses more on the motivations of Casey Affleck as Robert Ford than it does on the exploits…
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