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Twenty years of reading, watching, writing, and asking questions. Explore my latest essays, book and movie reviews, and dispatches from the world of The Chronicles of Purgatory Station.
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New Avengers: The Collective – A Graphic Novel Review
Brian Michael Bendis continues to spin out entertaining reads with his take on the Avengers. While characterization is a problem when using cornerstone characters,…
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The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster – A Book Review
Every once in a while a book comes along that completely engrosses you both on an intellectual as well as an emotional level. The…
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In Pharaoh’s Army: Memories of the Lost War by Tobias Wolff – A Book Review
I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it-if you are not reading Tobias Wolff you are only cheating yourself. The man simply does…
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Surprisingly, I Don’t Give Rave Reviews To Every Movie I See, and Here’s the Proof!
I know it typically seems as though I write glowing reviews for a lot of movies. The fact of the matter is that, like…
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Borat – A Movie Review
I would have really enjoyed Borat had I not seen seventy-five percent of it already in the promotions. Even the majority of the extra…
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300 – A Movie Review
When I first saw the preview for 300 several months ago, I knew that this would be a film that would have the same…
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