Archive for March, 2008

It Was a Dark and Stormy Night…

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

BOOK REVIEW: ‘STORM FRONT’ by Jim Butcher 368 pages Published by Penguin Putnam, 2000. I saw the rack of books and I was intrigued to write the author’s name down and Wikipedia him later. That was enough to send me to my library’s website and reserve the book. A few days later, it was ready […]

Money for Nothing

Monday, March 24th, 2008

FILM REVIEW: ‘THE COUNTERFEITERS’ Written by Stefan Ruzowitzky, based on the book by Adolf Burger. Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky Rated R 98 mins. Opening shot: the sea, symbol of fortune and destiny. A man sits on the beach, contemplating his past… or his present. Each shapes the other: the past leads us to our present, […]

One Way Or Another, Heads Will Spin. Or Explode. Or Both.

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

FILM REVIEW: ‘SAW III’ Written by James Wan and Leigh Whannell Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman Rated R 113 mins. I’ve never written a review for this kind of movie before, so let’s see what happens. What’s the appeal of the Saw films? (I hesitate to call them films, but this is a review environment, […]

I Crash, You Crash, We all Crash for Paradise

Friday, March 21st, 2008

VIDEO GAME REVIEW: ‘BURNOUT PARADISE’ Developed by Criterion Games Distributed by EA Platforms: Xbox 360, Playstation 3 Genre: Racer I got the new Burnout video game, and thought I would talk about that. I got the game on February 2nd, and have played a little each day. For those who don’t know, the Burnout series […]

Even The Title is Hilarious

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

FILM REVIEW: ‘BLADES OF GLORY’ Written by Jeff Cox and Craig Cox Directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck Rated PG-13 93 mins. Will Ferrell has hit on a formula: take a goofy profession, one with plenty of esoteric elements, add in a goofy guy, and support him with other goofy guys, and a few […]

Neither Vicodin nor Adders

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

BOOK REVIEW: ‘THE GUN SELLER’ by Hugh Laurie 368 pages Published by Washington Square Press, 1998. I don’t know why I have such difficulty writing book reviews. Maybe it’s because I don’t have a mind for details. I do tend to notice things; I just forget them very quickly afterwards. Maybe it’s because I spent […]

All Eyes On Me

Monday, March 10th, 2008

FILM REVIEW: ‘VANTAGE POINT’ Written by Barry Levy Directed by Pete Travis Rated PG-13 90 mins. How would you make a movie about a period of time that lasts only 25 minutes? You could stretch it out, get all Tom Clancy on the plot and go back to the dark ages if you wanted, setting […]