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• Film Review: I Love You Philip Morris

  

  About I Love You Philip Morris (2009)I Love You Phillip Morris is the improbable but true story of a spectacularly charismatic conman’s journey from small-town... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Film Review: Piranha

  

  About Piranha (2010)Alexandre Aja helms this remake also of the 1970s B-movie horror, also released in 3D. Elizabeth Shue stars as Julie Forester, the tough,... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Tweedlers’ Jukebox Song of the Week: The Boy in the Bubble

  The opening track from Paul Simon’s celebrated album, Graceland, The Boy in the Bubble is just the beginning of what was a change in direction for the... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Film Review: Mirrors 2

  

  About Mirrors 2 (2010)When Max (Nick Stahl), who is recovering from a traumatic accident, takes a job as a nighttime security guard, he begins to see visions... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Guest Post: Margot Justes

  

  Today Margot Justes, author of Hotel in Bath, stops by to share a guest post about international settings.  Guest Post: International Settings by Margot Justes ... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Film Review: The Experiment

  

  About The Experiment (2010)DAS EXPERIMENT screenwriter Mario Giordano works with writer/director Paul Scheuring to craft this remake based on the notorious... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Film Review: 5 Centimeters Per Second

  

  About 5 Centimeters Per Second (2007)Beginning with the lyrical image of cherry blossoms falling at five centimeters a second Makoto Shinkai paints a... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Film Review: Citizen Kane

  

  About Citizen Kane (1941)Orson Welles makes his feature-length directorial debut with this classic drama which often tops critics’ polls of the best films of al... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Film Review: La Strada

  

  About La Strada (1954)One of Federico Fellini’s greatest films, some critics say his masterpiece, made in 1954 in Black White and presented in this release... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Game Review: Shadow of the Beast II

  Shadow of the Beast II (Amiga) This one takes me back. It’s one of my earliest gaming memories. I can still picture the ridiculously huge box Shadow of the Beas... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 GAMING, TECH

• Film Review: The Evil Dead

  

  About The Evil Dead (1981)Five friends go up to a cabin in the woods where they find unspeakable evil lurking in the forest. They find the Necronomicon and the... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Book Review: The Patient Ecstasy of Fraulein Braun – Lavonne Mueller

  

  About The Patient Ecstasy of Fraulein Braun (2013)Eva understands Hitler is married to Germany and must herself stand back unacknowledged as he enclasps the... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Film Review: The Children

  

  About The Children (2008)British horror film directed by Tom Shankland, based on a story by Paul Andrew Williams. A relaxing Christmas break turns into a... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Film Review: The Hustler

  

  About The Hustler (1961)Low-life pool player Fast Eddie Felson (Paul Newman) begins a downhill slide after losing to Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason). However,... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Film Review: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

  

  About The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009)The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest is the third and final film adaptation of the best-selling Millennium... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Tweedlers’ Jukebox Song of the Week: Girl You’ll Be a Woman Soon

  Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 film, Pulp Fiction, has many memorable moments but the scene when Uma Thurman’s Mia returns from a date with Vincent Vega and plays Gir... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT

• Film Review: Anacondas: The Hunt for the Red Orchid

  

  About Anacondas: The Hunt for the Red Orchid (2004)Sequel to the 1997 actioner ‘Anaconda’. A pharmaceutical company sends a group of horticulturalists on a... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Excerpt: Storm Warning – E.A. O’Neal

  

  Today E.A. O’Neal stops by to share an excerpt from her book, Storm Warning.  Excerpt from the story Collision, featured in Storm Warning The white and blue... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Film Review: Caravaggio

  

  About Caravaggio (1986)Derek Jarman’s stylised biopic about the life of the early Renaissance Italian painter Caravaggio, who died in 1610. Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Film Review: The Iron Lady

  

  About The Iron Lady (2011)Nominated for four BAFTAs including Leading Actress and Supporting Actor, The Iron Lady, starring Meryl Streep, tells the compelling... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE