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• Book Review – Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer

  

  Years ago Sarah sent a message to an alien race. Now she gets a reply, but she’s 87 years old and by the time they get another message she’ll be dead. Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Gone Girl (2014)

  Director: David Fincher Stars: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Tyler Perry, Neil Patrick Harris, Carrie Coon, Kim Dickens I keep getting confused between Gone... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Nothing to Lose (1997)

  Director: Steve Oedekirk Stars: Tim Robbins, Martin Lawrence, John C. McGinley, Giancarlo Esposito, Kelly Preston, Michael McKean, Rebecca Gayheart When ad... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Wish You Were Here (1987)

  Director: David Leland Stars: Emily Lloyd, Geoffrey Hutchings In a small English seaside town shortly after WWII, Lynda (Lloyd), is a foul-mouthed young woman... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Book Review – Daredevil: Born Again by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli

  

  In this highly-regarded graphic novel Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli present a dark tale of how Matt Murdock’s junkie ex-girlfriend Karen Page sells... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – The River Wild (1994)

  Director: Curtis Hanson Stars: Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, John C. Reilly, David Strathairn, Joseph Mazzello Gail (Streep) takes her son, Roarke, (Mazzello) on... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Basic Instinct (1992)

  Director: Paul Verhoeven Stars: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn Detective Nick Curran (Douglas) is struggling with a few issue... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Book Review – Sherlock Holmes: The Will of the Dead by George Mann

  

  A man dies. At first it appears to be a simple case of a senile person falling down the stairs in the middle of the night but when it’s revealed that his will i... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Wedding Daze (2006)

  Director: Michael Ian Black Stars: Jason Biggs, Isla Fisher, Joe Pantoliano, Michael Weston, Ebon Moss-Bachrach When Anderson (Biggs) proposes to his... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – The Equalizer (2014)

  Director: Antoine Fuqua Stars: Denzel Washington, Chloe Grace Moretz, David Harbour, Johnny Skourtis, Marton Csokas Robert McCall (Washington) is a simple man... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Book Review – Ringworld by Larry Niven

  

  Ringworld by Larry Niven is an important work in sci-fi history. It has spawned a number of follow-up books and has influenced many other writers, heck, element... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Book Review – Marvel Platinum: The Definitive Captain America by Joe Simon,...

  

  Captain America has risen in popularity with the recent movies and this collection brings together stories from his origin to modern-day, written and drawn by... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Begin Again (2014)

  Director: John Carney Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Keira Knightley, Adam Levine, James Corden, Hailee Steinfeld, Catherine Keener, Mos Def, Cee-Lo Green Record exec... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)

  Director: Scott Frank Stars: Liam Neeson, David Harbour, Adam David Thompson, Dan Stevens, Brian ‘Astro’ Bradley, Maurice Compte Matt Scudder (Neeson) is an... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Review – Avatar: The Last Airbender

  I don’t usually post reviews of television shows here, mostly because I don’t like dissecting individual episodes and I watch so many that I’d be bogged down. Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Book Review – The Street Philosopher by Matthew Plampin

  

  Thomas Kitson, a one-time art critic, was recruited by the London Courier to be a war correspondent. While there, he witnessed the brutality and horrors of... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Sightseers (2012)

  Director: Ben Wheatley Stars: Alice Lowe, Steve Oram Chris (Oram) wants to take his new girlfriend Tina (Lowe) on a caravan holiday. Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Don Jon (2013)

  Director: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, Brie Larson, Rob Brown, Jeremy Luke, Glenne Headley... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Two Tickets to Paradise (2006)

  Director: D. B. Sweeney Stars: John C. McGinley, D.B. Sweeney, Paul Hipp Two Tickets to Paradise follows the lives of three men who are firmly entrenched in... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Chef (2014)

  Director: Jon Favreau Stars: Jon Favreau, John Leguizamo, Sofia Vergara, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr., Dustin Hoffman, Bobby Cannavale, Oliver Platt,... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES