big comic book fan and I%26#8217;m also a huge horror movie freak. With that combination a movie like 30 days of night would be right up my alley. This Josh Hartnett starrer was based on the IDW comic of the same name written by Steve Niles. I read the comic book years ago and I [...]
7
Jan
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24
Dec
And off we go … it’s the holiday movie season, and as usual it’s a mixed bag of comedies, dramas, documentaries, musicals, and, well, Alvin and the Chipmunks. Among the season’s biggest questions: Can Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter sing well enough to bring the musical “Sweeney Todd” to vengeful life? Will “The Golden [...]
19
Dec
Theft, by Peter Carey (Faber, %26pound;7.99)Brothers Michael (aka Butcher Bones) and Hugh Boone have been welded together since their violent childhood. Butcher has always assumed responsibility for Hugh, a giant child whose deceptively rambling alternate narrative predictably reveals a deeper wisdom than that of his brother. Once an acclaimed painter, now fresh out of jail [...]
17
Dec
Unless you’re closest to Ted “Unabomber” Kaczynski or the Amish, DVDs remain the all-time safest bet for Christmas presents.
In most other homes, the players are nearly as ubiquitous as indoor plumbing, and the choices are as tightwad or extravagant as you feel your victim %26#8212; that is, recipient %26#8212; deserves. As far as variety, here [...]
17
Dec
HOLLYWOOD %26#8212; “The Heartbreak Kid” remake’s meager opening (it grossed just $14 million, not even winning the weekend) wasn’t the kind of bellwether Hollywood was looking for. Over the next several months, the studios will flood the multiplex with a dozen other prominent remakes.
The thinking behind the remake is pretty straightforward, but the fact is, [...]
17
Dec
The novel Northanger Abbey, one of Jane Austen’s less
read works, has a gentle dig at the contorted plotlines and
melodramatic expression of the gothic novels popular in the
author’s day.
But still Austen offers a defence of the novel, having her hero
Henry Tilney say, “the person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not
pleasure in a good novel, [...]
17
Dec
The novel Northanger Abbey, one of Jane Austen’s less
read works, has a gentle dig at the contorted plotlines and
melodramatic expression of the gothic novels popular in the
author’s day.
But still Austen offers a defence of the novel, having her hero
Henry Tilney say, “the person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not
pleasure in a good novel, [...]
17
Dec
And off we go … it’s the holiday movie season, and as usual it’s a mixed bag of comedies, dramas, documentaries, musicals, and, well, Alvin and the Chipmunks. Among the season’s biggest questions: Can Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter sing well enough to bring the musical “Sweeney Todd” to vengeful life? Will “The Golden [...]
14
Dec
Oh, the maddening frustration, the
lack of completion, the irresistible lure of needing to know what
happens next. The dreaded words %26#8220;To Be Continued%26#8221; flashing up on a
black TV screen. The movie that fades out before we find out if the
heroes reach their destination. The comic book that ends with one
character%26#8217;s shocked face, seeing something we [...]
14
Dec
Oh, the maddening frustration, the
lack of completion, the irresistible lure of needing to know what
happens next. The dreaded words %26#8220;To Be Continued%26#8221; flashing up on a
black TV screen. The movie that fades out before we find out if the
heroes reach their destination. The comic book that ends with one
character%26#8217;s shocked face, seeing something we [...]
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