Children of Men and the Monster Movie
Recently, I was reminded of the Alfonso Cuaron film, Children of Men and the novel by sometimes mystery writer, P.D. James. What I realized about the story was that, really, […]
My Life in Books
I’ve always loved stories. When I was a kid, my dad read me the entire Chronicles of Narnia a few pages at a time before bed. That was the beginning of […]
A Wizard of Earthsea
Last night I finished reading Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea and I’m quite impressed. It’s one of those books that I’ve started and stopped reading three or […]
Spoilers
I’ve always been that guy that turns to the end of the book to find out what happens. I did this with every Harry Potter book, from the first one […]
Farewell, Hero
Jim Emerson and the British Film Institute ruined Christopher Nolan for me. Well, OK. In all honesty, Christopher Nolan has more to do with my opinion of him changing than […]
Why I Chose not to Take Part in Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day
A lot’s been said about this, and I don’t pretend to be an expert on anything that has happened in the last few days. I don’t have a great deal […]
Peace Review
This review was previously posted on March 6, 2011 on my old blog. I never did much with it and hated the URL, so I started this one, but even […]
