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Under the Radar: Movies You May Have Missed — Attack the Block

By Angie Barry

March 22, 2015

Why is it that aliens always invade New York? Or Los Angeles? How come it’s always the Americans taking on extraterrestrial threats, armed with big guns, ripped shirts, and catchy one-liners? Gotta admit: those stories are old and tired. Been there, done that, seen the post-apocalyptic wasteland. Which makes Attack the Block a refreshing change…

Crimes Against Film: Super Bitch (1973)

By Brian Greene

March 7, 2015

I have watched this movie three times now, and twice while planning to write about it for this site. I didn’t get around to doing a piece on it after the second viewing, because I was left unsure as to how it should be presented. It’s neither a full-on campy romp nor a consistently high-quality…

Gangland Undercover: Inside the Vagos Motorcycle Gang

By Joe Brosnan

March 3, 2015

As Charles Falco was about to learn after being caught for dealing drugs, the only way out of jail was to go undercover. As recounted in detail in his autobiography Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws: My Infiltration of America's Deadliest Biker Gangs, Falco discusses his experiences from his time undercover where he worked with the Bureau…

Reviewing the Queue: City of God (2002)

By Joe Brosnan

December 12, 2014

With the digital libraries of online streaming services expanding more and more, choosing which movie to watch has become difficult. I will be digging through these online queues in hope of bringing you a movie worth watching. This time we’re taking a look at City of God, a violent, sobering, and surreal drama from directors…

Ice-T, Mirror Image

Fresh Meat: Mirror Image by Ice-T and Jorge Hinojosa

By Katherine Tomlinson

May 7, 2013

Mirror Image by Ice-T and Jorge Hinojosa is the second in the Kings of Vice noir thriller series (available May 7, 2013). Celebrity authors. Do you secretly roll your eyes when you see a celebrity’s name on the cover of a novel? Do you expect the book to be snark-bait along the lines of Nicole…

A Killing Winter by Wayne Arthurson

A Killing Winter: New Excerpt

By Wayne Arthurson

April 1, 2012

An excerpt from A Killing Winter by Wayne Arthurson (available April 10, 2012). Leo Desroches, a half-Cree, half-French-Canadian reporter in Edmonton, returns in A Killing Winter, the sequel to Wayne Arthurson’s lauded debut murder mystery Fall from Grace. Undercover as a homeless man, Leo’s got his hands full both on the job and in his…

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