Whether you love P.I.’s, procedurals, Golden Age, cozies, Westerns, historicals, thrillers, noir, true crime, movies, TV shows, even comics or videogames, we’re blasting double barrels of a 20-12-gauge year around here! The Washington Post has a terrific slideshow of New Year’s Eve celebrations around the world, including this Times Square clean-up crew captured by John…
As we approach the December 21st U.S. release date for the English-language remake of Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, directed by David Fincher) there are all kind of new teasers worth viewing, from the very latest “official” trailer— —to this slightly less official, but more colorful…
Via Steven Zeitchik and the L.A. Times blog 24 Frames: “Was it leaked from a European theater or stealthily put there by Sony? Whatever your conspiracy theory, the source is perhaps less important than the content of this so-called ”feel-bad“ Christmas movie, all of which comes at us fast, gritty and stylish…[There’s a] blink-and-you’ll-miss-it nudity…
Several months ago, I attended a writer’s conference where the draw included the founder of a major literary agency speaking on crafting the big scenes for a blockbuster novel—(and no, it wasn’t Donald Maass, who has written a well-known and fascinating book on writing the breakout novel). In preparation for the presentation, the speaker asked that…
As much as I pride myself on being an independent thinker, I admit I occasionally succumb to the power of suggestion. I have found myself watching TV after a perfectly fulfilling Thanksgiving dinner, wearing stretchy pants already crying uncle at the waist line, and suddenly feeling hungry for French fries, because a McDonald’s commercial comes…
