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“What has happened to you? How did you turn out this way? You know everything about me. I don’t know shit about you. Not a damn thing.” “That’s the way it is.” — Michael Nyqvist (as Mikael Blomkvist) and Noomi Rapace (as Lisbeth Salander) in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Shutter Island (2010) I […]
How’s the new Barnes & Noble Nook working out, you ask? I guess I owe you a preliminary review, so here goes: I want to first say first that I took to e-books and e-reading immediately. The Nook is about the size and weight of a trade paperback; a pleasure to hold. I love the […]
“If I were God, I would have made the world just so and no different. And so I have you . . . I have you.” — Viggo Mortensen as The Man in The Road (2009). Yes, I’m still trying to catch up with my backlogged cache of rental DVD reviews. The good news is, […]
“When this is all over I’m going to found an association called ‘The Knights of the Idiotic Table’ and its purpose will be to arrange an annual dinner where we tell stories about Lisbeth Salander. You’re all members.” – Stieg Larsson The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson The third and final […]
“Son, I’ve played sick, drunk, divorced, and on the run. Bad Blake hasn’t missed a goddamn show in his whole fucking life.” — Jeff Bridges as Bad Blake in Crazy Heart (2009). If you think I’ve been posting a lot of DVD reviews lately, you’re right. I’m doubling the frequency of DVD review posts in […]
In honor of the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week 2010, which starts today, here is a special roundup of banned book news, and a comment on Wilbur Smith’s The Dark of the Sun. Wondering which ten books drew the most fire over the past year? Here’s your answer. Corrected entry (see comment below post): […]
“Over the city lies the sweet, rotting odor of yesterday’s unrecollected sins.” – Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall Boomsday, by Christopher Buckley I read Christopher Buckley’s editorials and essays with interest, but cannot endorse his fiction. Since I found my copy of Boomsday on the remainder shelf at Barnes & Noble, I suspect other readers have […]
“Never get behind old people. Their bodies are littered with hidden metal and they never seem to appreciate how little time they have left. Bingo, Asians. They pack light, travel efficiently, and they have a thing for slip on shoes. Gotta love ’em. ” — George Clooney as Ryan Bingham Up in the Air (2009). […]