All Saints Day

Is it post Bouchercon Blues? Pre Muskego Mania? Or is it Tuesday…. The end of the first 48 month Presidential Race?I suspect all of the above are partially responsible for my current mood. So is the damn radio programmer who starts the five o’clock set with HURT,...

Bubba Nosfertatu may have found it's king.

Ain’t It Cool.com recently gave hope to many a cult movie fan.Paul Giamatti (John Adams, Sideways) told the site that Bubba Nosferatu may have found it’s king: Ron Perlman (Hellboy, Beauty and the Beast) is interested in playing Elvis.BN, the planned prequel of 2002’s...

The Panelist Question

Ah, so Bouchercon is over but one debate continues on. At the business meeting in Baltimore, a proposed amendment to the rules that a structure be given as to who should be declared an author and who shouldn’t was killed. First, let me say the writing to the amendment...

Who is a Panelist?

Ah, so Bouchercon is over but one debate continues on. At the business meeting in Baltimore, a proposed amendment to the rules that a structure be given as to who should be declared an author and who shouldn’t was killed. First, let me say the writing to the amendment...

Late October: 10 Trade Reviews for DC

100 BULLETS VOLUME 12: DIRTY Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso 2008 Vertigo DIRTY collects 100 Bullets issues 84-88. The series will be ending with issue 100, so it’s safe to say that things are really starting to amp up to what I’m sure will be a killer conclusion....

Blu-ray Review: Eastern Promises

Universal Studios Home EntertainmentRelease date: October 14th, 2008MSRP: $29.98Director: David CronenbergStars: Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Viggo MortensonI have mentioned this before, but once upon a time I had little use of director David Cronenberg. What a...

JOKER

The Joker has been around almost as long as Batman and as such there are thousands of pages of stories featuring him. Some of the tales are easy to remember because of the sheer power of the writing. KILLING JOKE is obviously one of them, his part in Dark Knight...