Checkmate from DC Comics

I read the original Checkmate back when it started back in 1988. It was a decent book, good writing, nice art, but not extremely noteworthy. Well, that’s all changed. Why?GREG RUCKAGreg could quite possibly be the hardest working writer I know of. He writes at...

Comic Review: Checkmate from DC Comics

I read the original Checkmate back when it started back in 1988. It was a decent book, good writing, nice art, but not extremely noteworthy. Well, that’s all changed. Why? GREG RUCKA Greg could quite possibly be the hardest working writer I know of. He writes at...

DvD RELEASES for June 13

16 Blocks $28.98 Dir: Richard Donner; Bruce Willis, Mos Def. Extras: Alternate endings: Includes shocking alternate ending not shown in theaters; can be viewed by itself or branched from film, Deleted scenes with Commentary by director Richard Donner and writer...

DVD REVIEW – NUMB3RS – First Season

Numb3rs: Complete first season Paramount Home Entertainment Rob Morrow stars in this slightly unusual crime drama. Morrow plays Don Epps, an FBI agent that draws on the mathematical skills of his genius brother Charlie (David Krumholtz) to help solve cases. That...

DVD REVIEW – Smokey and the Bandit

Smokey and the Bandit. Universal Home Entertainment Smokey & The Bandit is a weak concept that worked because of the charm, and chemistry, of it’s cast. Smokey finds Burt Reynolds at his best. Along for the ride is a surprisingly good Jerry Reed, Sally Fields and...

Upcoming DVD's for next week

Black Hawk Down – Extended CutA great move and this extended version looks wonderful ( and read the novelization by Max Allan Collins!)Buy Black Hawk Down – ExtendedButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (2-Disc Collector’s Edition) (1969)Full review to...

Of Dark and Stormy Nights 24

Saturday, June 10, 2006 Hyatt Regency Woodfield 1800 East Golf Road Schaumburg, IL 60173 847-605-1234 http://www.ofdarkandstormynights.com/ We’re very pleased and proud to announce our two headliners for this year’s Of Dark and Stormy Nights: Carolyn Hart...

The DaVinci Code

The book did nothing for me, and am in no hurry to see the movie.But I love all the hype, protests and complaining.I need to write something that will cause an outrage……It seems like a sure fire way to sell more,

Photo Fun!

St. Paul Minnasota It’s a city with very clean clothes And there are authors on every corner with books! Why look, it’s William Kent Krueger!!! St. Paul also has almost no crime. Look at the size of the Sherriff’s Department detention center....