The Punisher

by | Feb 11, 2014 | Comics

Marvel Comics April 2014 Disclaimer: I have never liked the Punisher much. How many times can you see an unstoppable rage-machine tortured by the past take up arms against the Underworld blah blah blah? Been there, done that. So, when Marvel announced yet another...

2014 Lovey Award winners

by | Feb 10, 2014 | Awards, Books

This weekend, at Love Is Murder, the 2014 Lovey awards are presented. BEST FIRST NOVEL ONE MAN’S CASTLE by J. Michael Major Other nominees: BRIGHT AND YELLOW, HARD AND COLD by Tim Chapman THE BUTTERFLY SISTER by Amy Gail Hansen BAD POLICY by James M. Jackson...

Ben McKenzie is GOTHAM's Jim Gordon

by | Feb 9, 2014 | TV

Fox and Warner Bros have announced that Ben McKenzie (SOUTHLAND’s Ben Sherman) will take on the role of Jim Gordon, a rising police officer in the crime ridden city of Gotham. This will not be the first time Ben has stepped into the world of DC, he voiced Bruce...

Sakey's BRILLIANCE gets a director

by | Feb 8, 2014 | Films

Good things do happen to good people. Talented writer, and all-around good guy, Marcus Sakey has confirmed that Julius Onah has signed on to direct the film of BRILLIANCE. In Wyoming, a little girl reads people’s darkest secrets by the way they fold their arms....

Bill Paxton directing Lansdale's THE BOTTOMS

by | Feb 8, 2014 | Films

Yesterday, at the Berlin Film Festival, it was announced that actor Bill Paxton is planning on directing a film version of Joe Lansdale’s THE BOTTOMS. Its 1933 in East Texas and the Depression lingers in the air like a slow moving storm. When a young Harry...

Q&A with Melodie Johnson Howe

by | Feb 8, 2014 | Author Interviews

Melodie Johnson Howe’s latest book, CITY OF MIRRORS, intertwines a murder mystery surrounded by the Hollywood mystique.  The reader gets a two in one, a fast paced thriller along with an understanding of what Hollywood is really like.  That is because Howe is a...

Q&A with Melodie Johnson Howe

by | Feb 8, 2014 | Author Interviews

Melodie Johnson Howe’s latest book, CITY OF MIRRORS, intertwines a murder mystery surrounded by the Hollywood mystique.  The reader gets a two in one, a fast paced thriller along with an understanding of what Hollywood is really like.  That is because Howe is a...

Film Review: THE GREAT BEAUTY

by | Feb 7, 2014 | Films

THE GREAT BEAUTY Written and Directed by Paolo Sorrentino Starring: Toni Servillo (and many Italian actors) Jep, the author of a successful novel many years ago, is turning 65 and the movie begins with a party equaling those in a Fellini movie, which is what this film...

ODD THOMAS trailer

by | Feb 6, 2014 | Films

After word came that Anton Yelchin and Willem Defore signed on the film version of Dean Koontz’s ODD THOMAS, it seemed as though the sky was the limit. But the final product has been flying under the radar. Having Stephen Sommers (VAN HELSING, THE MUMMY RETURNS)...