A look at the cast of DARK PLACES

by | Sep 7, 2013 | Films

With production having started in Louisiana, I thought this would be a good time to take a look at the cast of DARK PLACES, the film based on Gillian Flynn’s novel. The sole survivor of a home invasion where she famously witnessed the death of her mother...

2013 Ned Kelly award winners

by | Sep 7, 2013 | Awards

At the Brisbane Writers Festival, the Australian Crime Writers Association handed out the 2013 Ned Kelly Awards. Best First Fiction Zane Lovitt – The Midnight Promise Rest of the shortlist: Steve Lewis & Chris Uhlmann – The Marmalade Files Paul Anderson...

Who is coming to CW's ARROW.

by | Sep 7, 2013 | TV

On October 9th, CW’s ARROW returns for it’s second season. The series stars Stephen Amell as wealthy socialite Oliver Queen. Queen moonlights as the masked vigilante The Arrow (known in the comics as Green Arrow. The series is an interesting twist on the...

A BLIND GODDESS by James Benn

by | Sep 6, 2013 | Books, Reviews

James Benn will be appearing at Mystery One Books, in Milwaukee, at 4pm. Folks in the area should stop by and meet him. Soho Crime Pub date: September 3rd, 2013 Billy Boyle, personal investigator for General Eisenhower, returns in another death-defying adventure. It...

Film Review: IN A WORLD

by | Sep 6, 2013 | Films

Written and Directed by Lake Bell Starring Lake Bell, Rob Corddry, Fred Melamed, Michaela Watkins, Demetri Martin For an hour, this is a clever, pleasant, and original story about a slacker, wannabee voice- over actor (Lake Bell) who inadvertently stumbles on some...

Best Comics You’ve Never Heard Of: Daytripper

by | Sep 5, 2013 | Comics

It’s difficult to convince non-comic readers that comics are works of art. To them, they’re just “funny books” to appeal to the lower class. It’s impossible, they think, for a book to truly be able to evoke feeling and respect out an “actual” reader. To that, I...