Film Review: BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

Directed by: Richard Linklater Written by Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delphy This is the third installment of a trilogy that began in 1995 with the ethereal BEFORE SUNRISE, which took place in Vienna. There we met a young couple, Jesse (Hawke) and Celine (Delphy),...

THE SHADE by James Robinson

DC Comics Author: James Robinson, Illustrators: Cully Hamner , Frazer Irving, Javier Pulido, Gene Ha, Darwyn Cooke , Jill Thompson You know the big ones. “Watchmen,” “Sandman,” “Marvels,” “Maus: A Survivor’s Tale” and the like, but have you ever heard of “Starman?”...

THE BLUE BLAZES by Chuck Wendig

Angry Robot Pub date: May 23rd, 2013 Chuck Wendig never does anything half way. Whether it’s his nonfiction library of books on writing, or the cult of personality that he’s built on Twitter, Wendig and his creations are literary forces that can’t be ignored. It’s no...

New picture from Joseph Finder's PARANOIA.

Beefcake! Considering the other two male leads for Paranoia are Gary Oldman and Harrison Ford, I guess I should be happy it is Liam Hemsworth offering up a little flesh in this picture.   The film, which is based on the novel by Joseph Finder, is slated to be...

The Last Word: A Spellman Novel by Lisa Lutz

Simon & Schuster Pub date: July 9, 2013 Meet Isabel Spellman: chief shareholder and newly minted president of Spellman Investigations, a/k/a the boss. Unfortunately for Izzy, though, being in charge isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Her parents (who make up 50% of...

Film Review: THE EAST

Directed by Zal Batmanglij Written by Batmanglij and Brit Marling Starring: Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgard, Ellen Page, Patricia Clarkson, Julia Ormond Brit Marling plays Sarah, a former C.I.A operative who now works for an elite group that infiltrates terrorist...