FX orders series based on FARGO

by | Mar 30, 2013 | Features, TV

FX has announced an order for a “limited series” of Fargo. The ten episode show will be inspired by the demented Coen Brothers’ classic film. It will be a new story and new characters, but done in the world with similar sensibilities. Noah Hawley is...

ALIVE!

by | Mar 30, 2013 | Books, Reviews

ALIVE! Loren D. Estleman 2013 Forge Loren D. Estleman ‘s series with Valentino, amateur detective and film archivist is loaded with Hollywood history and as a result is great reading on a number of levels. The latest, ALIVE! (Forge) has film buffs going a bit crazy as...

IRON by Shane-Michael Vidaurri

by | Mar 30, 2013 | Comics, Reviews

Shane-Michael Vidaurri Archaia Archaia is well known for the quality books it releases. Wonderful story mixed with vibrant, often unique art are commonplace for the entertainment company. Keeping with the grand tradition of brilliance is the subtle “Iron or the War...

Trailer for BEFORE MIDNIGHT

by | Mar 29, 2013 | Films

Right now, I am as giddy as a school girl. Sony Pictures Classics has released the trailer for BEFORE MIDNIGHT, the third movie in Richard Linkletter’s incredible Before series. In Before Midnight, we meet Celine (Julie Delphy) and Jesse (Ethan Hawke) 9 years...

Web of the City by Harlan Ellison

by | Mar 29, 2013 | Books, Reviews

Hard Case Crime Pub date: April 2nd, 2013 Harlan Ellison is best known for his science fiction and fantasy stories. But way back in 1957 before he was a blip on anyone’s radar, he wrote Web of the City. He wrote it under some interesting circumstances as well. He was...

Film Review: GINGER & ROSA

by | Mar 29, 2013 | Films

Written and Directed by Sally Potter Starring: Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Alessandro Nivola, Christina Hendricks, Timothy Spall, Annette Benning, Oliver Platt It you weren’t of a certain age (in my case fourteen) in 1962, it is hard to convey just how frightening...

Film Review: GINGER & ROSA

by | Mar 29, 2013 | Films

Written and Directed by Sally Potter Starring: Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Alessandro Nivola, Christina Hendricks, Timothy Spall, Annette Benning, Oliver Platt It you weren’t of a certain age (in my case fourteen) in 1962, it is hard to convey just how frightening...

Sun, Sand, Books and a Camel or Two

by | Mar 28, 2013 | Books, Events

The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature took place from the 5th to the 8th of March 2013 with more 120 authors and artists from over 30 countries taking part in the fifth annual event. I’ve been lucky enough to have attended all five and seen this event go from...