HOUSE OF CARDS coming to U.S. television.

Time for another U.K. hit to get Americanized.According to THR, David Fincher (SEVEN, ZODIAC) is working on turning the BBC mini-series HOUSE OF CARDS into an hour long drama for U.S. television.The original series, based on the novel by Michael Dobbs, was set right...

CASTLE gets full season.

ABC has ordered nine more episodes of CASTLE, the humorous crime drama that features Nathan Fillion as mystery writer Rick Castle. Rick follows homicide dective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic) around, using her as his inspiration for his new protagonist Nikki Heat.The...

Jill Thompson and Evan Dorkin made me cry

Beast of Burden #2 is out from Dark Horse comics. another awesome tale from this incredible team. A dog comes to the crew looking for help finding her lost pups. And of course, supernatural things take place and the BoB do what they need to do to try and rescue the...

DVD Releases for October 20th 2009

Hawaii Five-O: The Seventh Season (1974-75)Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Kam Fong, and Herman Wedermeyer Six-disc set with 24 episodes, $49.99. (Paramount). Filmed entirely on location in Hawaii, the show followed Jack Lord as he played Steve McGarrett, head of an elite...

West out, new Jack Taylor named.

A while back, I reported that Dominic West (THE WIRE) was going to play Jack Taylor in the U.K. television series of Ken Bruen’s THE GUARDS.Sadly, West ultimately had to pull out. It was not a major shock because we had rec’d a few anonymous comments...

Audio Book Review: VOID MOON

Cassie Black has worked hard to put her criminal past behind her. The night she was arrested, her life changed in more ways than one. A job went bad and Cassie lost the love of her life. fter serving time in prison, she now sells Porches to the Hollywood crowd. She...

Bouchercon 2009

Bouchercon, that magical place. This year was so fabulous and as Judy and I kept on proclaiming WE ARE NOT IN CHARGE!!…. which really is a lovely feeling…. much more so when you see the number of attendees grow over the one that was your child by two...

Film Review: WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE.

  Release date: October 16th, 2009 Director: Spike Jones Starring: Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Forrest Whitaker, Catherine O’hara, Chris Cooper, Mark Ruffalo As a fan of children’s literature, I was excited and terrified when I learned...