So I was thinking of composing a post entitled " 'Theres' to which one really ought not go" in which I would take friendly but firm issue with Andrew O'Hehir's…
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"No, But I Read The Book" Lawrence Block Over a good many years, my friend Donald E. Westlake wrote two dozen books about a career criminal named Parker. Because his…
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Posting's going to be a bit infrequent over the next week or so, as I'm off doing...stuff. Actually, a July Blu-ray Consumer Guide is tantalizingly close to completion (and a…
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So, I haven't seen Steven Soderbergh's Contagion yet, and when I do various and sundry ethical concerns will enjoin me from officially commenting on it (most of my sources, including but…
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Okay, maybe "wild" isn't the word, but I was better than moderately impressed with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, a better-than-creditable end to a better-than-creditable fantasy film…
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Part One here; Part Two here. Claire Kenny: I’d seen this one before, ages ago, though I was surprised at how much I forgot. The premise is entirely goofy—Tracy’s gruff absentminded…
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