My first thought after finishing No Sudden Move last night was "what the hell went wrong?" (Spoilers below, so beware.) No Sudden Move is a heist film, though you really pick this up only in dribs and drabs. Oh, and it's also a big deal because the heist isn't about jewels or money, it's about … Continue reading “No Sudden Move” is all surface and no substance
Category: Movies and TV
Not with a bang, but a whimper: The Stand collapses
Stephen King, and all of us, keep coming back to The Stand trying to get it right. First published in 1978, The Stand has been re-issued with an additional 500 or so pages in 1990, adapted as a miniseries in the early 90s, a comic series by Marvel from 2008 to 2012, and yet another … Continue reading Not with a bang, but a whimper: The Stand collapses
Weekend Reading: “They Eat Puppies, Don’t They?” and “No Country for Old Men”
Knocked down a couple of fiction books this weekend while traveling to and from Southeast LinuxFest. They Eat Puppies, Don’t They? by Christopher Buckley, and No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy. I’ve been a fan of Christopher Buckley since I picked up Little Green Men years ago, but he’s probably best known for Thank You for Smoking. … Continue reading Weekend Reading: “They Eat Puppies, Don’t They?” and “No Country for Old Men”
Things that don’t happen in Star Trek
I'm pacing myself... 🙂 This list is obviously pre-Enterprise. (How many folks in the audience watch "Enterprise" faithfully?) 1. The Enterprise runs into a mysterious energy field of a type it has encountered several times before. 2. The Enterprise goes to visit a remote outpost of scientists, who are all perfectly alright. 3. Some of … Continue reading Things that don’t happen in Star Trek