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The Great Gatsby (2013) (1)

May 22, 2013 • Script To Screen

Saw The Great Gatsby last night and didn’t really like it. While I did enjoy the scene at the Plaza and a few other moments, I felt the film was largely unnecessary. Also, just as I feared, the soundtrack was terrible. There’s even a moment where Gatsby and Nick are driving into town and as… Read More ›

Fiction »

NOS4A2 (1)

NOS4A2

As a child, Victoria McQueen discovered that she had a unique gift – she could open the door between reality and fantasy. Using her bicycle, she could conjure up a covered bridge that would take her to wherever she needed to go. If something had gone missing, Vic would race off on her bike, cross… Read More ›

Interview »

Interview – Lance Umenhofer (1)

Lance Umenhofer

I received an email from Lance Umenhofer requesting I take a look at his novella, And The Soft Wind Blows.  Initially, I put it aside as I already had a towering stack of books to get through.  However, I couldn’t shake a nagging feeling that had been telling me to read Lance’s book as soon as… Read More ›

Non-Fiction »

Enter Night: A Biography of Metallica (0)

Enter Night: A Biography of Metallica.

“No party music, no girl magnet ballads. Just brutal, attack-oriented, audio death”. ..and with that quote, it becomes impossible to really sum up Metallica better. I’ve been a big fan of these guys since I was 15 years old and finally welcomed the chance to read an official biography on the band. Although, while it’s… Read More ›

Audiobook »

Devil in the White City (0)

devilinthewhitecityfeature

So, there’s this scene in David Fincher’s Zodiac in which Jake Gyllenhaal’s character, Robert Graysmith, visits the home of someone he believes to be the famed Zodiac killer. As Graysmith ventures down in the suspect’s basement, there’s this sense of dread that’s instilled in the viewer as they wonder if Graysmith will make it out… Read More ›

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