Are you ready for a taste of sin? Perhaps you’re a goody two shoes who fear your straight life makes your a bore. Or perhaps you suffer repressed urges that makes you tense and irritable. Or perhaps you’ve hidden away decadent traits so long that you know they’re about the burst free, at the wrong… Continue reading At the Movies with the 7 Deadly Sins
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Netflix Now: The Machine
Every since Mary Shelley penned Frankenstein, writers and moviemakers explored the idea of humans creating another humanoid life form. Many of the movies inspired by this theme are works of genius. I’m thinking Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982) or Chris Columbus’ Bicentennial Man (1999). These movies allow us to explore questions like: What does it… Continue reading Netflix Now: The Machine
Sherlock Holmes: The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle
The cover of my Kindle edition of The Valley of Fear is pulp. It shows a scantily clad woman, screaming, as a muscular arm–its hand curled into a fist–threatens her in the foreground. The attacker’s arm is branded with a triangle enclosed in circle. The publisher’s logo appears in the upper left corner: Hard Case… Continue reading Sherlock Holmes: The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle
Netflix Now: Hush
You might think that a movie released in March of this year but hitting Netflix Instant Play by the end of April has suspected entertainment value, but you would be wrong. Hush is a tense drama that kept me at the edge of my seat. It is a simple movie with a simple plot, almost… Continue reading Netflix Now: Hush
iPad Challenge
When I first heard that Apple was developing a tablet device, I rolled my eyes and asked, “Who’s going to want that?” But the first time I saw the iPad, I answered my own rhetorical question. “Me! That’s who! I want one!” I don’t remember whether it was the week of its release or a… Continue reading iPad Challenge
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Spoiler alert! In The Return of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle’s sixth Sherlock Holmes book, Sherlock Holmes, the famed detective, returns. “The Final Problem,” the last story of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, was set in 1891. “The Adventure of the Empty House,” the first story of The Return of Sherlock Holmes, is set in… Continue reading The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Movie Review: Eye in the Sky
Besides myself, I could count the number of people in the audience on one hand plus one finger. I mean six. There were six persons in the theater, seven if you count me, which I suppose you should. Granted, it was the first showing of the day, but it wasn’t that early. It was 11:25… Continue reading Movie Review: Eye in the Sky
In Search of the Trojan War by Michael Wood
In 1274 BCE, the Egyptian and Hittite Empires met for battle at Kadesh. Less than a hundred years later, around 1190, unknown invaders captured and destroyed the Hittite capital of Hattusa. Between these two events, legend tells us, a Trojan prince named Paris visited the Mycenaean Greek city of Sparta and ran off with its… Continue reading In Search of the Trojan War by Michael Wood
5 Compelling Opening Lines in Historical Fiction
At the risk of stubbing my toe against a cliché, let me tell you to never judge a book by its cover. I wish I could brag that I follow that edict to the word, but I know that there are many books in my library that are there for their covers alone. The cover… Continue reading 5 Compelling Opening Lines in Historical Fiction
Movie Review: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Last week, I wrote a rant against marketing abuses of Marvel Cinematic Universe, but even as that was finished and scheduled for publication, DC Extended Universe released Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Despite my rant against these shared fictional universes, I decided to see it. I have neither the time nor the money to… Continue reading Movie Review: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice