Avengers Assemble !

Normally I like to spotlight lesser known films, but the new Avengers movie seems to have smashed opening weekend box office records.  And it totally deserves the success.  The film is a completely engaging action flick while remaining a good drama looking at human qualities and character.  Bringing together characters who have had their own [...]

Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore

Christopher Moore has long been one of my favorite authors.  Two of his best works, Lamb and Fluke, are easily on my top ten favorite book list. So it was with great regret and disappointment that I had to abandon reading his most recent work, Sacre Bleu.  The story centres on the impressionistic artists like [...]

“Bully” Review

I finally got arouind to seeing Bully, the Lee Hirsch film about children being bullied in American schools. I simply do not comprehend anyone feeling that this film deserves an “R” rating, as it was given in the States, and commend the more mature response that it received in Canada.  The amount of bad language [...]

The KONY Question

What is it about Joseph Kony that makes him impervious to public opinion in the Western World? Last weekend’s “Cover the Night” campaign fizzled.  An attempt to show how social media could mobilize support for a cause only demonstrated the apathy that seems to be epidemic in our society.  Was it the fact that the [...]

Of Monsters and Men – King and Lionheart

Here’s my second offering of new music.  I’ve heard this one on the radio a few times.  The whole album is great.  From Iceland, you know… This is the live version, which is a little less dynamic than the studio version, but still great.

Fun – We Are Young

I don’t know if this is a new band for other people, but it’s a new find for me.  Great song.  this is the acoustic version.   I’ve made a few other interesting discoveries in the past weeks which I’ll try to highlight here in the coming days.  Again, maybe not new to all, but [...]

ENDER’S GAME MOVIE

A few posts back I got excited about a Monkey Wrench Gang film.  Now I’ve stumbled on up to date information about an Ender’s Game movie, which has been kicked around for nearly a decade.  Ender’s Game is a novel by Orson Scott Card which won both the Nebula and Hugo awards for best SciFi [...]

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS

Interestingly (for me at least) I’ve got this string of blog entries coming up which all have to do with new stuff from some of my favorite artists. The first is Joss Whedon, who you may or may not remember as the creator and chief writer for Buffy The Vampire Slayer.  People who know me [...]

The Monkey Wrench Gang

Oh, I guess it doesn’t take much to make my day, but I was absolutely ecstatic when I stumbled on the fact the The Monkey Wrench Gang is being made into a movie with a 2013 release date.  Finally, a reason to hope that the world doesn’t end at the end of this year. The [...]

Bully

The difference between the American and Canadian ratings for the movie Bully is a strong indicator of what sets the two countries and cultures apart. In the U.S. countless young people are bullied every year for a variety of reasons.  Not all of them have to do with sexual orientation, but sometimes it is the [...]

The Hunger Games

So, where does this appeal for The Hunger Games originate?  Does it come from a cynicism of reality TV?  Does it stem from apocalyptic visions of the future.  Or does it arise from a skepticism surrounding how adults manipulate youth?  I think you could make an argument for any one of these being a significant [...]

Not Getting Older, Just Better? -Not musicians

I remember when I was a teenager one of our neighbors who was roughly the same age as my parents bought a fancy new stereo system.  Not being a big music buff, he asked me to bring over some records that might show off its capabilities.  I brought over some Pink Floyd and also some [...]