I got two fine years out of this livejournal, but during the process of writing my book, I've become more acquainted with other types of blogs out there. As I said a few entires ago, the grass is really looking greener there...it's far easier to insert images and links, for example. So I've spent a few days putting it together and now it's ready ( Read more... )

While I've generally been quite fond of the Spider-Man series and accepted them as intelligent adaptations of the comic books that figured so prominently into my childhood, it often seems that the anticipation of a new Spider-Man is a little better than the film itself once you get it. Certainly this is the case for Spider-Man 3. In terms of ( Read more... )

Well, it only took two years, but I finally secured myself a full-time job. Starting on May 21, I will say goodbye to the Wallingford Voice and move to the Southington Observer, where I'll actually have more of a typical 9-5 job (most of the time, town meetings at night change that up every once in a while). That also means no more taking my work ( Read more... )

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For a while now, the major studios have known that they can exploit the average young male's love for gore and stupidity for easy money. Quentin Tarantino and (especially) Robert Rodriguez have played a large part in the success of that kind of entertainment, but they haven't forgotten its origins. Back in the 1970s, "grindhouse" cinema offered a ( Read more... )

I should be working now, but instead I found a couple of cool pictures from Spider-Man 3. Check it out.


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This won't come as a surprise to anyone who participated in the great Video Games Live/Ethiopian Food/Wii gaming weekend that has just concluded.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qweHacwcIyI

Just one of many videos of the concert at Yale University already up on YouTube. ( Read more... )

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Comparisons to Sin City are inevitable. 300 is another Frank Miller comic adapted into a feature film sporting real actors in totally digital environments. It's the second film from director Zack Snyder, who had one hell of a debut three years ago with the stellar remake of Dawn of the Dead. The man certainly ups the ante on his own skills, and the ( Read more... )

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