When I was narrowing down the titles for this Top 20 list, I ended up with a shortlist of over 50 books. So, after giving it some thought, I elected to divide the genre into Thrillers and Crime/Mystery. The latter are more police, P.I., and organized crime-focused while the former cover pretty much everything else.…
June 10, 2012: Misery! Comic Con! Days of Stargate Past – Atlantis! Poisoning the Well and Underground!
Last night, Akemi and I watched Misery. It was her first time, my...what is it now...twelfth? It's my favorite Stephen King movie and last night's screening further cemented it as one of my top ten favorite films of all time. Brilliant performances, a tightly plotted script, and some of the most excruciatingly suspenseful sequences ever…
January 5, 2011: My Top 10 2010 Reads!
What follows is a list of My Top 10 Reads of 2010. These were books not necessarily published in 2010, but books I actually sat down and read between January 1st and December 31st of last year (excluding Book of the Month Club picks). My faves... The Heroes, by Joe Abercrombie I was fortunate…
September 21, 2010: A plethora of pics!
Well fine. Apologies. The trailer won't be coming out until first thing tomorrow morning. 9:00 a.m. to be exact. So set your watches. Hopefully these pics will tide you over. Addendum: Nope, sorry. 9:00 a.m. PDT. Again, apologies. The gang at post, led by the lovely Kerry McDowall, did an excellent job getting the trailer…