Look, I love Death Note (the show) as much as the next guy, but we need to talk about this silly movie adaptation...
Look, I love Death Note (the show) as much as the next guy, but we need to talk about this silly movie adaptation...
Is Alcatraz something interesting to talk about? I never asked myself that question before editor of Hard Sentences : Crime Fiction Inspired by Alcatraz David James Keaton asked me. You'll find your answer in this review.
Do you enjoy rotten cops stories as much as I do? Might want to take a look at Don Winslow's cop novel The Force, then....
In Flames has been maligned for its dramatic mid-career shift, but how does it hold up to father time? I go back to where it all started with their underrated 2002 release Reroute to Remain.
What once was a cool compromise movie everyone in your family could enjoy has turned into a sham of a franchise. This is a repackaging of a movie you've already seen ten years ago. Shame on you, Disney.
Is the second season of Noah Hawley's breakthrough hit Fargo as great as the first one? Find out....
The first Jack Reacher was much better and funnier than it should've been. This one? NOT so much...
Did you know the creator of Fargo also was a novelist? I decided to investigate and see what he had in the pants.
Father John Misty is one of the most unique performing artists out there and his latest album Pure Comedy is one of the most uncompromising iteration of his artistic endeavor.
How can you possible turn such an idiosyncratic movie like Fargo into a ten episodes television show? Well, leave it to Noah Hawley to pull a miracle out of his ass.
My review of Matthew Revert's new book Human Trees, coming from Broken River Books on August 15, 2017. It is both a successor and, believe it or not, an improvement over the immensely moving Basal Ganglia.
Why was the Columbine High School massacre such an important schism in our culture? What do we really know about what happened on April 20th, 1999? Journalist Dave Cullen found almost all the answers....
Does A Cure for Wellness deserves the abysmal ratings and the painful theater death it got? Well, I sure had a lot to say about this movie. Find out what my opinion is on it....Directed by Gore Verbinski. Starring Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs and Mia Goth.
Is the adaptation of Neil Gaiman's American Gods the hot, new thing or was there a reason why this thing aired in June? I went to the heart of it for you.
Lots of you were on the fence: is John Wick: Chapter 2 a strong sequel or a pale copy of its predecessor. Well, I have an answer to your question here...
Is Stephen King/Richard Bachman's Rage such a dangerous book that it needed to go out of print? The book was unexpectedly helpful in providing us answers...
I'll be gone 'til...well, next week actually. In the meantime, get acquainted with my new favorite YouTuber Mikey Neumann.
If you want to get at the heart of that "Peter Straub thing," his novel Floating Dragon is a one way ticket. This one was wicked fun, guys.
Welp. The Heavy, one of my favorite bands on Earth, laid an egg. I can happen to everybody I suppose, but there's a reason why nobody even heard about this record.
