Quality Assessment: Dennis Lehane’s “Shutter Island”

I finished reading this a few days ago.  It only took me 5 days which is a new record.
I’m not a follower of Dennis Lehane.  This is actually my first book of his. Previously I’ve only known of his work through the movie adaptations of Mystic River (great drama, but how I hated the ending) and [...]

Quality Assessment: The Box

A total creepfest.
This movie, in my humble opinion, is garnering a handful of bad reviews and it is completely unfair.

I may be on the minority but I though The Box was entertaining, interesting, highly creepy, funny at times, unusual for sure, and it keeps you guessing all the way to the end.  The concept may [...]

Incoming: Salt

This is the movie that was going to be a vehicle for Tom Cruise and then rewritten for Angeline Jolie….. and we the public are the winners of this switch.  Gotta say though, I don’t blame Tom for dropping out if that was the case, I mean it does resembles his Minority Report a bit [...]

Quality Assessment: Carlos Ruiz Zafon’s “The Angel’s Game”

If you have not read Mr. Zafon’s beloved worldwide Phenomenon “The Shadow of the Wind” you are missing one of the most amazingly-rich literature tales of the last few decades.  That book has it all: romance, mystery, horror, comedy, action, suspense, heartbreak, it even plays as a sort of thriller that may or may not [...]

Quality Assessment: Tom Rob Smith’s “Child 44″

Ever since it came out last year, I’ve been meaning to read Child 44 which is a sort of an odd thing in itself seeing as how I don’t usually read thrillers, specially the kind that involves a cop as the main character, which is the reason why I’ve skipped many a Dean Koontz book, [...]

Quality Assessment: A Perfect Getaway

Definitely a sort of end of summer throwaway B-movie that should only be view if one has absolutely nothing else to do and during a Matinee; not something you want to pay full price for it, (or see it for free like I did)

It deals with newlyweds going to Hawaii for their honeymoon, only to [...]

Quality Assessment: Orphan

THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH ESTHER the poster and trailer warns us and they are right: she’s one evil little bitch.  Very evil.

It all starts nice enough; actually no it doesn’t, but I won’t discuss the beginning of the movie as to not spoil it.
We have a loving couple with two kids, who have been trying [...]

In Memoriam: A Look Back At Michael Jackson’s 25 Most Amazing Musical Moments

His death has been a sad and hard to accept affair for me, especially as the days got long.  I didn’t show much interested at first; he wasn’t my family, he didn’t know I exist, he hadn’t been relevant or around for most of the last 15 years or so, why should I be that concern right?  [...]

Quality Assessment: The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

This review almost didn’t happen… almost.  Once we arrived at the theater, the majority of the group (read: everyone but me) decided they wanted to see Land of the frakking Lost instead but being a trained-in-combat-bully since early childhood, I quickly put my foot down and informed everyone that we were going to see The Taking of [...]