Rental: The Road
Release Date: May 2010 DVD Rating: R for violence, gore, disturbing images/subject matter and language Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall, Michael K. Williams, Guy Pearce and Charlize Theron Based on the book by Cormac McCarthy Directed by: John Hillcoat I actually tried reading this book before the movie came out (as I sometimes [...]
Read MoreReview: Alice in Wonderland
Release Date: March 5, 2010 Rating: PG – should have been PG-13 – Violence, disturbing images and smoking Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Michael Sheen and Alan Rickman Director: Tim Burton Official Website – Disney Loosely Based on the novels by Lewis Carroll Screenplay by: Linda Woolverton I, [...]
Read MoreReads: Come Closer by Sara Gran
Author: Sara Gran Genre: Horror, Thriller, Supernatural Official Website Movie News at Bloody Disgusting Come Closer by Sara Gran is by far the most terrifying book I have ever read. It’s one of those stories that gets burned into your brain and when you hear weird noises at night in the dark you are reminded [...]
Read MoreGood Reads: Lullaby – Novel
By: Chuck Palahniuk (2003) – Fiction Buy it Here at Amazon.com Official Chuck Palahniuk Website Reading a Palahniuk novel is like watching a David Lynch movie written by a more literary Howard Stern: completely off the wall, usually mildly offensive and nearly impossible to dismiss. Certainly not for the conservative or oversensitive, his novels are [...]
Read MoreReview: Pharos, by Alice Thompson
By Alice Thompson Publishing Date: September 2003 Find it: Not currently for sale on Amazon new but check your local used bookstore or of course eBay “…a ghost story” – and a good one at that I am always a sucker for a good ghost story and I haven’t read one filled with more of [...]
Read MoreReview: Previously Unposted & Updates
So as the summer season comes to an end there are a couple of movies that I have realized that I didn’t post reviews for, them being The Hangover & Drag Me To Hell. I figured since I have different reasons for not posting entire reviews on those films that I would post a short [...]
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