The Ice Cream GirlsAuthor: Dorothy KoomsonDorothy Koomson spins a tale that reads cogently and originally, and that startles in its intelligent demeanor. The tale is an old one – girls sexually, physically and emotionally abused who act out on their terror – and yet Koomson doesn’t follow the script. The Ice Cream girls demands an all nighter – one of those novels that read so true that we linger after midnight to finish and savor the characters into our dreams, and nightmares.Serena Gorringe, ... continue reading...
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DVD Reviews: Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season [Blu-ray] When I completed the first episode of this show I felt overwhelmed! There was so much to take in and understand. The language, names and places were impossible to keep strait. Fortunately this show deserves more than one episode. This show deserves as many episodes as it damn well pleases. It is complex, multi-layered, surreal, vibrant, imaginative and it draws your eye in to the surprising level of detail, from the sweeping vistas, to ... continue reading...
Guest Post: The Boy Who Loved Batman
Excitement about the newest Batman movie, “The Dark Knight Rises,” is already revved up for its July 20th premiere. Details about the Warner Brothers film starring Christian Bale as Batman and Anne Hathaway as Catwoman are cloaked in secrecy. But executive producer and diehard Batman fan Michael Uslan knows a Dark Knight thing or two that may surprise you.“I grew up immersed in comics. I loved them all. My hands-down favorite, though – then and now – is Batman,” says Uslan, who wrote about his ... continue reading...
Book Reviews: Little Girl Gone
Little Girl GoneAuthor: Drusilla CampbellMadora is seventeen, from Yuma, Arizona. Her mother Rachel, hides in television since her husband went out into the desert and shot himself in the head. Rachel does not have the energy to pay attention to her seventeen year old daughter. Madora chases drugs, parties and men with her friend Kay-Kay and one night finds herself at a party that overwhelms her. She follows Kay-Kay into a room where people are doing crank, and Kay-Kay tells her to try it. ... continue reading...
DVD Reviews: Another Earth
Another EarthI think just about everyone looks up at the sky every so often and wonders what else is out there. Outer space is filled with so many unexplored territories that logically speaking there has to be intelligent life out there somewhere. Otherwise it'd just be a waste of space. Undiscovered planets and unimaginable life forms are only the half of it. What if there's another planet somewhere in the cosmos similar to earth? Raising the stakes a bit, what if you and everyone you knew was ... continue reading...
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