Walking Stick
He found a walking stick perfect size for him. So he used it, teetering on the edge of the hard playground in a way that […]
Articles by Jeremy
Team Yankee: played my first game and it rocked
I had a fun introduction to Team Yankee today as I played my first game with one borrowed West German army vs a Soviet horde.
Brick: how did I miss this film?
Take the plot, dialogue and style of a 30s crime-noir, with a hard-nosed detective, a femme fatale, drug lords and enigmatic informants, and transpose it all to a modern-day High School.
Les Misérables: something is missing in this hard life
The film adaptation of “Les Misérables” impresses with potent performances but lacks epicness due to excessive use of closeups that undermine grand ensemble scenes.
Act of Valor: bang for your buck
Much like the Special Air Service during the London Iranian Embassy action (and the movie that followed, Who Dares Wins), the US Navy SEALs were fully exposed to the glare of publicity when they raided a compound in Pakistan and killed Osama Bin Laden. Now comes a film of the unit’s exploits, but with a twist: it stars actual, active duty, Navy SEALs.
Game of Thrones: A first season reflection
WARNING: SPOILERS FOR GAME OF THRONES SEASON 1.
A daring narrative shift not only propells the plot but sparks a renaissance in television storytelling.
The Avengers
When you have a motley collection of strong characters and a plot involving world invasion, who else do you get to direct but Joss Whedon?
Game of Thrones: Littlefinger and Cersei – Power is Power
Game of Thrones: In a scene not in the book, Cersei and Littlefinger have a confrontation in the courtyard of the Red Keep.
Reviews of “Dead Red Heart”
Reviews of the “Dead Red Heart” anthology, in which my story “Such Is Life” appears, are coming in.
X-Men: First Class – the whipped horse is reborn
After the debacle that was X-Men Origins: Wolverine, you’d be forgiven for thinking that perhaps the X-Men franchise was best left to lie for a while. Never let it be said however that Hollywood is unwilling to beat a dead horse; out come the whips to give us X-Men: First Class. Except somewhere along the way, they actually made a classy, fun, interesting film.