Hard to believe it’s been more than a year since my book Undead came out. I first had the idea to write about the connection between Christian spirituality and our cultural fascination with zombies way back in the summer of 2010 which seems so long ago. At that time we still hadn’t seen the explosion […]
Over the years, plenty of constant readers have wondered, What ever happened to Danny Torrence? Danny Torrence, of course, is that five-year-old boy with the special ability called “shining”, who narrowly escaped death at the hands of his father, who’d been driven insane by a haunted hotel. Or rather, that’s who Danny Torrence was. Apparently […]
Is a spoiler warning even necessary? Seriously people: spoilers for all of Breaking Bad. This week, Breaking Bad said its final goodbye to Walter Hartwell White, marking the finale of what is sure to go down in history as one of the greatest television shows of all time. With gripping plotting, amazing acting, top-notch production […]
Author Melissa Tagg and myself love old movies and started making videos about a couple of them earlier this summer. After a positive response and some retooling we are back with a weekly feature called CLASSIC MOVIE GUSH. We put the Marx Brothers in our sights this week and watched Duck Soup which critics say […]
He’s not a person anymore. He stopped being a person when he took our daughters. – Keller Dover Prisoners is the dark, excellent, star-studded new film whose ensemble cast includes Hugh Jackman, Terrance Howard, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Melissa Leo, Jake Gyllenhaal and Paul Dano. Prisoners is an outstanding thriller, well-acted, carefully directed and horrifying […]
Am I a good person who does bad things, or a bad person who does good things? – Dexter Morgan So were we introduced eight years ago to the monster who pretended to be a man, the serial killer who only kills killers, Dexter Morgan. We meet the girlfriend he pretends to love, the job […]
Don’t miss our StoryMen interview with Doon author Lorie Langdon! I have a confession: I love the recent plethora of young adult fiction. Not Twilight – I have standards, after all, but it busted the floodgates wide open and now we’re swimming in some great, thoughtful and provocative YA Lit. From Katniss Everdeen and Percy […]
Let’s get serious, do you really want a couch and a couple of dressers to keep you from what could be the best experience of your life? That question catapults Ally Vesterfelt into the journey of her lifetime. If you follow her today, you’d probably be shocked to find that just a few years ago, […]
What do hair metal, a 1950s sitcom, Tom Hanks, and Arthur Fonzarelli all have to do with each other? Like me, I’m sure you get this question on a daily basis. Today the mystery ends. A few months back author Melissa Tagg and I began discussing movies from the Golden Age of Hollywood. After a […]
Did I ever tell you guys that 2Pac and Elton John did a song together called Ghetto Gospel? “Never forget, that God hasn’t finished with me yet. I feel his hand on my brain When I write rhymes, I go blind, and let the Lord do his thang.” ~ Ghetto Gospel Hadn’t thought of that […]