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 […]
Have you ever heard like the greatest story ever and wondered why Hollywood never made a movie about it EVEN THOUGH movie makers always find time to make films about things like chihuahuas and bachelor parties? So have we, and this episode is dedicated to true historical events that need to be made into movies. […]
a Rafflecopter giveaway The StoryMen welcome author and blogger Matt Lee Anderson of Mere Orthodoxy to discuss what it looks like to ask good questions. Matt explores that topic in his new book, The End of Our Exploring, so he tells us about how the idea for this book came to him, what the current Evangelical obsession […]
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 […]
The StoryMen each choose five historical events that aren’t movies yet… but should be. Hear our top fives, and share yours with us! In this Episode: 01:30 – Tattoos & Museums 07:30 – Football and Football 14:30 – Fourteen Historical Events that Should be Movies! 01:02:00 – CONTEST!! Find Matt Mikalatos at: Blog: The Burning Hearts Revolution Twitter […]
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 […]
a Rafflecopter giveaway After we hear from the Storyverse about what everyone’s been reading, we welcome Ally Vesterfelt to talk about her new book, Packing Light. Ally is an all-star blogger, editor at Prodigal Magazine and now author. She tells us what it took for her to give up everything to chase a crazy dream, […]