April 30th, 2013 by Henry Ibsch |
I cant help but think it has some subtext too, just going off of French stereotypes as a people obsessed with wine. I dont know how regularly Rollin drank, but a strong case could be made that The Grapes of Death has a message about how drinking to excess transforms us into monsters. In a country where table wine is as ubiquitous as water, The Grapes of Death may have had more meaning and weight than its lurid monster movie approach would suggest. As an American, I can only guess at it, without providing any deeper thoughts than, Huh. Thats interesting.
The biggest weakness of the film is that it climaxes too early, when Elisabeth comes across a blind woman who is desperately searching for her husband amidst all the chaos. Actual tension is created, and Rollin pays it off with a horrific (though not 100% realistic) moment of gore thats not typical of his work.
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April 26th, 2013 by Henry Ibsch | Tags: Review, Review Video
Dennis and I review the latest episode of Game of Thrones, entitled And Now his Watch is Ended. The final minutes of this episode are some of the very best the series has to offer. Share your thoughts with us in the comments section below. W
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April 25th, 2013 by Bianca Lions | Tags: George Saunders, Saunders
My experience with reading George Saunders is that he keeps you on edge, because you never know when his stories are going to take some sort of twist that shocks you out of your seat.
My experience listening to him on Friday at the Dallas Museum of Art, where he was appearing as part of Arts Letters Live, was similar.
At least half of it was. Saunders gave a talk that was probably the kind you would expect to see from a short story writer appearing at an indie bookstore, not from the man who just graduated from cult fave to one of Americas best-known writers with that New York Times Sunday Magazine story, speaking before a large, sold-out auditorium. The Texas native acknowledged his family in attendance his parents were in the crowd, and he lovingly thanked them for their support, even and then he proceeded to read from Tenth of December.
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April 23rd, 2013 by Henry Ibsch |
John Rectors Kindle Single Lost Things is a story about what happens after a pair of friends are attacked one night on a deserted street. Its an exciting and fast read, though the ending seemed to me too abrupt. But the Single did its job. It introduced me to an author Id never heard of before, and Ive now downloaded a sample of Rectors novelAlready Gone to my Kindle.
Pretty much every man, woman, and child in beautiful Pagford and its ugly, socioeconomically depressed appendage known as “The Fields” lives a miserable existence. Children hate parents, spouses hate spousees, everyone is mean or depressed or abusive or abused. J.K. Rowlings first post-Potter book The Casual Vacancy shows us that muggles can be every bit as unpleasant as Death Eaters. Read more…
April 22nd, 2013 by Ruby Anthony | Tags: Frank Ocean, Offices
Frank Ocean isnt just a talented out artist and Grammy winner—hes a good son. Earlier this week, Frank took his mom, Katonya Breaux Riley, to the offices of Vogue magazine for a personalized tour.
My long awaited tour of Vogue today! Riley on Monday, Childhood dream come true!!! #amazinglyfun pic.twitter.com/Tg0yX1dWf6
Ocean also took Riley to Time magazines Time 100 gala at Lincoln Center on Tuesday night, where the couple posed for photographers on the red carpet.
Geez, Frank, how are you gonna top yourself for Mothers Day?
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