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Novel: John Dies At The End

July 17, 2010

Hey, this is really good, a really fun summer read – but be warned: it’s comedy horror and while it really is comic, it’s also genuinely horrific.
As I understand it, the author, who writes under the pseudonym David Wong, is now the editor of Cracked.com, a very good comedy website based on that old Mad [...]

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KOC: It’s An Obama Recovery Summer!

July 15, 2010

Hoop-de-dooble-dooble! It’s time once again for Klavan on the Culture from the crazy folks over at PJTV. In this episode, we lie back and enjoy the lazy, hazy, crazy days of Obama’s Recovery Summer, reflecting on how much better things are today than they were during the bad old days of the Bush administration. That’s [...]

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Turn-on of the Week

July 14, 2010

Is it just me, or is there something incredibly hot about an incredibly hot girl who’s also a patriot?
The lady in question is Krista Branch [link fixed]. Her bio says she’s “a devoted wife and mother and currently leads praise and worship for her church, youth and kids camps.” Which is also [...]

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“Bury The Dead” Makes Its Way

July 13, 2010

This is kind of cool: a mock one-sheet for Bury The Dead, the spooky screenplay of mine optioned by ShoulderHill Entertainment. ShoulderHill’s Steven Addair is planning to direct the film as the company’s first feature.

Most of the preparation for this has been of the behind-the-scenes kind - funding and location scouting – so there hasn’t [...]

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On Mel Gibson: Celebrity is the Opposite of Wisdom

July 12, 2010

Though I avoided it as long as I could, I finally couldn’t escape hearing the tape of Mel Gibson berating ex-girlfriend Oskana Grigorieva. Continued avoidance would’ve meant turning off Red Eye and that was a length to which I was not willing to go. Curse you, Greg Gutfeld!
You’ve heard the story by now. The director [...]

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From Paris With Love

July 9, 2010

Luc Besson has a business model. The writer-director of such compelling action films as La Femme Nikita, The Professional and The Fifth Element has now founded EuroCorp films with a simple plan: make American-style action pictures with American-style stars but set them in France. It worked with Taken, an almost-too-efficient thriller with solid values and [...]

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God of War 3

July 8, 2010

First of all, do not let your children play this video game. If your child is under the age of, say, 35, and you find him playing this game, beat him senseless. With a broadsword. That’ll learn em.
No, but seriously, amidst all the bloodshed and gore – and there are some brutal scenes here – [...]

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Film: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

July 7, 2010

Just because something is overpraised by critics for containing a full bucket-load of socialist-feminist tripe and propaganda, that doesn’t mean it isn’t any good. Critics here and abroad have been wildly singing the praises of Stieg Larsson’s posthumously published thriller novel – the first in a trilogy – since its publication and are now singing [...]

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Mass Market Me

July 6, 2010

Hey, for those of you who have somehow neglected to pick up a copy of Empire of Lies in its hardcover or trade paper incarnation, it’s now out in a mass market version. It’s one of my best novels, I think, and if you don’t believe me, listen to the terrific Wall Street Journal columnist [...]

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