Fables, vol. 2
Fables, vol. 2, by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham and Steve Leialoha 7.25 Well, that’s it, then. I’ve decided to write off the ‘Fables’ series. …at least for now (who knows […]
Tag Archives: Drama
The Breakfast Club
Synopsis: Five strangers with nothing in common, except each other. They were five students with nothing in common, faced with spending a Saturday detention together in their high school library. […]
Blankets
Blankets, by Craig Thompson 8.0 ‘Blankets’ is the story of a young man’s first romance and his relationship with his faith. It also delves into his childhood memories along the […]
The Conversation
Synopsis: Francis Ford Coppola’s provoking mystery-drama explores the morality of privacy and stars Gene Hackman as Harry Caul, expert surveillance man. A routine wire-tapping job turns into a modern nightmare […]
The Three Paradoxes
The Three Paradoxes, by Paul Hornschemeier 7.5 In ‘The Three Paradoxes’, Hornschemeier offers us a (presumably autobiographical) glimpse into the life of “Paul”, a young adult visiting his parents for […]
Incorruptible, vol. 2
Incorruptible, vol. 2, by Mark Waid and Horacio Domingues 7.75 Lo and behold, volume 2 of ‘Incorruptible’ was a massive improvement over the first one! I never anticipated such a […]
La mala educación
Synopsis: From two-time Academy Award®-winner Pedro Almodovar (2002 Best Original Screenplay, Talk to Her, 2000 Best Foreign Language Film, All About My Mother) comes Bad Education, an outrageous tale of […]
Leave Her to Heaven
Synopsis: Based on the best-selling novel by Ben Ames Williams, Leave Her to Heaven is a stylish psychological thriller starring Gene Tierney as Ellen, the stunningly beautiful wife of handsome […]
Punch-Drunk Love
Synopsis: Barry Egan is a socially impaired owner of a small novelty business, who is dominated by seven sisters and is unlikely to find love unless it finds him. When […]
La Schtroumpfette
La Schtroumpfette, by Peyo 7.75 In ‘La Schtroumpfette’, Peyo published what was then the most recent Smurfs episode, and packaged it with an earlier one for good measure: 1. La […]
Le Schtroumpfissime
Le Schtroumpfissime, by Peyo and Delporte 8.0 This second Smurfs book jumps over more than half a dozen episodes to offer the 11th and 12th Smurfs tales. Why this giant […]
Defending Your Life
Synopsis: The First True Story Of What Happens After You Die Daniel Miller was tooling along a Los Angeles street, listening to Something’s Coming when something came – a bus. […]
Kevin Smith: Too Fat for 40!
Synopsis: Poking fun at his much-publicized brouhaha with Southwest Airlines, writer, director, actor and ardent podcaster Kevin Smith declares himself too fat for his 40th birthday in a hilarious show […]
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