Master of the Game
starring Dyan Cannon, Harry Hamlin, Fernando Allende, et al.
directed by Kevin Connor and Harvey Hart
DVD, 2 discs, 413 minutes, released March 2009
Summary
Master of the Game was originally aired in 1984 as a mini-series based on the novel of Sidney Sheldon. It is a story [...]
Sep 5
Vanished
by Joseph Finder
published by St. Martin’s Press
book, 400 pages
Summary
A dinner out at trendy Georgetown for couple Roger and Lauren Heller turns into a nightmare as Lauren gets mugged and Roger disappears without a trace. Both Roger and Lauren work for Gifford Industries, the former a finance lawyer and the latter as the executive [...]
Aug 27
District 9
starring Sharlto Copley
directed by Neill Blomkamp
film, 1 hour and 52 minutes, in 2009
(contains massive spoilers)
Summary
The movie starts with images depicting the arrival of the extraterrestrial alien’s huge mothership above the city of Johannesburg 20 years ago. The mothership did nothing just hovered there, so the government of South Africa sent a [...]
Aug 19
Horsemen
starring Dennis Quaid, Ziyi Zhang, Lou Taylor Pucci, & Clifton Collins, Jr.
directed by Jonas Akerlund
DVD, 1.5 hours, released in 2009
(review contains spoilers and graphic details from the movie )
Summary
The movie begins with a grisly discovery at the middle of a snow-covered park. A small table was set up with [...]
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
by Jeff Kinney
read by Ramon de Ocampo
2 sound discs, 2 hours, unabridged
published by Recorded Books in 2009
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules is the second book in what is a series of books on the journal notes of 7th [...]
Aug 4
The Overlook
by Michael Connelly
read by Len Carriou
5 sound discs, 6 hours, unabridged
published by Hachette Audio in 2007
(this review contains massive spoilers)
Summary
The Overlook starts six months after the events in Echo Park. Detective Harry Bosch is now part of LA’s Homicide Special [...]
Jul 28
The Book of Lies
by Brad Meltzer
read by Scott Brick
10 sound discs, unabridged
published by Hachette Audio in 2008
(this review contains massive spoilers)
Summary
The Book of Lies is the second Brad Meltzer audiobook that I listened to. The story begins when young Calvin Harper witness the accidental death of his mentally imbalanced mother indirectly caused by his [...]
