Sorry for the last minute post, but we just noticed it's Ronnie Spector's birthday! Happy birthday to an amazing vocalist. Ro...

The Seventh The Seventh is, probably not-coincidentally, the seventh book in the Richard Stark (pen name of Donald Westlake) series of b...

Rather than answer questions via email or text (thanks everyone for asking.  Jamie and I very much appreciate it), I thought I'd try a o...

Mark Waid has been one of my favorite creators in comics for a while now, but I was a little slow on the uptake.  I still haven't read h...

I know nothing about Atlanta other than that I will be there by 8:00 Tuesday night and flying back by lunchtime on Thursday. No idea what ...

I've now lived long enough to see a new generation of critics come upon the scene, question their predecessors, and seize control of the...

Let's get this party started! Man.  It wasn't enough that I got to watch Usain Bolt win the 100m again, but UT alum Sonya Rich...

On June 1 of this year we wished Marilyn Monroe a happy birthday .  August 5th is listed as the day when Marilyn Monroe was found dead, ...

Hey, Austinites! It's about to be Sci-Fi Week at Austin's own Paramount Theater, August 14-19! There's a great bunch of ...

Last January when I visited Jenifer in San Francisco for the Film Noir Fest, we took an afternoon and watched Tension (1949) .  The film sta...